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CLEAN ANDATIONS
R
L
LET.
CONTENTS
TO THE
SECOND VOLUME.
LXIII.
T
HE rife or the decline of literature, not
dependant on man, but resulting from the
viciffitudes of nature
LXIV. The great exchange happiness for show.
Their folly, in this respect, of use to fo-
ciety
LXV. The history of a philofophic cobler
LXVI. The difference between love and gratitude
LXVII. The folly of attempting to learn wisdom
PAGE
1
5
8
11
LXX. Fortune proved not to be blind. The story
of the avaricious miller
30
LXXI. The shabby beau, the man in black, the
Chinese philofopher, &c. at Vauxhall
34
LXXII The marriage act censured
40
LXXIII. Life endeared by age
45
LXXIV. The description of a little great man
LXXV. The necessity of amusing each other with
49
new books insisted upon
53
LXXVI. The preference of grace to beauty, an
allegory
57
LXXVII. The behaviour of a shop-keeper and his
--
laws, or enforcing even those already in
being with rigor
LXXXI. The ladies trains ridiculed
LXXXII. The sciences useful in a populous state,
prejudicial in a barbarous one
LXXXIII. Some cautions on life, taken from a
modern philofopher of China
LXXXIV. The anecdotes of several poets who lived
and died in circumstances of wretch-
edness
LXXXV. The trifling squabbles of stage-players
ridiculed
LXXXVI. The races of Newmarket ridiculed.
The defcription of a cart race
LXXXVII. The folly of the western parts of Eu-
rope, in employing the Russians to
fight their battles
LXXXVIII. The ladies advised to get husbands.
A story to this purpose
70
75
78
84
88
92
97
101
103
LXXXIX. The folly of remote or useless disqui-
sitions among the learned
XC. The English subject to the spleen
XCI. The influence of climate and foil upon the
tempers and dispositions of the English
XCII. The manner in which some philosophers
make artificial mifery
108
112
117
120
XCIII. The fondness of some to admire the writings
of lords, &c.
124
126
XCIV. The philosopher's son is again separated
from his beautiful companion
XCV. The father consoles him upon this occafion 129
XCVI. The condolence and congratulation upon
the death of the late king ridiculed. En-
glish mourning defcribed
132
XCVII. Almost every subject of literature has been
already exhausted
136
Westminster-hall
140
XCVIII. A description of the courts of justice in
XCIX. A visit from the little beau. The indulgence
with which the fair sex are treated in se-
veral parts of Afia
C. A life of independance praised
CI. That people must be contented to be guided by
those whom they have appointed to govern.
A story to this effect
143
147
151
CII. The paffion for gaming among ladies ridiculed. 154
CIII. The Chinese philosopher begins to think of
quitting England
156
CIV. The arts some make use of to appear learned 159
CV. The intended coronation described
162
CVI. Funeral elegies written upon the great ridi-
culed. A specimen of one
167
LIT.
PAGE.
CVII. The English too fond of believing every re.
port, without examination. A story of an
incendiary to this purpose
170
CVIII. The utility and entertainment which might
refult from a journey into the East
CIX. The Chinese philosopher attempts to find out
173
famous men
178
CX. Some projects for introducing Afiatic employ-
ments into the courts of England
182
CXI. On the different sects in England, particularly
methodism
186
CXII. An election described
190
CXIII. A literary contest of great importance, in
which both fides fight by epigram
194
CXIV. Against the marriage act. A fable
199
CXV. On the danger of having too high an opi
nion of human nature
:
204
CXVI. Whether love be a natural or a fictitious
paffion
208
CXVII. A city night-piece
212
CXVIII. On the meanness of the Dutch at the
court of Japan
215
CXIX. On the distresses of the poor, exemplified
in the life of a private centinel
219
CXX. On the absurdity of some late English titles 225
CXXI. The irrefolution of the English accounted for 228
CXXII. The manner of travellers in their ufual re-.
lations ridiculed
CXXIII. The conclufion
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