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CONTENTS
TO THE
SECOND VOLUME.
LET.
LXIII. THE rife or the decline of literature, not
dependant on man, but refulting from the
viciffitudes of nature
LXIV. The great exchange happiness for show.
Their folly, in this respect, of use to so-
ciety
LXV. The history of a philofophic cobler
LXVI. The difference between love and gratitude
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LXVII. The folly of attempting to learn wisdom 11
LXIX. The fear of mad dogs ridiculed
LXX. Fortune proved not to be blind. The story
of the avaricious miller
LXXI. The fhabby beau, the man in black, the
Chinese philofopher, &c. at Vauxhall
LXXII The marriage act cenfured
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LXXIII. Life endeared by age
LXXIV. The description of a little great man
LXXV. The neceffity of amusing each other with
new books infifted upon
LXXVI. The preference of grace to beauty, an
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allegory
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LXXVII. The behaviour of a shop-keeper and his
LXXX. The evil tendency of increasing penal
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 feveral poets who lived and died in circumftances of wretch-
edness
LXXXV. The trifling fquabbles of stage-players
ridiculed
LXXXVI. The races of Newmarket ridiculed.
The description of a cart race
LXXXVII. The folly of the western parts of Eu-
rope, in employing the Ruffians to
fight their battles
LXXXVIII. The ladies advised to get husbands.
A ftory to this purpose
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LXXXIX. The folly of remote or useless difqui-
fitions among the learned
XC. The English subject to the spleen
XCI. The influence of climate and foil upon the
tempers and difpofitions of the English
XCII. The manner in which some philosophers
make artificial mifery
XCIII. The fondness of fome to admire the writings
of lords, &c.
XCIV. The philofopher's fon is again separated
from his beautiful companion
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XCV. The father confoles him upon this occafion 129
XCVI. The condolence and congratulation upon
the death of the late king ridiculed. En-
glish mourning described
XCVII. Almost every subject of literature has been
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already exhausted
XCVIII. A defcription of the courts of justice in
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Westminster-hall
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XCIX. A vifit from the little beau. The indulgence with which the fair fex are treated in fe-
veral parts of Asia
C. A life of independance praised
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CI. That people must be contented to be guided by those whom they have appointed to govern.
A story to this effect
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CII. The paffion for gaming among ladies ridiculed. 154
CIII. The Chinese philofopher begins to think of
quitting England
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CIV. The arts fome make use of to appear learned 159
CV. The intended coronation defcribed
CVI. Funeral elegies written upon the great ridi-
culed. A fpecimen of one
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217.
CVII. The English too fond of believing every re-
port, without examination. A ftory of an
incendiary to this purpose
CVIII. The utility and entertainment which might
refult from a journey into the East
CIX. The Chinese philofopher attempts to find out
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famous men
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CX. Some projects for introducing Afiatic employ-
ments into the courts of England
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CXI. On the different sects in England, particularly
methodism
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CXII. An election defcribed
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CXIII. A literary contest of great importance, in
which both fides fight by epigram
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CXIV. Against the marriage act. A fable
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CXV. On the danger of having too high an opi-
nion of human nature
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CXVI. Whether love be a natural or a fictitious
paffion
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CXVII. A city night-piece
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CXVIII. On the meannefs of the Dutch at the
court of Japan
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CXIX. On the diftreffes of the poor, exemplified
in the life of a private centinel
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CXX. On the abfurdity of fome late English titles 225
CXXI. The irrefolution of the English accounted for 228
CXXII. The manner of travellers in their usual re-.
lations ridiculed
CXXIII. The conclufion
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