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The difficulty of educating a young nobleman · · ..5

The miseries of a beauty defaced .. - - - - 10

Idleness an anxious and miserable state . . 15

The folly of annual retreats into the country . : 20

The meanness and mischief of indiscriminate dedication

The necessity of literary courage . . . . 30

Original characters to be found in the country. The cha-

racter of Mrs. Busy - - - - • - 35

A critical examination of Samson Agonistes. · · 40

The criticism continued • :

. . . . 47

The danger of attempting wit in conversation. T
racter of Papilius.s.

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An account of squire Båtstér

The criterions of plagiarism . , . . . 64

The difficulty of raising reputation. The various species

of detractors - - - "." . ,., , - 72

Petty writers not to be despised o 's So wu - 77

An account of an author travelling in quest of his own cha-

racter. The uneertainty of fame .
The courtier's esteem of assurance · ·
The cruelty of parental tyranny ·

Benefits not always entitled to gratitude . . . 97

Adversity useful to the acquisition of knowledge

The climacterics of the mind .

108

Criticism on epistolary writings - . - - 113

The treatment incurred by loss of fortune . . 118

The inefficacy of genius without learning . . . 124

The usefulness of advice. The danger of habits. The

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The laws of writing not always indisputable. Reflections

on tragi-comedy - - - - - - - 135

The scholar's complaint of his own bashfulness

140

Rules of writing drawn from examples. Those examples

often mistaken - - - - - - - 146

The nature and remedies of bashfulness . . . 151

Rules for the choice of associates . . . . 155

The revolutions of a garret . . . . . . 159

Old men in danger of falling into pupilage. The conduct

of Thrasybulus . . . . . . . 165

The mischiefs of following a patron • - - - 170

Praise universally desired. The failings of eminent men

often imitated - - - - - - - 176

The impotence of wealth. The visit of Serotinus to the

place of his nativity -

180

Favours not easily gained by the poor . . . . 185

The marriage of Hymenæus and Tranquilla . . . 190

Poetry debased by mean expressions. An example from

Shakespeare - - - - - - - - 195

Labour necessary to excellence . ' . .' 200

"The history of Misella debauched by her relation - - 205

Misella's description of the life of a prostitute - - 210

The effeet of sudden riches upon the manners . . 216

Unreasanible: fages of pealántry : 1:.

. 221

The mischiefs.of unbounded railleryHistory of Dica-

culus :::-::::: ..

. - 225

The majority are wicked ... :

- . 231

Directions to evidsons attacked by eritics. 'The various de

Anningait and Ajut, a Greenland history - - - 284 The history of Anningait and Ajut concluded . - 289 Favour often gained with little assistance from under

standing . . . . . . . . . 294 The mischiefs of falsehood. The character of Turpicula 298 The history of Abouzaid, the son of Morad · - · 303 The busy life of a young lady . - . - . 308 Love unsuccessful without riches - - - - - 314 The author's art of praising himself . . . . 319 A young nobleman's progress in politeness - - - 324 A young nobleman's introduction to the knowledge of the

town . . . . . . . - - 329 Human opinions mutable. The hopes of youth fallacious 334 The history of a legacy.hunter - - - - - 389 The legacy-hunter's history concluded - - - 344 The virtues of Rabbi Abraham's magnet . . . 350 Asper's complaint of the insolence of Prospero. Unpo.

liteness not always the effect of pride . . - 356 The importance of punctuality - - - - • 361 The different acceptations of poverty. Cynics and monks

not poor . . . . . . . . 366 The pleasures of life to be sought in prospects of futurity.

Future fame uncertain - - - - - - 371 The history of ten days of Seged, emperor of Ethiopia 375 The history of Seged concluded . . . . . 380 The art of living at the cost of others

- - 385 The folly of continuing too long upon the stage · · 390 The Rambler's reception. His design · · · · 395