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LETTERS FROM THE DEAD TO THE LIVING.

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Let. I. To the Earl of Rr from Clerimont, who had promised to appear to him after his death,

Let. II. From Altamont, who died at Constantinople, to his friend in England, giving him an account of the manner of his death, and the principal occasion of it, from Narcissus, her

Let. II. To the Countess of

only son and heir, who died when he was but two years old,

Let. IV. To my Lord

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from Ethelinda a young

lady, who was in a convent at Florence,
Let. V. To
from Junius, giving his friend a de-
scription of the planetary worlds,
Let. VI. From Amanda to, acknowledging her
virtue, though passionately beloved by her husband; who
upon hearing of her marriage with one Mantandre, re-
solved to make away with himself, and fell on his sword
accordingly, leaving behind him an only daughter, friend-
less and exposed to the wide world,

Let. VII. To Emilia from Delia, giving her a beautiful
description of the invisible regions,
Let. VIII. To

from Amintor; in which he first acknowledges, with gratitude, her sincere passion for him, and her readiness to attend him in his last voyage to Spain; and then relates how he lost his life in her defence,

Let. IX. To Sylvia from Alexis, acquainting her, that she
is the natural daughter of a person of quality, and not
the real issue of her supposed parents,
Let. X. To Leonora from Clerimont, her guardian; who,
though violently in love with her, chose rather to die
than dishonourably to seduce her,

Let XI. Another to the same; in which he first congratulates her on her recovery from a dangerous fit of sickness, &c.

Let. XII. From Cleander to his brother, endeavouring to reclaim him from his extravagancies,

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Let. XIII. To Climene from --, giving her timely warning to shun the addresses of the perfidious Alcander,

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Let. XIV. From

to his sister, demonstrating the

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