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The British Essayists: Guardian

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Alexander Chalmers

C. and J. Rivington, 1823 - English essays

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Letters on the Wife proposed to Sir Harry Lizard STEELE	68

ChurchNarrowness of Freethinkers BERKELEY	70

Observations on the Increase of LionsCharacter of a Lion ADDISON	71

On the Oxford TerræfiliusAbuse of his Office STEELE	72

On the improper Interference of Parents in the Disposal of their ChildrenLetters on Passion PeevishnessShyness	73

Extract from a Sermon of Bishop Beveridge	74

Extracts from the Sermons of two Divines	75

Endeavour to reconcile the Landed and Trading In terests	76

Silly Habits of Coffeehouse Oratorstwisting off Buttons STEELE	84

On ScandalLetter from a Sufferer by Calumny from Daniel Button	85

Classical Descriptionsof the War Horse in	86

General Taste for IntrigueImmorality of Ser vants Character of a Master	87

Superiority of the Christian Ideas of the Being and Attributes of a God BERKELEY	88

Christian Ideas of a future State	89

Strictures on the ExaminerLetter to one of the Writers in the Guardian STEELE	90

Account of the Short Club POPE	91

On the Shortsightedness of Critics Misers and Freethinkers BERKELEY	77

Receipt to make an Epic Poem POPE	78

On the Miseries of the PoorRecommendation of their Case STEELE	79

Strictures on the Examiner	80

Soliloquy of an Athenian LibertinePrayer of one who had been a Libertine	81

Death and Character of Peer the Comedian	82

On Happinessobstructed by the Freethinkers BERKELEY	83

The same Characters of the Members	92

Thoughts on the Immortality of the Soulon	93

Vision of Aurelia with a window in her Breast	106

Whiston	264

Art of FlyingLetter from DædalusRemarks	286

On Female Gamesters	314

Sequel of Stradas Prolusion	323

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Title	The British Essayists: Guardian Volume 14 of The British Essayists, Alexander Chalmers Volume 14 of The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Historical and Biographical, Alexander Chalmers
Editor	Alexander Chalmers
Compiled by	Alexander Chalmers
Publisher	C. and J. Rivington, 1823
Original from	Harvard University
Digitized	17 Feb 2006

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