CONTENTS ... 5 A meditation on the Spring 6 Happiness not local 9 The fondness of every man for his profes- 11 The folly of anger. The misery of a 12 The history of a young woman that came ... 78 85 14 The difference between an author's writ- 15 The folly of cards. A letter from a lady 18 The unhappiness of marriage caused by 22 An allegory on wit and learning... 24 The necessity of attending to the duties of common life. The natural character not ... 26 The mischief of extravagance, and misery 27 An author's treatment from six patrons... 170 28 The various arts of self-delusion... ... 31 The defence of a known mistake highly an allegory Page 33 An allegorical history of rest and labour... 207 34 The uneasiness and disgust of female cow- ardice. 35 A marriage of prudence without affection 220 36 The reasons why pastorals delight 37 The true principles of pastoral poetry 39 The unhappiness of women, whether single ... 40 The difficulty of giving advice without of- fending ... ... 41 The advantages of memory ... 42 The misery of a modish lady in solitude... 263 43 The inconveniences of precipitation and 44 Religion and superstition, a vision 45 The causes of disagreement in marriage... 46 The mischiefs of rural faction 47 The proper means of regulating sorrow ... 48 The miseries of an infirm constitution 49 A disquisition upon the value of fame 50 A virtuous old age always reverenced 51 The employments of a housewife in the 52 The contemplation of the calamities of 53 The folly and misery of a spendthrift 54 A death-bed the true school of wisdom. The effects of death upon the survivors 336 55 The gay widow's impatience of the growth NUMB. 59 An account of Suspirius, the human 60 The dignity and usefulness of biography.. 65 Obidah and the hermit, an eastern story 402 66 Passion not to be eradicated. The views of women ill directed 67 The garden of hope, a dream ... ... 68 Every man chiefly happy or miserable at 69 The miseries and prejudice of old age... |