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CONTENTS.

VOL. XX.

54. A DEATH-BED the true School of

Wisdom-the Effects of Death upon

the Survivors

55. The gay Widow's Impatience of the

Growth of her Daughter-the History

of Miss May-pole •

56. The Necessity of Complaisance—the

Rambler's Grief for offending his Cor-

respondents

57. Sententious Rules of Frugality

58. The Desire of Wealth moderated by

Philosophy

59. An Account of Suspirius the human

Screech-owl

60. The Dignity and Usefulness of Biography

61. A Londoner's Visit to the Country.....

62. A young Lady's Impatience to see Lon-

don..

63. Inconstancy not always a Weakness•••

64. The Requisites to true Friendship••

65. Obidah and the Hermit, an Eastern Story

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66. Passion not to be eradicated-the Views

of Women ill directed..

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67. The Garden of Hope, a Dream.

68. Every Man chiefly happy or miserable at

Home-the Opinion of Servants not to

be despised

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69. The Miseries and Prejudices of old Age....

70. Different Men virtuous in different De-

grees the Vicious not always aban-

doned

71. No Man believes that his own Life will

be short..........

72. The Necessity of good Humour...

73. The lingering Expectation of an Heir....

74. Peevishness equally wretched and offen-

sive-the Character of Tetrica......

75. The World never known but by a Change

of Fortune-the History of Melissa

76. The Arts by which bad Men are recon-

ciled to themselves.....

77. The Learned seldom despised but when

they deserve Contempt......

78. The Power of Novelty-Mortality, too

familiar to raise Apprehensions......

79. A suspicious Man justly suspected.....

30. Variety necessary to Happiness—a Winter
Scene....

81. The great Rule of Action-Debts of

Justice to be distinguished from Debts

of Charity

82. The Virtuoso's Account of his Rarities..

83. The Virtuoso's Curiosity justified......

84. A young Lady's Impatience of Control..

85. The Mischiefs of total Idleness......

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86. The Danger of succeeding a great Au-

thor: an Introduction to a Criticism

on Milton's Versification......

87. The Reasons why Advice is generally in-

effectual.....

88. A Criticism on Milton's Versification-

Elisions dangerous in English Poetry..

89. The Luxury of vain Imagination.......

90. The Pauses in English Poetry adjusted..

91. The Conduct of Patronage, an Allegory

92. The Accommodation of Sound to Sense,

often chimerical

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93. The Prejudices and Caprices of Criticism

94. An Inquiry how far Milton has accom-

modated the Sound to the Sense-

95. The History of Pertinax the Sceptick..

96. Truth, Falsehood, and Fiction, an Alle-

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MR. RICHARDSON

98. The Necessity of cultivating Politeness JOHNSON

99. The Pleasures of private Friendship-

the Necessity of similar Dispositions

100. Modish Pleasures......

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MRS. CARTER

101. A proper Audience necessary to a Wit JOHNSON

102. The Voyage of Life......

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103. The Prevalence of Curiosity--the Cha-

racter of Nugaculus.............

104. The Original of Flattery-the Meanness
of venal Praise..

105. The Universal Register, a Dream......
106. The Vanity of an Author's Expectations

-Reasons why good Authors are
sometimes neglected..

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