ibid. 78

BOOK III. DIDACTIC PIECES.

Page

CHAP. I. On Modesty.

Spectator. 6.2

II. On Cheerfulness.

ibid. 65

III. On Sincerity.

Tillotson. 68

IV. On Honour.

Guardian. 71

V. On Good Humour.

Rambler. 74

VI. On the Knowledge of the World.

VII. On the Advantages of uniting Gentle-

nefs of Manners with Firmness of

Mind.

Chesterfield. 80

VIII. On Good Sense.

Melmath. 83

IX. On Study.

Bacon. 84

X. On Satirical Wit.

Sterne. 85

XI. Hamlet's Instructions to the Players. Shakfp. 87

XII, The present Condition of Man vindi-

cated.

XIII. On the Order of Nature.

XIV. The origin of Superstition and Tyranny. ib. 92

XV. On Happiness.

XVI. On Virtue.

XVII. On Versification.

XVIII. Lessons on Wisdom, Armstrong. 101

XIX. Against Indolence; an Epifle. 104

XX. Elegy to a young Nobleman.

Mason. 107

XXI.On the Miseries of Human Life, Thomson. 109

XXII. Reflections on a Future State.

ibid. 110

XXIII. On Procrastination.

Young. 112

XXIV.The Pain arising from virtuous emotions

Pope. 88

ibid. 9?

ib. 95
ib. 97

ib.

100

Page

CHAP. XXVI. The Pleasures arising from a cultivated

Imagination.

Akenfide. 119

ibid. 130

ibid. 138

BOOK IV. ARGUMENTATIVE PIECES.

CHAP. I. On Anger.

Holland. 122

II. Virtue our highest Interest. Harris. 128

III. The same Subject.

IV. On the Immortality of the Soul. Spectator. 131

V. On the Being of a God.

Young. 134

BOOK V. ORATIONS AND HARANGUES.

CHAP. I. Junius Brutus over the dead Body of Lu-

cretia.

Lidy. 136

II. Hannibal to his Soldier3.

III. C. Marius to the Romans, on their hesi.

tating to appoint him General in the

Expedition against Jugurtha, merely on

Account of his Extraction.

IV. Calisthenes's Reproof of Cleon's Flattery

to Alexander.

Quinctus Curtius. 145

V. The Scythian Ambassadors to Alexander. ib. 146

VI. Galgacus the General of the Caledonii

to his Army, to incite them to Action

against the Romans.

VII. The Earl of Arundel's Speech, proposing

an Accommodation between Henry II.

and Stephen.

Lord Lyttleton. 152

VIII. Mr. Paltney's Speech on the Motion for

reducing the Army:

IX. Sir John St. Aubin's Speech for repealing

the Scptennial Act.

Salluft. 141

Tacitus. 149

158

Page

Chap. X. Sir Robert Walpole's Reply.

168

XI. Lord Lyttleton's Speech on the Repeal of

the Act called the Jew Bill, in the Year

1753

174

XII. In Praise of Virtue.

Price. 178

XIII. The Speech of Brutus on the Death of

Cæsar.

Sbakspeare. 179

XIV. Glocester's Speech to the Nobles. ibid. 180

BOOK VI. DIALOGUES.

Sterne. 193

ibid. 195

CHAP. I. On Happiness.

Harris. 182

II. The same Subject.

ibid. 188

III. On Criticism.

IV. On Negroes.

V. Rivers and Sir Harry. False Delicacy. 196

VI. Sir John Melvil and Sterling. Clandest. Mar. 198

VII. Belcour and Stockwell. West Indian. 203

VIII, Lord Euitace and Frampton.

School fr Rakes. 206

IX. Duke and Lord..

Shakspeare, 210

Duke and Jaques.

XI. Henry and Lord Chief Justice.

XII. Abp. of Canterbury and Bp. of Ely. ibid. 217

XIII. Hamlet and Horatio.

XIV. Brutus and Caffius.

XV. Belarius, Guiderius, and Arviragus. ibid. 228

ibid. 212

ibid. 215

ibid. 220
ibid. 223

BOOK VII. DESCRIPTIVE PIECES.

CHAP. I. Sensibility.

II. Liberty and Slavery.

Sterne. 232

ibid. 233

III. Corporal

Page

Sterne. 235

Chap. III, Corporal Trim's Eloquence.

IV. The Man of Ross.

Pope. 236

V. The Country Clergyman. Goldsmith. 238

VI. The With.

VII. Grongar Hill.

Dyer. 243

VIII. Hymn to Adversity.

Gray, 248

IX. Ode on a distant Prospect of Eton College.

Green. 240

ibid. 250

Milion. 273

ibid. 278

ibid. 285

X. Elegy written in a Country Churchyard. ib. 254

XI. Warrington Academy.

Mrs. Barbauld. 259

XII. Ode to Content.

ibid. 26.2

XIII. Ode to Fear:

Collins. 264

XIV. Ode to Truth.

Major, 266

XV. Ode to Fancy.

Warton 268

XVI. L'Allegro.

XVII. I1 Penserofo.

XVIII. The Progress of Life. Shakspeare. 284

XIX. The Entry of Bolingbroke and Richard

into London.

XX. Life.

ibid. 286

XXI. Hotspur's Defcription of a Fop.

XXII. Clarence's Dream.

XXIII. Queen Mab.

XXIV. The Apothecary.

XXV. Ode to Evening.

XXVI. Ode to Spring.

Mrs. Barbauld. 295

XXVII. Domestic Love and Happiness.

Thomson. 297

XXVIII. The Pleasures of Retirementt ibid. 299

XXIX. Genius.

Akenfide. 302

XXX. Greatness

ibid. 287

ibid. 289

ibid. 291

ibid. 292

Collins. 393

CHAP. XXX. Greatness.

XXXI. Novelty

Page

Akenfide. 304

ibid. 307

Sterne. 309

Milton. 327

ibid. 329

Cato. 332

ibid. 337

BOOK VIII. PATHETIC PIECES.

CHAP. I. The Story of Le Fevre.

· II. Yorick's Death.

ibid.

320

III. The Beggar's Petition.

323

IV. Elegy on the Death of an unfortunate

Lady.

Pope. 324

V. Morning Hymn.

VI. Satan's Soliloquy.

VII. Juba and Syphax.

VIII. Cato's Soliloquy.

IX. Southampton and Effex.

Earl of Essex. 338

X. Jaffier and Pierre.

Venice Preserv'd. 340

XI. Edward and Warwick. Earl of Warwick. 344

XII, Orlando and Adam.

Shakspeare. 349

XIII. Scroop and Richard.

XIV. Hotspur and Glendower.

XV. Hotspur reading a Letter.

XVI. Henry IV.'s Soliloquy on Sleep. ibid. 357

XVII. Henry IV. and Prince Henry.

XVIII. Henry V. to his Soldiers.

XIX. Henry VI. Warwick, and Cardinal

Beaufort.

XX. Wolfey and Cromwell.

iiid. 366

XXI. Lear.

XXII. Macbeth's Soliloquy.

XXIII. Macduff, Malcolm, and Roffe.

XXIV. Antony's Soliloquy over

Cæsar's

Body.

XXV. Antony's

ibid. 351

ibid. 354

ibid. 356

ibid. 358
ibid. 363

ibid. 364

ibid. 370
ibid. 371
ibid. 372

ibid. 375