MIDDLE AND LATTER PART OF THE SEVENTEENTH

CENTURY—continued

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Hobbes .

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Nevile

. . . . . 111

Other Prose Writers :—Cudworth; More; Burrow; Bunyan ; &c. 117

Progress of Science in England before the Seventeenth Century . 121

English Science in the Seventeenth Century.—Bacon ; Napier . 128

Other English Mathematicians of the earlier part of the Seven-

teenth Century . . . . . . . . . 130

Harvey ;—The Circulation of the Blood—Anatomy, &c. . . 133

Natural Philosophy . . . . . . . . . 136

The Royal Society . . . . . . . . . 143

The Steam Engine

154

Other Discoveries and Improvements in Natural and Experimental

Science ·

157

Newton . . . . . . . . . . . 162

James Gregory, and other Contemporaries of Newton . . . 163

Establishment of the Royal Observatory : :

166

: : :

Medical Science, and Natural History . . . . . . 168

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THE CENTURY BETWEEN THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION

AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

First effects of the Revolution of 1688

. . . . . 171

Surviving Writers of the preceding Period.

172

Bishop Burnet . .

175

Thomas Burnet.

Other Thcological Writers :- Tillotson ; South .

181

Locke . . . . .

187

Writers on Political Economy .

• 189

Boyle and Bentley Controversy.

Swift . . . . .

Pope . . . . . . . . . . .

. 224

Addison and Steele .

Shaftesbury .

Mandeville . .

236

Gay; Arbuthnot; Atterbury

245

Prior; Parnell .

246

Bolingbroke

. . . . . . . . . 247

Garth ; Blackmore .

Defoe . . .

Dramatic Writers

256

Minor Poets

Collins; Shenstone; Gray . . . . . .

Young; Thomson .

Armstrong; Akenside; Wilkie ; Glover

Scottish Poetry

270

The Novelists Richardson; Fielding; Smollett

276

Sterne . . . . . . . . .

235

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THE CENTURY BETWEEN THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION

AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION-continued.

Goldsmith . . . . . .

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282

Churchill . .

287

Falconer; Beattie ; Anstey; J. H, Stevenson ; Mason .

289

The Wartons; Percy ; Chatterton; Macpherson .

Dramatic Writers . . . . . .

Female Writers. .

Periodical Essayists .

Political Writing :-Wilkes; Junius . . . . . .

Johnson . . ..

306

Burke . . . . . . . .

. . . 310

Metaphysical and Ethical Writers .

Historical Writers :--Hume; Robertson ; Gibbon . . . 336

Political Economy; Theology; Criticism and Belles Lettres . 342

Progress of Science . . . . . . .

. 343

THE LATTER PART OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 351

Cowper . . . . . . . . . .

352

Darwin . . . . . . . . . . .

363

Anna Seward ; Lady Miller ; The Della Cruscans . . . 380

The Shakespeare Papers . . . . . . . . 388

The Pursuits of Literature . .

. . . 389

Other Satirical Poetry:– Mason ; The Rolliad ; Probationary Odes;

Peter Pindar . . . . . . .

390

Other Poetical Writers of the latter part of the Eighteenth Century 395

Burns . . . . .

Remaining Literature of the Eighteenth Century . .

426

THE NINETEENTH CENTURY . . . . . . 433

THE LAST AGE OF THE GEORGES.

Wordsworth

435

Coleridge. .

Southey. . .

473

Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . 477

Crabbe ; Campbell ; M

484

Byron . . . . . . . . .

. 493

Shelley . . . . . . . . . . . 136

496

Keats

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. . . . 502

Hunt

506

Other Poetical Writers of the earlier part of the Nineteenth Century 511

· Prose Literature

518

Progress of Science . . . . . . . . . 519

SPECIMENS.

VOL. II.

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Bishop Corbet :--Iter Boreale ; Field of Bosworth . . .

Warwick Landlady. .

Dignified Clergyman .

Carew :Song

Lovelace :—To Althea, from Prison

Suckling :—The Wedding . .

Cleveland :—The General Eclipse.

Epitaph on Ben Jonson

Eulogy on Jonson

Elegy on Jonson .

, Charles I. .

The Rebel Scot; Commencement

Definition of a Protector .

On 0. P. Sick . . .

Wither :—The Shepherd's Hunting; Praise of Poetry

Abuses Stript and Whipt; Oxford . . .

The Court .

Trust in the Future

Amygdala Britannica ; Prophecy . . .

Songs and Hymns; Thanksgiving for Seasonable Weather

Thanksgiving for Victory

W. Browne :-Britannia’s Pastorals ; “ Never Love, except thou be

beloved”. . . .

» Trees characterized . .

Charles I. :—Majesty in Misery . . . . . . .

Fuller :-Worthies; Design of the Work .

, Leather ; Osterly House ; London ; Needles.

» Shakespeare and Ben Jonson . . . .

, Philemon Holland . . . . . .

Holy State and Profane State; The Good Soldier . .

The Good Sea Captain ..

Bishop Ridley , . .

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114

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219

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Bishop Earle ? :-Microcosmography; An Alderman .

The She Precise Hypocrite. 66

Milton :-College Exercise ; His Native Language

Waller :-His Last Verses . . . . . . . .

Marvel :-To his Coy Mistress . . .

. . . 90

The Picture of T. C. .

Death of the Protector . . . . . . .

Royal Resolutions

Ballad . . . .

. 97

Nevile :-Plato Redivivus ; Revolution in France ,

,

, Same Subject :

115

T. Burnet :-Sacred Theory ; The World on Fire .

178

South :-Sermons ; Brevity of Speech .

182

Swift:—Tale of a Tub; Interpretation of the Will .

197

„ „ Brother Martin .

203

„

Brother Jack . .

206

Battle of the Books; Bentley and Wotton .

209

The Drapier's Letters; Wood's Copper .

218

David and Goliath .

Swallowing Fireballs .

221

Excellent New Song . . . .

223

Pope :-Rape of the Lock; The Sylphs. .

228

, The Dunciad; Conclusion

230

Shaftesbury :-Characteristics ; Hamlet
Mandeville : Fable of the Bees ; Gin . .

Clothes; Dress .

,

, Anticipation of Adam Smith , 243

Bolingbroke :-Letter to Windham ; Character of Harley

248

The Pretender . . .

Tickell :-The Rebellion of 1715 . . . . .

260

Burke :-Vindication of Natural Society ; Democracy . . . 318

Thoughts on the Present Discontents; House of Commons 321

Speech at Bristol (1780); Penal Laws against Roman

Catholics . . . .

. . . . 323

Speech on Nabob of Arcot; Devastation of the Carnatic. 326

Reflections on French Revolution; Hereditary Principle .

Letter to Mr. Elliot; True Reform

330

Letters on a Regicide Peace ; Right Way of making War. 332

Cowper :—Table Talk ; National Vice . . . . . . 357

Truth; Voltaire . . . . . .

Conversation ; Meeting on the Road to Emma

359

,, Lines on his Mother's Picture . . . . . . . 360

Darwin :-Botanic Garden ; “ Flowers of the Sky” . . . . 365

The Compass

365

The Goddess of Beauty

366

Conclusion of Address to the Nymphs

of Fire . . . . . . 369

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Darwin :-Botanic Garden ; Steam . . . . . .

371

„ „ Portland Vase . . .

373

Arkwright's Spinning Machine . . 373

A House on Fire . . . . 377

Loves of the Plants . .

378

Burns :-To a Mouse

400

To a Mountain Daisy . .

Address to the Deil. .

404

Epistle to a Young Friend

409

1 Davie (part) ..

411

Answer to Guid Wife of Wauchope House (commencement) 414

The Vision (part) . .

415 :

“ My Father was a Farmer”

419

Highland Mary . . .

421

Verses from various Songs

422

Wordsworth :--The Fountain, a Conversation

440

The Affliction of Margaret

442

“Her Eyes are wild” . .

444

Laodamia . . .

447

From The Egyptian Maid

Coleridge :-“Maid of my Love” . .

458

Time, Real and Imaginary ..

458

Love (part) . . .

460

Sonnet,“ Charles ! my slow heart !"

461

Dejection, an Ode (part) . . .

The Pang more sharp than All .

Christabel ; Conclusion to Part First.

467

Wanderings of Cain; Introductory Stanza

468

A Day Dream . . . . . .

468

Work without Hope . .

469

Youth and Age . . .

470

“Yes, yes! that boon!" .

Love, Hope, and Patience, in Education :

Southey :-Curse of Kehama ; Kailyal and the Glendoveer

474

Scott :-Marmion; The Battle (part) . . . . .

480

Campbell :- Adelgitha . . . . . . . .

487

, Theodric; Letter of Constance ,

487

Crabbe :—Tales of the Hall; Story of the Elder Brother (part).

Moore :-Lallah Rookh ; Calm after Storm .

492

Byron :-Don Juan; Letter of Julia

· 495

Shelley :-Ode to a Skylark .

. . . . . . . 497

Kents :-Ode to a Nightingale

504

Hunt:—The Sultan Mahmoud . .

506

, The Fancy Concert . . . . . . . . 508