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MARK AKENSIDE, .

Aspirations after the Infinite,

Intellectual Beauty-Patriotism,

Operations of the Mind in the Production of Works of

Page Imagination, . . .

Taste,

On a Sermon against Glory-1747,

Inscription for a Monument to Shakspeare,

Inscription for a Statue of Chaucer, at Woodstock,

Lord LYTTELTON, .

From the Monody,

Advice to a Lady, .

Prologue to the Tragedy of Coriolanus-Spo

Quin,

THOMAS GRAY,

Hymn to Adversity, , .

Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College,

The Bard-a Pindaric Ode, .

Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard,

The Alliance between Government and Educationa

Fragment, . . . . . .

WILLIAM Mason,

15 From Caractacus,

15 Epitaph on Mrs Mason, in the Cathedral of Bristol,

OLIVER GOLDSMITH,

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16 Italians and Swiss Contrasted,

France Contrasted with Holland,

Description of Auburn-Tho Village Preacher, t

18 Schoolmaster, and Alehouse-Reflections,

18 Edwin and Angelina,

19 Extracts from Retaliation,

TOBIAS GEORGE SMOLLETT,

Ode to Independence,

19 Ode to Leven Water,

The Tears of Scotland,

JOHN ARMSTRONG, .

Wrecks and Mutations of Time,

Recoinmendation of Angling,

Pestilence of the Fifteenth Century, .

WILLIANT JULIUS MICKLE, .

Cumnor Hall, ...

The Mariner's Wife,

The Spirit of the Cape,

DR JOHN LANGHORNE, .

Appeal to Country Justices in Behalf of the Rural Poor,

An Advice to the Married, . .

31 The Dead,

Eternal Providence, .

A Farewell lymn to the Valley of Irwa

SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE, .

The Lawyer's Farewell to his Muse,

DR THOMAS PERCY, .

0, Nanny, wilt Thou Gang wi' Me,

The Friar of Orders Grảy, .

36 JAMES MACPHERSON, . .

Ossian's Address to the Sun, .

Fingal's Airy Ilall,

Address to the Moon, ,

40 Desolation of Balclutha, .

A Description of Femalo Beauty,

The Songs of Selma,

The Cave,

RICHARD SAVAGE, .

From the Wanderer,

ROBERT BLAIR, .

Passages from the Grave,

DR WATTS, .

The Rose,

The Hebrew Bard,

A Summer Evening,

EDWARD YOUNG,
On Life, Death, and Immortality,
Thoughts on Time,
The Man whose Thoughts are not of this World

Procrastination,

From the Love of Fame,

The Emptiness of Riches,

JAMES THOMSON,

Showers in Spring,

Birds Pairing in Spring,

A Summer Morning,

Summer Evening,

Autumn Evening Soene,

Episode of Lavinia,
A Winter Landscape, .
Benevolent Reflections, from Winter,
Hymn on the seasons,
The Caravan of Mecca,
The Siberian Exile,
Pestilence at Carthagena,
From the Castle of Indolence,
Rule Britannia,

John DYER, . . .

Grongar Hill,

WILLIAM HAMILTON,

The Braes of Yarrow,
Song-Ye shepherds of this pleasant vale),

Song-(Ah, the poor shepherd's mournful fate),
DR SAMUEL Johnson,

From the Vanity of Human Wishes, .
Prologue spoken by Mr Garrick--1747,
On the Death of Dr Robert Levett-1782,

WILLIAM COLLINS,

Eclogue II.-Hassan ; or the Camel Driver,

Ode Written in the Year 1746,

Ode to Evening, .

Ode on the Passions,

Ode to Liberty,

Dirge in Cymbeline,

Ode on the Death of Mr Thomson,

WILLIAM SHENSTONE, . .

The Schoolmistress,

A Pastoral Ballad, in Four Parts

Song-Jemmy Dawson,

Written at an Inn at Henley,

DAVID MALLET,

William and Margaret,

Edwin and Emma,

The Birks of Inverny

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Isaac BICKERSTAPT,

CHARLES DIBDIN,

152

153

PERIODICAL ESSAYISTS.

DR SAMUEL Johnson, .

Tale of Anningait and Ajut,

Jonx HAWKESWORTH,

DR MOORE,

HENRY MACKENZIE, . . . .

Story of La Roche, . .

155

NOVELISTS.

160

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151 Appearance and Character of Mahomet,

197

152 Term of the Conquest of Timour, or Tamerlane ; his

Triumph at Samarcand; his Death on the road to

China (A.D. 1405); Character and Merits of Timour,

Invention and Use of Gunpowder, .

200

Letter of Gibbon to Mrs Porten-Account of his Mode

155 of Life at Lausanne,

200

Remarks on Reading,

. 201

156

METAPHYSICAL WRITERS

156

DR FRANCIS HUTCHÉSON, . .

202

DAVID Hume,

202
On Delicacy of Taste, .

202

161 On Simplicity and Refinement,

203

164 Estimate of the Effects of Luxury,

203
165 Of the Middle Station of Life,

205
| DR DAVID HARTLEY, . .

206
DR ADAM SMITH, .

207
171
The Results of Misdirected and Guilty

207
171 DR REID,

208
14 LORD KAMES,

208
Pleasures of the Eye and the Ear,

209

| DR BEATTIE,

210

176

On the Love of Nature,

210

176

On Scottish Music,

211

DR RICHARD PRICE,

213

ABRAHAM TUCKER,

213

DR JOSEPH PRIESTLEY,

213

SAMUEL RICHARDSON, .

HENRY FIELDING,

Partridge at the Playhouse,

TOBIAS GEORGE SMOLLETT,

Scene at Lanark, . .

Feast in the Manner of the Ancients,

LAURENCE STERNE,

The Story of Le Fevre,

The Starling-Captivity, .

A French Peasant's Supper,

DR SAMCEL JOHNSON,

CHARLES JOHNSTONE, .

HORACE WALPOLE,

OLIVER GOLDSMITH,

HENRY BROOKE, . . .

HENRY MACKENZIE, .

Harley Sets Out on his Journey-The Beggar and

Dog, . . . . .

The Death of Harley, .

Miss CLARA REEVE,

168

175

WRITERS IN DIVINITY.

178

213
214

HISTORIANS.

215

216

181

216

181

182

216

216

216

216

216

216

187

216

217

187

217

THOMAS CARTE,

HOOKE, .

DR COXYERS MIDDLETON,

DAVID HUME,

State of Parties at the Reformation in England, ..

The Middle AgesProgress of Freedom,

Death and Character of Queen Elizabeth,

DR WILLIAM ROBERTSON,

Character of Mary Queen of Soots, .

Martin Luther, . . .

Discovery of America,

Chivalry, .

Characters of Francis I. and the Emperor Charles V.

DR SHOLLETT,

WILLIAM TYTLER,

ARCHIBALD BOWER,

DR JOnx CAMPBELL,

WILLIAM GUTHRIE,

GEORGE SALE, .

GEORGE PSALMANAZAR,

OLIVER GOLDSMITH,

LORD LYTTELTON,

DR THOMAS BIRCH,

DR ROBERT HENRY,

DR GILBERT STUART,

DR WARNER,

DR LELAND, .

Joux WHITTAKER,

G&ANGER,

ORME, .

MACPHERSON,

LORD HAILES,

ROBERT WATSON,

DR WILLIAM RUSSELL, .

EDWARD GIBBON,

Opinion of the Ancient Philosophers on the Immortality

of the Soul, .

The City of Bagdad-Magnificence of the Caliphs,

Conquest of Jerusalem by the Crusaders, A.D. 1099,

DR JOSEPH BUTLER, . . . .

180

BISHOP WARBURTON,

The Grecian Mythology-The Various Lights in which

it was regarded,

DR ROBERT LOWTH,

DR C. MIDDLETON,

Rey. W. LAW, .

DR ISAAC WATTS,

183

DR RICHARD HURD,

184

Dr G. HORNE, .

DR JOHN JORTIN,

185 GEORGE WHITEFIELD,

JOHN WESLEY, .

NATHANIEL LARDNER,

188 Hugh FARMER, . . . . .

DR JAMES FOSTER,

191 John LELAND,

DR HUGH BLAIR,

On the Cultivation of Taste,

191 Difference between Taste and Genius,

On Sublimity, .

192 DR GEORGE CAMPBELL,

192

MISCELLANEOUS WRITERS.

DR SAMUEL JOHnson, ,

192 From the Preface to the Dictionary,

192 Reflections on Landing at Iona,

192 Parallel between Pope and Dryden,

Picture of the Miseries of War,

192 OLIVER GOLDSMITH, . .

192 Scenery of the Alps,

A Sketch of the Universe, ..

192 Scenery of the Sea-coasts,

On the Increased Love of Life with A

192 1 A City Night-Piece,

192 EDMUND BURKE,

192 From the Speech on Conciliation with America, 1775,

192 Mr Burke's Account of his Son, .

192

The British Monarchy,

Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, ,

195 The Order of Nobility,

196 Dependence of English on American Freedom,

1971 Destruction of the Carnatic,