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63. On the Immortality of the Soul-
Blackmore's Essays.

64. Frailty of Human Life
Life-Pope's
Letters.

65. On the Advantages of Sickness-

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67. Miscellaneous Writings--Lord Shaftes
bury's Miscellaneous Reflections,
ch. 3.

68. Alcander and Septimius-Goldsmith's
Bee, Essay 3.

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69. On Grace in Writing-Melmoth, Fitz-
Osborne's Letters, Letter 29. . 96
70. On Nothing-Fielding's Miscellanies,
vol. 1. Essay on Nothing
71. Fashionable Diseases and Remedies-
Sir W. Temple's Essay on Health
and Long Life

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79. Sentimental Comedy-Goldsmith. . 153

80. Laziness-Lord Shaftesbury's Mis-

cellanies

81. Affected or formal Man-Butler's

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85. Conversation Fielding's Miscella-
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86. Errors in Conversation-The same
87. The Whistle-Benj. Franklin's Mis-

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92. The Curious Man-Butler's Remains 223

93. On Luxury-Benj. Franklin's Mis-
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97. Effects of Prejudice-The same
98. On the Arts and Sciences-Goldsmith's
Citizen of the World

99. On Style-Melmoth, Fitzosborne's

Letters.

100. On Contentment-Museum

101. On Gaming-The same.

102. Stolen Marriages --Goldsmith's Bee. 287
103. Philosophical Watch-German Spy . 293
104. Intellectual Thermometer-The same 299

ERRATUM.

Vol. I. Page 89, Note †, for Poeta read Vates.

SELECT ESSAYS

FROM

VARIOUS AUTHORS.

ESSAY 1.

OF THE NATURE, RISE, AND ESTABLISHMENT OF

MISCELLANIES.

(Lord Shaftesbury.)

PEACE be with the soul of that charitable and courteous author, who for the common benefit of his fellow-authors, introduced the ingenious way of miscellaneous writing!-It must be owned that since this happy method was established, the harvest of wit has been more plentiful, and the labourers more in number than heretofore. It is well known to the able practitioners in the writing art, "That as easy as it is to conceive wit, it is the "hardest thing imaginable to be delivered of "it, upon certain terms." Nothing could be more severe or rigid than the conditions formerly prescribed to writers, when criticism took place, and B

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