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CONTENTS OF VOL. II
LETTERS MORAL AND ENTER▲AINING.
PART III.
Page.
Let. I. To Lady Sophia from Rosalinda, with a continu-
ation of her story, related in Part 2. letters 1. 2. 3.
Let. II. Another to the same, being a conclusion of the
foregoing romance,
Let. III. A third to the same, giving her an account of
the death of her friend Sally,
Let. IV. To Carlos from Alcander, relating his criminal
engagement with the beautiful Aspasia, and the happy
stop put to it,
Let. V. Another to the same, with a beautiful translation
of Tasso's inchanted forest,
Let. VI.
From to Albanus, endeavouring to de-
monstrate, that a virtuous life is preferable to all the al-
lurements of sense,
Let. VII. From Lindamor to Lucius, with an ode on love 33
Let. VIII. From Sylviana, giving an account of her man-
ner of life before her marriage with the Earl of
of the immortal world,
Let. X. From Ariel to the Lady
Let. IX. From Theophilus to Mr A, with a poeti-
cal meditation on death,
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on the wonders
Let. XI. From Amintor to Eusebius, giving an account of
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his marriage with the Lady Diana
, and of her sud-
den death, &c.
Let. XII. Another to the same, with a divine poem on
our Saviour's nativity,
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Let. XV. From Polydore to Alonzo, giving him an ac-
count of his accidental meeting with his old mistress Au-
relia, &c.
Let. XVI
Let. XIII. From Lemira to her brother in France, giving
him a particular detail of her lover's misfortunes,
Let. XIV. From Evander to Herminius, with an ode on
divine love,
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From Rosamond to Henry II a poetical expo-
stulation with him on account of their criminal conver-
sation,
Let. XVII. To the Duke of Suffolk from Mary Queen of
France. An imitation of the former,
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Let. XVIII.
From Penelope to Ulysses, a translation
SIX LETTERS FROM LAURA TO AURELIA.
Let I. FROM Laura to Aurelia, inveighing against the
pleasures of a rural life, &c.
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Let. I. To the same, giving her an account of her bro-
ther's criminal passion for Charlotte,
Let. III. To the same, giving her an account of her being
reconciled to a rural life, &c.
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Let. IV. To the same, giving her a relation of a second
visit she paid to the handsome hermit,
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Let. V. To the same, giving her an account of Charlotte's
sincere repentance,
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Let VI. To the same, relating the death of Philocles, the
handsome hermit, according to his own prediction,
Amoret to Corisca. A poetical epistle from the infernal
regions,
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5. God a present hope, and ever near,
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6. God an all-sufficient God, and my only happiness,
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7. A covenant with God,
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8. A thank offering for saving grace,
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9. Evidence of sincere love to God,
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10. Assurances of salvation in Christ,
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II. Thou art my God,
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12 Confession of sin, with hope of pardon,
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13. The absence of God on earth,
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14. Banishment from God for ever,
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15. The glory of God in his works of creation, providence,
18. Appeals to God concerning the supremacy of love to
him,
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20. Self reproof for inactivity,
21. A joyful view of approaching death,
19. A devout rapture, or love to God inexpressible,
22. A devout resignation of self to the divine power and 197
goodness,
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23. Redeeming love,
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24. Pleading for pardon and holiness,
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25. A transport of gratitude for saving mercy,
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26. Importunate requests for the return of God to the soul, ib.
27. Breathing after God, and weary of the world,
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28 Prayer for speedy sanctification,
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29. Gratitude for early and peculiar favours,
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30. Aspiring after the vision of God in heaven,
31. A surrender of the soul to God,
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32. Trust and reliance on the divine promises,
33 Application to the divine truth,
34. Glory to God for salvation by Jesus and his blood,
35 A review of divine mercy and faithfulness,
36. Daily experiences of the kind providence of God,
ORIGINAL POEMS AND TRANSLATIONS BY
MR THOMAS ROWE.
Verses to the memory of Mr Thomas Rowe, occasioned
by his Lives being translated into French by the Abbe
Bellenger, and published at Paris and Amsterdam, with
Mr Dacier's translation of Plutarch. By Mr Theophi-
lus Rowe,
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Horace, book I. øde xii. imitated,
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Tibullus, book I. elegy iii.
An epistle to a friend; writen in the spring 1710,
David's lamentation over Saul and Jonathan; from 2 Sam.
chap. i.
To Daphnis. An epistle, giving an account of the most celebrated writers in poetry of the fair sex,
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An epistle to Climene, Imitated from the French of Ma-
dame des Houlieres,