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The British Essayists: The Adventurer

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Little, Brown, 1866

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VOL XXI	17

Apology for apparent PlagiarismSources of Liter	95

Blemishes in the Paradise Lost WARTON	101

The Fairy Tale concluded	104

On the Fragments of Menander WARTON	105

Insensibility of Danger when mistaken for Cour age HAWKES	106

Different Opinions equally plausible JOHNSON	107

The Uncertainty of Human Things	108

of Flavilla HAWKES 124 The Story continued 125 The Story concluded	123

Solitude not eligible JOHNSON	126

In what Arts the Ancients excel the Moderns WARTON	127

Men differently employed unjustly censured by each other JOHNSON	128

Characters at Bath WARTON	129

Danger of Relapse after Purposes of Amendment HAWKES	130

Singularity censured JOHNSON	131

An Eastern Story HAWKES	132

A Vision WARTON	109

Pity not an Expression of strong Benevolence 111 The Pleasures and Advantages of Industry JOHNSON	111

Ill Effects of general Familiarity and wanton Rudeness HAWKES	112

Observations on Shakspeares King Lear WARTON	113

An Eastern Story HAWKES	114

The Itch of Writing universal JOHNSON	115

Observations on King Lear continued WARTON	116

Danger of assuming the Appearance of EvilThe Story of Desdemona HAWKES	117

The Story of Desdemona concluded	118

The Folly of creating Artificial Wants JOHNSON	119

In what Arts the Moderns excel the Ancients WARTON	133

The Cruelty of deserting Natural Children and the Danger of slight Breaches of DutyAga muss Account of his Daughter HAWKES	134

Agamuss Account of his Daughter continued	135

Ditto concluded	136

Writers not a useless Generation JOHNSON	137

Their Happiness and Infelicity	138

The Design of the critical Papers in The Adven turer WARTON	139

Account of the General Plan and Conclusion	140

The Miseries of Life 121 The Adventures of a Louse HAWKES 122 Observations on King Lear concluded WARTON	187

the Work HAWKES	247

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Title	The British Essayists: The Adventurer Volume 21 of The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Historical and Biographical, Alexander Chalmers
Contributor	Alexander Chalmers
Publisher	Little, Brown, 1866
Original from	University of Chicago
Digitized	14 Mar 2016

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