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OF THE
SECOND VOLUME.
No.
PAGE.
36 Directions to the ladies, for their conduct to a husband
37 Happiness properly estimated by its degree in whatever
subject. Remarkable instances of cruelty to brutes.
Elegy on a blackbird
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38 No life pleasing to God, that is not useful to man; an
eastern story
39 An encomium on sleep
40 The existence of evil, aud unequal distribution of hap-
piness and misery, necessary to exercise virtue and ani-
mate hope
41 Sequal to the story of Misargyrus
42 Folly of pleading inability to discharge the duties of
life
43 Adventures of a halfpenny
44 Turpitude and infamy of betraying private conversation
45 The difficulty of forming confederacies ·
46 Obligations to secrecy critically stated
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59
47 A parallel between Alexander and a highwayman
64
48 How far the precept to love our enemies is practicable 71
49 Parallel between ancient and modern learning
50 On lying
82
51 Translation of a manuscript of Longinus lately disco-
vered, containing a comparison of celebrated pas-
sages in Pagan and Jewish writers
52 Distresses of an author, invited to read his play
53 Misargyrus's account of his companions in the Fleet
54 The fatal effects of false apologies and pretences: a
story
55 The story continued
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111
56 The story concluded
117
57 Translation of the manuscript of Longinus concluded 122
58 Presumption of modern criticism censured. Ancient
poetry necessarily obscure. Examples from Horace 128
59 Poets not universally or necessarily poor
60 Satan's letter in behalf of religion and virtue
61 Honour, both as a motive and an end, pre-supposes
virtue; an allegory
62 Misargyrus's account of his companions concluded
63 Paucity of original writers. Passages which Pope has
borrowed, pointed out
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181
64 The hero distinguished from the modern man of ho-
Account of Eugenio by Benevolus
nour.
65 Benevolus's letter continued
66 Benevolus's letter concluded
67 On the trades of London
68 Human sports not such as can gratify pure benevolence.
Frolics unlawful because dangerous. A fatal one re-
lated
69 Idle hope
70 Sequel to the story of Eugenio. Not accepting a chal-
lenge, declared honourable by the articles of war
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