Nullius addictus jurare in verba magiftri,
Quo me cunque sapit tempeftas, deferor hofpes. HoR

THE TWELFTH EDITION.

LONDON:

Printed for J. HoDGES, W. MILLAR, R. TONSON, T. TRENCE,
J. OTTRIDGE, G. WADE, and J. WREN.

OF THE

Numb.

FIRST VOLUME.

I Difficulty of the firft addrefs. Practice of the epic
poets. Convenience of periodical performances.
2 The neceffity and danger of looking into futurity.
Writers naturally fanguine. Their hopes liable to
disappointment.

3 An allegory on criticism.

4 The modern form of romances preferable to the ancient. The neceffity of characters morally good. A meditation on the spring.

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6 Happiness not local.

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7. Retirement natural to a great mind. Its religious ufe. 35

8 The thoughts to be brought under regulation; as they refpect the paft, prefent, and future.

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The fondness of every man for his profeffion. The
gradual improvement of manufactures.

to Four billets with their answers. Remarks on maf
querades.

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11 The folly of anger. The mifery of a peevish old age. 58 12 The hiftory of a young woman that came to London for a fervice.

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13 The duty of fecrecy. The invalidity of all excuses for betraying fecrets.

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14 The difference between an author's writings and his converfation.

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15 The folly of cards. A letter from a lady that has loft her money.

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16 The dangers and miseries of literary eminence.
17 The frequent contemplation of death neceffary to
moderate the paffions.

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8 The unhappiness of marriage caused by irregular motives of choice.

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19 The danger of ranging from one ftudy to another. The importance of the early choice of a profeffion. 109 The folly and inconvenience of affectation.

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