Miscellanies, in Two Parts: Prose--II. Verse, &c

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J. Munday and son, 1829 - 512 oldal
 

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Poetry a Refuge from Pain
84
Tom Restless
85
Moral Philosophy
90
Transmigrations of an Eastern Prince
91
On forming Connexions
96
Popularity
99
Stenography
100
The Carter and the Two Horses
101
Prejudice
102
Hydrostatical Lamp
104
Patience
105
Ibrahim and Adalaide
106
Vegetables an Elaboratory of Air
112
Cruelty to Animals
114
Desultory Thoughts on Education
116
Civility and Politeness
119
Memoirs of Dr Richard Busby
120
Frugality
124
Memoirs of a Cornish Curate
126
History
136
Evasion allied to Falsehood
138
Game of Twenty 189
139
Modesty and Contentment
141
Negro Slavery
148
Suspicion
150
Sonnet
153
Twelve Golden Rules
155
The Dead Blackbird
156
Reading
157
Jehander Prince of Ava
159
Liberty
163
The Fair Show of Wild Beasts
164
Natural History
166
On an Inquisitive Disposition or the Contrast
168
Shadrach the Jew
170
Home
172
Adventures of a Robinson Crusoe
173
Quadrupeds
178
Charades
181
Fable The Racer and the Carthorse
183
Letter from a Father to his Son on his eutering at the University
184
Alcanzor and Zayda A Moorish Tale
187
Birds
192
Spectres and Apparitions
195
The Necessity of giving a Right Direction to the Pursuits of Youth
197
On Maternal Affection suggested by an incident in Reading
199
The Hero and the Sage
200
Amphibia
202
Forbearance A Letter
206
Religion is to be revered
208
On Romances
210
Sympathy of Mind
211
The Alarm Bird
213
On the Origin of Language
214
On the English Language
216
Gillyflower and Wormwood A Fable
218
Fishes
220
Charades Part II
224
The Perishing Sheep An Incident
228
Docility of Disposition the basis of successful Education
229
Modern Times contrasted with the past
233
Disappointment
237
Conceit The Mender of Cracked Earthenware A Tale
238
Squintinda or the Lover of Mischief A Cha racter
241
A Memorial
243
Insects
245
The Disinterested Arab
249
Perverseness Sullen and Gentle contrasted
251
The Oak and the Brier A Fable
253
The danger of Unequal Connexions exemplified in the History of Amelia Harley
254
Give and Take An Anecdote
261
Worms
262
The Magnet
268
Toleration
270
Success not always dependent on Merit
273
Past Recollections
275
The Obstinate Mule A Fable
277
Sound Thunder and Lightning
279
Electricity
280
The dangerous Consequences of encouraging a Theatrick Taste in Youth The History of Cla rinda Hartley
282
The Winter Evenings Amusement Part I
287
The Winter Evenings Amusement Part II
291
Detraction
294
Princes Place
344
EPISTLES
360
To Laura in the manner of Ovid
367
To Contemplation
375
To the New Year 1783
381
For the New Year 1784 A Parody
382
To Mr Warton P L
384
To M Wall M D of Oxford
385
To Spring from Huntingfords Monostrophics
386
Written in Sickness
388
The Poet to his Infant Daughter
389
To a Friend who asked why I contemplated writing my Life
390
On hearing Sacred Music
391
On their Majesties Visit at Blenheim
392
On the Duke of Marlborough converting his Green house into a Private Theatre
394
To Clara aged 18 years
396
Charge to the Naiads on launching a Pleasure Boat on the Lake at Blenheim
397
To the Right Honourable Lady Anne Spencer on completing her Fifteenth Year
398
Carloc and Orra in imitation of Ossian
400
Written in the Temple of Peace at Tusmore Oxon the Seat of William Fermor Esq
403
Address to the Deity
405
The Approach of Spring
410
The Roll of Beauty
412
A National Case
418
Advice to Bacchanalians
421
To a Friend
422
Wish at Parting
423
Absence A Pastoral
424
The Triumph of Africa
425
Resignation
426
Winter
427
The Invocation To Mira
428
On seeing Flavia weep
429
To Daphne on her Birthday
430
Written in the Beechgrove Wychwood Forest
431
For a Ladys Watch Paper
432
Written under a Print of the Prince of Wales now George IV
433
To Cleora on her Marriage
434
Inscription for a Garden Scat
435
Occasional Epilogue to the Tragedy of Douglas
437
Occasional Prologue to the Tragedy of Cleone
438
Occasional Epilogue to the same
440
Occasional Prologue to the Tragedy of the Gamester
441
Occasional Prologue to the Comedy of the Conscious Lovers
443
Occasional Epilogue to the same
444
The Knights or Both Right and Both Wrong A Tale
446
Intended for Recitation at the Anniversary of the Literary Fund Society 1805
449
Retrospection
452
SONGS
453
St Andrews Day in Oxford
454
The RoseTo Laura
456
The Mutual Sigh
457
love thee as Life c
458
Thou setting Sun c
459
Come dearest Flora c
460
The Sailors Farewell
461
Before the Morns c
462
Anacreontic Let the Sage c ib X The Evening Walk
463
From a MS Play Has Delia heard c
464
How weak is vain Man c
465
When Damon first c
466
Imitated from Metastasio
467
When love illumes c
468
Moderato
469
From a MS Play To chase the mists c
470
Sweet is the Vernal Matin c
471
Too late From a MS Play
472
The Confession
473
Great and free
474
From a Pupil to his former Tutor 475 ib II To Memory
475
To Sensibility
476
To Winter
477
To Contentment VIII On hearing the Evening Bell of
478
To Hope 479 X To Warren Hastings Esq
479
To Night 480 XII Despair
480
To Charity
481
To Lady Amelia Spencer 482 ib XVI On receiving the news of the loss of an only Brother
482
To Rational Liberty
483
Absence Written at Warwick
484
To a Robin singing in a Tree and the Leaves fall XXI To a Young Lady on her Birthday Aug 19
485
To Caroline Duchess of Marlborough
486
On converting Park into Tillage
487
ADDENDA Egotisms and Reflections
488

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