than of a Reputation which his unkind Modefty, in refusing me his acquaintance, might provoke me to take to myself, at the fame time that it affords me an opportunity of doing it. THE Author of the feventh and eighth Papers, containing a Tranflation from Anacreon, with a Criticifm on that Author, has alfo thought fit to conceal himself from me; tho he has fince favoured me with two other Letters, to wit, the forty ninth, and fixty ninth. There are alfo fix or seven very ingenious Papers fubfcribed with the Letters N. N. and O. O. which feem all to be written in the fame Hand; but the Writer of them has left me ignorant to whom the Publick is indebted for them. I am at the fame lofs about the twenty fecond, the twenty ninth, the thirtieth, the thirty third, the feventy first, the ninety seventh, and the ninety ninth Papers, which feem to me the Performances of fo many different Perfons, and came to me at different times, in the fame order in which they lie in the Journals. WHATEVER Other Papers have been published in this Journal, either under the Name of Hibernicus, or any of his Correfpondents, I only am chargeable with, and anfwerable for all the Faults in them; which while I fubmit with all due deference to the Judg ment of the Publick, I hope it will have the goodness to allow me the Merit of having started a Design in this Country, which may perhaps perhaps hereafter prove useful, when put into abler hands to be executed. A Reader of Candor and Generofity will be inclined to think this a fufficient Motive to pardon, at leaft, whatever Errors or Mistakes have been obfervable during the Progress of this Undertaking. It only remains to thank all my Readers for their Indulgence to me, continued to a Period fo much beyond my fondest Wishes or Ambition. It would be a wronging their Judgment, if I did not now begin to think, that these loose Compofitions might perhaps be ftill farther ufeful; for which Reafon I have just published propofals for collecting them together in fuch a Form as may best anfwer that End: in promoting of which, I shall prefume to hope for the Continuance of their Favour; affuring them, that I fhall have very little Relish of any Advantages I may thereby procure to myself, befides the Capacity of ferving my Country and Mankind, and having a better Opportunity of accounting to the Publick hereafter for the leisure Hours of Their most obedient, and most humble Servant, HIBERNICUS GE, the prefent not more corrupt than the past. AGE, 399 to 415 Alexander. A Poem on a Picture of one of his Battles. By T. M. of Staffordshire. Ancestors, Northern, their Wisdom. Ants, their Sagacity. Auguftine, St. a Character of his Writings. Auguftus, how he confirm'd his Power. Bacchus. A Poem. B Bacon, his Obfervation on Translations. its Advantages. 236 52 194 421 8 65 34 53 54 Beauty, Inquiry into it, a Book fo call'd, recommended. 32 Bees, the Fable of. The Author of it a jocular Philofopher. 20 A Criticifm on his Style and Manner of Reafoning 241 Boyfe, Mr. Samuel, Author of the Paraphrafe of a Paffage of Job, in the 50th Paper and of the 97 -- Charles V. a Saying of his 341 Chardin, Sir John, a remarkable Story in his Travels 378 Chinese, their Notion of Nobility 279 Chremes, X. Chremes, his Character .159 Chriftians, Primitive, did not apply the Rules of Chriftianity European, the moft polite Part of the World, and why Chryfoftom, St. his Manner of Preaching Cicero, the Beauties of his familiar Epiftles Common Senfe, the beft Rule of Life Converfation, the Art of pleafing in it difficult to prefcribe Rules for it 272 422 173 334 66 67 68 -68 69 71 Covetous, they endeavour to conceal their Covetousness The Vices of the Country and Town compared Dammee, a powerful Demon Dapper, Stile by whom introduced Debts, the Payment of them recommended 304 304 D 310 91 I Douglafs, Capt. his heroick Death Dutch, not fubject to the Spleen, and why E 352 226 Earth. Author of the Theory of it his Reflection on Atheists Faculties, fome People have only mechanical, and not ratio nal ones Fathers, their Authority not decifive not more learned than the Divines of this Age Fidde's Life of Cardinal Wolfey cenfured Fierceness, in what Senfe the Character of the English 264 416 419 296 201 3 Futurity, how neceffary it is to our Happiness to look into it Difference betwixt the Hero and the timorous Horace, Book I. Ode xxxviii. tranflated Book I. Ode xiii. tranflated Book III. Ode xxix. his Character of a virtuous Man Book I. Ode iv. tranflated Epod. II. tranflated Hope and Memory, why implanted in us I James I. his Manner of ufing Parliaments 350 354 354 36 37 95 91 209 298 300 323 24 Intellectual Qualities, the Danger of prizing them above mo K 134 Knaves. The Obfervation that Men would rather be thought Knaves than Fools, how to be limited Knowledge, the bad Effects of over-valuing our own L Ladies, their common Education cenfured Laughter, Objects of it every where apt to exceed Bounds Learning, ufually arrives at its Height in a fhort time |