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CXXV. The author's explanation of his mo-
tives, in an address to his readers
upon the conclufion of the volume
Page 37
year
CXXVI. Written on the last day of the
1789.
able events within the period of that
year, with fome elegiac lines applica-
ble to its hiftory and character
Short review of the remark-
43
XXVII. The history of Ned Drowsy resumed
48
XXVIII. The history concluded
56
CXXIX. Letter from Simon Sapling,defcribing
his own character, the incidents that
befel him on the death of his father,
his marriages, and the characters
of both his wives
66
CXXX. Walter Wormwood, an envious de- famer, gives his own hiftory in a letter to the Obferver. Remarks thereupon, and a few lines on the
paffion of envy
74
XXXI. The character of a flatterer pour-
trayed in the adventures of Billy
Simper
82
CXXXII. The adventures of Billy Simper con-
cluded, and the flatterer reformed 91
CXXXIII. Obfervations on the various forts of
file; examples adduced, and fome
hints fubmitted to young ftudents 99
CXXXIV.
NUMBER.
CXXXIV. Kit Cracker, a great dealer in the
marvellous, defcribes himself and
his adventures in a letter to the
Obferver
Page 107
CXXXV. Letters from various correfpondents,
particularly from Gorgon, a felf-
conceited painter of the deformed and
terrible
114
CXXXVI. Sketches of various characters in a
populous country town
121
CXXXVII. The literary annals of Greece re-
fumed, with an account of the new
Comedy, and the feveral writers of
that era: Anecdotes of Menan-
der
129
CXXXVIII. Various fragments of Menander
tranflated
136
CXXXIX. Anecdotes of the poet Philemon, and
a felection of his fragments
144
CXL. Anecdotes and fragments of Diphi-
lus, of Apollodorus Gelous, of Phi-
lippidas and of Pofidippus, writers
of the new Comedy. General re-
marks upon the conclufion of the fub-
ject: The author defends himself
against the charge of having attacked
the moral doctrines of Socrates
151
CXLI. Remarks upon Ariftophanes's attack
upon Socrates, in the Comedy of the
Clouds.
Clouds. The introductory fcenes of
that comedy tranflated, wherein the
philofopher is exhibited on the flage
Page 157
CXLII. The history of Nicolas Pedrofa, and
his escape from the Inquifition in
Madrid
177
CXLIII. The hiftory of Nicolas Pedrofa conti-
nued
CXLIV. The history concluded
185
194
CXLV. Serious meditations upon the charac-
ter of an infidel. Quotation from
Bonnet's Philofophical and Critical
Enquiries concerning Chriftianity.
Tranflation of 139th Pfalm
201
CXLVI. General obfervations on the focial cha-
racter. Certain rules recommended
for the improvement of our manners
and habits in fociety. Example of
an egotist, and the rebuke which he
received
208.
CXLVII. Conversation in a Coffee-house, upon the Time paft, compared with the Time prefent. The merits of the authors in each period candidly con-
fidered
215
CXLVIII. The Coffee-houfe debate on the afore-
faid fubject concluded
221
CONTENT S.
CXLIX. On the topic of procrastination A
letter from Tom Tortoife: The p-
pofed form of a deed of conveyan to
be figned by To-day, for makingver
fundry engagements to its fudfor
Page 29
CL. Remarks upon anger. The chacter
of Tom Tinder delineated anacon-
trafted with that of Major Man-
236
love
CLI. The origin and progrefs of poety 244
CLII. Upon the effects of jealousy, exemplified
in the occurrences that happned in
the family of Sir Paul Tefty
252
CLIII. The fory of Adelifa and eander.
Conclufion of the work, wit a fhort
addrefs from the Autho to his
readers
262
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