The British Essayists

63 Of private and domestic Virtues-Character of Miss

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64. Of Good Company; in a Letter from Modestus .
65. The Hardship of educating a young Lady in an ex-
pensive Manner, and then leaving her with a very
slender Provision for her Support-History of
herself, by S. M.

66. Criticism on a Scene in Shakespeare's Richard III.

67. Letter from Lorenzo-He goes in search of a Wife—

Characters-Bad Effects of neglected Education in

...

68. Description of a Macaroni Member of Parliament; Mr.

Umphraville's Reflections on that Character

No.

69. Account of a younger Brother in the Country, in a

Letter from Joseph Fielding

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70. Danger of too much Intimacy with the Great-a Spi-

rit of Independence the best Guardian of Virtue—

Story of Antonio

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72

71. Sequel of the Story of Antonio

72. Advantages to be drawn from Scenes of Sorrow-the

Funeral of Maria.

73. Essay on Dreams, by Insomniosus

74. Essay on Dreams concluded

75. Letter from Timothy Shuttleworth, stating his Difficul-
ties in reading the Newspapers-General Reflections

on the Abuses of those daily Intelligencers

76. Dinner at Mr. Melfort's-Hard Drinking-Mr. Um-

phraville's Reflections on modern Manners . . . .

77. The Effect of Difficulty in Attainment to heighten our

Keenness in Pursuit-Argument deduced from this

with Regard to the Rule of Poetical Justice.

78. Letter from John Hearty, giving an Account of his Suf-

ferings from an extreme Propensity to Friendship. 124

79. Integer on negatively good Men-Scheme of a News-

paper to relate what Things are not done-Obser-

vations on Pastoral Poetry

119

129

80. Critique on that Species of Composition known by the

Name of Advertisement

138

81. Distresses of an Heiress; in a Letter from Olivia . .

82. On Sign-posts, as the Reward of Public Merit, and

Criterion of National Success

145

150

83. Enquiry into the Causes of the Scarcity of humourous

Writers in Scotland

84. Of the Privilege of Fashion to alter Nature-Some

Account of certain fashionable Peculiarities in Edin-

burgh

162

85. Apology to Poetical Correspondents-The Exile, an

Elegy

166

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86. Antiquarius, on the Virtues of certain ancient Medi-

cines

87. On Superstition and the Fear of Death

88. The Hardships of a private Tutor, in a Letter from

K. B.-Reflections suggested by it

89. Emilia on female Accomplishments-Answer by the

the Author-Letter from Letitia Lappet, going to

set up Shop as Milliner

90. Calamities incident to extreme old Age, particularly

the Loss of Friends; Feelings of the Author on a

Misfortune of that kind ..

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• 171

91. On the Duties of the Great, in Behaviour as well as

Conduct

92. On the Desire of Figure-making

...

93. Character of a Self-important Trifler; in a Letter

from Miss C. F.

94. Effects of the Representation of certain Characters

in the Mirror-Letter from a Gentleman in Lon-

don on the Improvements of Edinburgh

.

95. Description of a dangerous Species of Coquette; in two

Letters from Mr. and Mrs. B..

96. Bad Effects of an Education too refined for the Society
in which we live; in a Letter from Mary Muslin-
The Marriage of Eval, a Poem-The Plagiarisms
of the Mirror, in a short Letter from Evelina
97. Account of the Flint Family, and their Conduct with
regard to the Education of Master Flint, by the
young Gentleman's Tutor, Hypodidascalus
98. Hypodidascalus's Relation continued―Journal of Mas-

ter Flint's Studies for a Week