The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Letters from a citizen of the world to his friends in the East

A. and W. Galignani, and c0, 1837

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Letter Page	7

English passion for politics A specimen of a newspaper Cha	19

Letter Page CX Some projects introducing Asiatic employments into the courts of England 427	20

The tie of wisdom only to make us happy The benefits of tra	26

The reception of the Chinese from a Lady of distinction	49

Of falsehood propagated by books seemingly sincere	56

The story of the Chinese matron	63

The description of a little great man	301

The necessity of amusing each other with new books in sisted upon	305

The preference of grace to beauty an allegory	309

The behaviour of a shopkeeper and his journeyman an	313

The French ridiculed after their own manner	316

The preparations of both theatres for a winter campaign	319

The evil tendency of increasing penal laws or enforcing even those already in being with rigour	322

The ladies trains ridiculed	326

The Chinese philosophers son made a slave in Persia	81

The venders of quack medicines and nostrums ridiculed	88

The history of the man in black	107

A description of a club of authors	114

xxxII	124

Of the present ridiculous passion of the nobility for paint	134

A continuance of his correspondence The beautiful cap	141

The Chinese philosopher praises the justice of a late sen	150

The absurdity of persons in high station pursuing employ	191

A booksellers visit to the Chinese	204

The absurd taste for obscene and pert novels such as Tris	213

Letter Page LXI Proper lessons to a youth entering the worl with fables suited to the occasion 246	214

An authentic history of Catherina Alexowna wife of Pe ter the Great 250	215

The ladies advised to get husbands A story to this pur	238

The rise or the decline of literature not dependent on man but resulting from the vicissitudes of nature	256

The great exchange happiness for show Their folly in this respect of use to society	259

The history of a philosophic cobbler	262

The difference between love and gratitude	265

The folly of attempting to learn wisdom by being recluse	270

Quacks ridiculed Some particularly mentioned	274

The fear of maddogs ridiculed	279

Fortune proved not to be blind The story of the avari cious miller	284

The shabby beau the man in black the Chinese philoso pher etc at Vauxhall	287

The marriage act censured	293

Life endeared by age	298

The sciences useful in a populous state prejudicial in a barbarous one	329

Some cautions on life taken from a modern philosopher of China	330

Anecdotes of several poets who lived and died in circum stances of wretchedness	338

The trifling squabbles of stageplayers ridiculed	342

The races of Newmarket ridiculed The description of a cartrace	347

The folly of the western parts of Europe in employing the Russiaus to fight their battles	350

The influence of climate and soil	366

The fondness of some to admire the writings of lords	373

The condolence and congratulation upon the death	380

A description of the courts of justice in Westminster	387

The Chinese philosopher begins to think of quitting Eng	403

The utility and entertainment which might result from	419

On the different sects in England particularly Methodism	431

An election described	435

A literary contest of great importance in which both sides fight by epigram	438

Against the marriage act A fable	443

Ou the danger of having too high an opinion of human na ture	448

Whether love be a natural or fictitious passion a	452

A city nightpiece	456

On the meanness of the Dutch at the court of Japan	459

On the distresses of the poor exemplified in the life of a private sentinel	462

On the absurdity of some late English titles	468

The irresolution of the English accounted for	471

The manner of travellers in their usual relations ridiculed	473

The conclusion	478

Título	The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Letters from a citizen of the world to his friends in the East Volume 3 de The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Washington Irving
Autor	Oliver Goldsmith
Editor	Washington Irving
Editora	A. and W. Galignani, and c0, 1837
Original de	Universidade de Michigan
Digitalizado	17 dez. 2008

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