THE BRITISH ESSAYISTS; WITH PREFACES BIOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL, AND CRITICAL, BY THE REV. LIONEL THOMAS BERGUER, LATE OF ST. MARY HALL, OXON: FELLOW EXTRAORDINARY OF THE ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. IN FORTY-FIVE VOLUMES. VOL. VI. LONDON: PRINTED FOR T. AND J. ALLMAN, PRINCES STREET, HANOVER SQUARE: W. Baynes and Son, Paternoster Row; A. B. Dulau and Co. Soho Square; W. Clarke, New Bond Street; R. Jennings, Poultry; J. Hearne, Strand; R. Triphook, Old Bond Street; Westley and Parrish, Strand; W. Wright, Fleet Street; C. Smith, Strand: H. Mozley, Derby: W. Grapel, and Robinson and Sons, Liverpool; Bell and Bradfute, J. Anderson, jun. and H. S. Baynes and Co. Edinburgh: M. Keene, and J. Cumming, Dublin. No. HISTORICAL and Biographical Preface. 1. The Spectator's Account of himself. Addison. 2. Of the Club-Sir Roger de Coverley-the Templar-Sir Andrew Freeport-Captain Sentry -Will Honeycomb-the Clergyman 3. Public Credit, a Vision. Steele. Addison. 4. Advantages of the Spectator's Taciturnity— Care of the Female Sex Steele. 5. On the Absurdities of the Modern Opera Addison. 6. Preference of Wit and Sense to Honesty and Virtue 7. Popular Superstitions 8. Letters on Masquerades 9. Account of Various Clubs 10. The Uses of the Spectator Steele. Addison. Steele. 11. Character of Arietta-the Ephesian MatronInkle and Yarico • 12. Custom of telling Stories of Ghosts to Chil dren Addison. Addison. 3. Conduct of the Lions at the Opera-Merit of Nicolini Steele. 14. Letters from the Lion-from an Under-sexton on the Masquerade-Puppet Show 15. Story of Cleanthe-on Happiness, exemplified in Aurelia-Fulvia 16. Various Articles of Dress-Lampoons-Scandal -Politics-Letter from Charles Lillie Addison. 17. Account of the Ugly Club 18. History of the Italian Opera 19. On Envy 20. Impudence-the Starers Addison. Steele. Addison. Steele. No. 21. Divinity, Law, and Physic, overburdened with Practitioners Addison. 22. Absurdities of the Opera exemplified in Letters from the Performers of Beasts 23. Ill-natured Satire Steele. Addison. 24. Complaint of Thomas Kimbow-Impertinent Acquaintance-Letter from Mary Tuesday Steele. 25. Letter from a Valetudinarian-Excess of Anxiety about Health Addison. 26. Reflections in Westminster Abbey 27. Resolutions to quit the World-Letter to a Clergyman Steele. 28. Project of an Office for the Regulation of Signs -a Monkey recommended for the Opera Addison. 29. Italian Recitative-Absurdities of the Opera Dresses 30. Club of Lovers established at Oxford 31. Project of a new Opera Addison. Steele. Addison. 32. Admission of the Spectator into the Ugly Club Steele. 33. Characters of Lætitia and Daphne Art of improving Beauty Hughes. 34. Success of the Spectators with various Classes of Readers, represented by the Club Addison. 35. False Wit and Humour-Genealogy of Humour Addison. 36. Letters from the Playhouse, on the Dismission of inanimate Performers Steele. 37. Catalogue of a Lady's Library-Character of Leonora 38. On Affectation-Vanity 39. English Tragedy-Lee-Otway 40. Tragedy and Tragi-Comedy 41. Women called Picts-no faith to be kept with them Steele. No. 42. English Tragedy-Methods to aggrandize the the Persons in Tragedy Addison. 43. Account of the Hebdomadal Club-Remarks on Dulness Steele. 44. Stage Tricks to excite Pity-Dramatic Murders Addison. 45. Ill consequences of the Peace-French Fashions -Childish Impertinence Addison. 46. The Spectator's Paper of Hints dropped-Gospel-gossip-Ogling 47. Theory of the Passion of Laughter Addison. 48. Spectator's Letter to the Ugly Club- Letters' from Hecatissa-an old Beau-Strolling Players 49. Character of the Coffee-houses-Eubulus Steele. Steele. 50. Remarks on the English, by the Indian Kings Addison. 51. Censure of a Passage in the Funeral-Indelicacies in Plays Steele. 52. Letter from the Ugly Club-Hobbes's Theory of Laughter 53. Letters on Female Education Steele. Hughes. Hughes. The best bred Men-the Spleen-a Peeper King Latinus 54. Account of the new Sect of Loungers 55. Effects of Avarice and Luxury on Employments 56. Vision of Marraton Addison. 57. Mischiefs of Party-Rage in the Female Sex 58. Essay on Wit-History of False Wit 59. The same subject continued Addison. 60. Wit of the Monkish Ages-in Modern Times 61. The Subject continued Addison. |