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XXV. LORD SHAFTESBURY. 1671—1713 .

1. The Masque of Society . . .

2. God in the Universe . . . .

XXVI. SIR RICHARD STEELE. 1671–1729 .

1. Impudence and False Modesty . .

2. The Remembrance of Lost Friends .

XXVII. JOSEPH ADDISON. 1672—1719

1. The Papal States at the close of the 17th Century

2. Reading a Dance . . . . . .

3. Frozen Words . . . . . . .

4. National Thanksgiving . . . . .

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XXVIII. LORD BOLINGBROKE. 1678–1751

1. Harley, Earl of Oxford . . . . .

2. A faint and selfish Opposition . . . .

3. Wisdom and Cunning in a Minister . . .

4. Immortality without terrors for the Reason . .

5. The Superiority and right use of Human Reason .

XXIX. JOHN ARBUTHNOT. 1675—1734-5 . . .

1. The Usefulness of Mathematical Learning. .

2. Letter of the Free-thinkers to Martinus Scriblerus

XXX. BISHOP BERKELEY. 1684–1752. . . .

1. That Man can see God . . . . .

2. Appeal to the Roman Catholic Clergy of Ireland .

XXXI. ALEXANDER POPE. 1688—1744 .

1. Life in Public and in Solitude, a Letter to Steele .

2. Homer and Virgil (from the Preface to the Iliad).

XXXII. LADY MARY W. MONTAGU. 1689–1762

1. Adrianople (from a Letter to Pope) . .

2. A Procession to a Turkish Camp . .

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XXXIII. LORD CHESTERFIELD. 1694–1773 . . . 219

1. The State of France in 1753 . . . . . 220

2. Casuistry and Common Sense . . . . . 221

3. Good Manners . . . . . . . . 223

XXXIV. HENRY FIELDING. 1707-1754 . . . . 225

1. The Rescue of a Kitten . . . . . . 226

2. The Sea Captain . . . . . . . 228

3. Good Breeding in the first half of the Eighteenth Century 230

XXXV. SAMUEL JOHNSON. 1709—1784 · · · · 233

1. The Happy Valley . . . . . . . 234

2. Pope . . . . . . . . . 236

3. Shenstone . . . . . . . . 238

4. Letter to the Earl of Chesterfield . . . . 239

XXXVI. DAVID HUME. 1711—1776 . . . . . 242

1. Eloquence in Ancient and Modern Times . . . 343

2. The Virtues of Cheerfulness and of Magnanimity. .

3. Of the Association of Ideas . . . . . 25°

XXXVII. LAURENCE STERNE. 1713—1768 . . . . 252

1. The House of Mourning and the House of Feasting : 253

2. The Good and Ill of Travelling . . .

3. The Length of Life . . . . . . . 259

XXXVIII. HORACE WALPOLE. 1717–1797 . . . 260

1. The Rebel Lords at their Trial . . . . . 261

2. Letter to Sir Horace Mann . . . . . 263

XXXIX. GILBERT WHITE. 1720-1793 . . . . 265

1. The Fern or Churn-owl . . .

2. Earth-worms . . . . . . . .

3. An Idiot Boy at Selborne . . . . . . 268

XL. ADAM SMITH. 1723—1790 ; . . . . . 270

1. The Comforts of Life owing to Co-operation and the

Division of Labour . . . . . . 271

2. Expenditure which adds to the Wealth of a Nation : 273

XLI. SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS. 1723—1792 .

1. Gainsborough . . . . .

2. Michael Angelo . . . .

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XLII. OLIVER GOLDSMITH. 1729—1774 . . . .

1. The Political Condition of Sweden, France, and Holland 284

2. Dr. Primrose in Prison

3. Indecencies of Antigallican Feeling . . . . 287

4. A General Election . . . . . . . 289

5. The History of a Spider . . . . . .

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XLIII. EDMUND BURKE.

1. Peroration of the Speech on Conciliation with America. 295

2. The Decay of Chivalrous Sentiment . . . . 298

3. On the Death of his Son . . . . . . 300

4. The Devastation of the Carnatic . . . . 302

5. Charles James Fox . . . .

304

XLIV. WILLIAM COWPER. 1731–1800 .

1. His Life at Olney

2. Time an Enemy and a Friend . .

3. His two Goldfinches . . . .

4. Occupations of Life before the Flood .

XLV. EDWARD GIBBON. 1737—1794 . . . . . 314

1. The Age of the Antonines . . . . . . 314

2. Disbelief of Paganism prevalent in the Roman World · 316

3. At Lausanne—the last lines of the last page . . 318

XLVI. SIR PHILIP FRANCIS— JUNIUS. 1740—1818 . . 319

1. From a Letter to the Duke of Grafton . . . 320

2. From a Letter to the Duke of Grafton . . . 322

XLVII. WILLIAM SCOTT, LORD STOWELL. 1745—1836 · 324

1. The Contract of Marriage . . . . . . 325

2. Places, and Rites, of Sepulture . . . . . 326

3. The Story of an Unhappy Marriage . . . . 327

XLVIII. DUGALD STEWART. 1753—1828 . . .

1. The Sense of Duty and the Pursuit of Happiness .

2. The Rapidity of Thought in Interpreting Language

XLIX. WILLIAM COBBETT. 1762—1835 · · ·

1. The Institution of Property

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2. The National Debt and Foreign Politics in 1826.

3. Woodland Countries . . . . . .

L. SIR WALTER SCOTT. 1771–1832 · · · ·

1. Sunset in a Storm . . . . . .

2. The Discovery of the Tomb of Robert the Bruce .

3. The Prayer of Louis the Eleventh . . .

LI. SYDNEY SMITH. 1771—1845 . . . . .

1. Bentham's Fallacies summed up in Noodle's Oration

2. A Meeting of the Clergy at Dordrecht · ·

3. From Peter Plymley's Letters . . . .

4. Francis Horner . . . . . .

LII. SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE. 1772—1834

1. Of the Importance of Method · ·

2. Veracity . . . . . . .

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LV. WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR. 1775—1864 . . . 375

1. Dialogue between William Penn and Lord Peterborough 376

2. The Story of John Wellerby · · · · · 378

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LVI. THOMAS DE QUINCEY. 1785-1859 . . .

1. His Sister's Death . . . . . . .

2. Solitude . . . . . . . . . 383

3. Joan of Arc . . . . .

LVII. SIR WILLIAM NAPIER. 1785–1860 . . . . 386

1. The Close of the Battle of Albuera . . . . 386

2. The British Infantry . . . . . . . 387

LVIII. THOMAS ARNOLD. 1795–1842 . . . .

1. Reflections on the Sufferings of the Roman Commons

after the Retreat of the Gauls . . . . 390

2. Scipio . . . . . . . . 391

3. The Treasures of History . . .

LIX. LORD MACAULAY. 1800—1859 · · · · · 394

1. The Puritans. . . . . . . . 395

2. The Burial-place of Monmouth . . . . 399