Thomas FULLER. 1608-1661.

1. The Good Schoolmaster .......

2. Recreations .......

BISHOP JEREMY TAYLOR. 1613-1667.

1. Abraham Reproved .......

2. Of Comforting the Disconsolate ........

3. The Good Man..........

4. The Miracles of the Divine Mercy ...

5. The Discipline of Adversity ......

6. The Prayer of a Good Man ..

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JOHN MILTON. 1608--1674.

1. Effects of the Reformation in England .......

2. Apostrophe or Prayer to Christ

3. The Inspired Poet

4. Rights and Responsibilities of the Press ........

5. The Test of Virtue .

6. Restrictions on General Liberty of Action ..

7. Truth in Human Form :....

8. Revival of Intellectual Freedom in England

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SIR Thomas BROWNE. 1605–1682.

1. The Book of Nature ......

2. Oblivion, the Condition of Life....

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RICHARD BAXTER. 1615–1691.

The Everlasting Rest of Heaven .............

THOMAS HOBBES. 1588–1679.

1. Necessity of Precision in the Use of Language ......

2. Origin and Constitution of the Commonwealth ......

Izaak WALTON. 1593–1683.

1. Rural Pleasures ..

2. Contentment and Thankfulness

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LORD CLARENDON. 1608—1674.

1. Character of Hampden

2. Character of Falkland .........

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Isaac BARROW. 1633—1677.

1. Wisdom...

2. Wit ....

3. Speech .........................

John DRYDEN. 1631–1701.

1. Shakspeare

2. Beaumont and Fletcher ......

3. Ben Jonson .......

4. Qualifications of a good Translator .

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ARCHBISHOP TILLOTSON. 1630-1694.

Sincerity, Truth, and Integrity

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John BUNYAN. 1628–1688.

1. The Combat with Apollyon .......

2. Christian's Entrance into Heaven.......

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SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE. 1628–1698.

1. Self-instruction......

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2. Discretion in Grief ....

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Thomas BURNET. 1635–1715.

The final Conflagration of the Globe .................

John Locke. 1632–1704.

1. Reading ......

2. The incorrect Use of Words ....

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Sir RICHARD STEELE. 1671–1729.

1. The good Story-teller ............

2. The Glories of Poetry ...............

JOSEPH ADDISON. 1672–1719.

1. Sir Roger de Coverley at Church ........

2. The Vision of Mirza ......

3. The Importance of a good Education ..............

DANIEL Defoe. 1669–1731.

The Footprint in the Sand ..........

JONATHAN SWIFT. 1667-1745.

1. The Academy of Sciences at Lagado .......

2. English Style ....

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ALEXANDER POPE. 1688–1744.

1. Pope in Oxford .....

264

2. Description of an ancient Country Seat .............

265

HORACE WALPOLE. 1717-1797.

1. The Horrors of Ennui......

269

2. Houghton re-visited ......

270

LORD BOLING BROKE. 1678–1751.

1. Philosophical Composure

273

2. Fortune not to be Trusted

274

SAMUEL JOHnson. 1709—1784.

1. Disappointed Expectations

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2. Letter to Lord Chesterfield ......

3. Claims of Shakspeare as a Classic ....

4. Iona .......................................

280

5. Parallel between Pope and Dryden .......

281

LORD CHATHAM. 1708—1778.

1. Reply to Walpole ..............................

283

2. The American War ........

285

3. Against employing Indians in the War ...

289

David HUME. 1711–1776.

1. Discretion ...........................

2. The Standard of Taste

3. Character of Queen Elizabeth ...

293

LAURENCE STERNE. 1713—1768.

295

2. A French Peasant's Supper ..

298

WILLIAM ROBERTSON. 1721-1793.

1. The Abdication of Charles V. ....

300

2. The Discovery of America......

303

EDWARD GIBBON. 1737—1794.

1. Alaric at Rome......

307

2. Death of Mahomet ....

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1. Captivity

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LORD CHESTERFIELD. 1694–1773.

1. Do one Thing at a Time.

2. Attend to Things about you ......................

EDMUND BURKE. 1729—-1797.

1. Independence of the Member of Parliament ........

2. Descent of Hyder Ali on the Carnatic......

2. Impeachment of Warren Hastings ..........

4. The Limits of Liberty ......

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5. The English Constitution ...

322

6. The Age of Chivalry is gone! ...................

323

7. Henry IV. of France .....

326

8. Howard ......

327

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

327

OLIVER GOLDSMITH. 1728—1774.

1. Transient Popularity ...

329

2. The Wakefield Family .......

331

Thomas GRAY. 1716—1771.

1. Southampton Water and Netley Abbey ......

334

2. Grasmere ................................

336

JUNIUS. Published 1772.

1. Dedication to the English Nation....

337

2. Letter to the Duke of Grafton .....

340

3. Eulogium on Lord Chatham ...... ......... 341

SIR Joshua REYNOLDS. 1723—1792.

The Study of Great Models .......

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WILLIAM COWPER. 1731–1800.

1. On Writing upon Nothing ...

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2. Rural Sounds..

315

3. In at the Death .........

347

ROBERT HALL. 1764–1831.

1. The Conception of God ........

348

2. Expediency not the Test of Virtue .......

350

3. Bonaparte's expected Invasion of England .......... 352

4. The great Lights of the Social World extinguished..'. 357

CHARLES LAMB. 1775—1834.

1. Attachment to London Scenes and Life ............ 358

2. “Lying down with the Lamb”.

360

WILLIAM PALEY. 1743–1805.

Happiness of the Animal World

John FOSTER. 1770—1843.

Howard's Decision of Character

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SYDNEY Smith. 1769—1845.

1. Catholic Emancipation ............

366

2. Mrs. Partington versus the Atlantic ........ ....... 368

WASHINGTON IRVING. 1783—1859.

1. The renowned Wouter van Twiller ........

369

2. The Phantom Island .....

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ROBERT SOUTHEY. 1774–1843.

1. The Death of Nelson .....

2. The Uses of Philosophy .......

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375

SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE. 1772–1834.

1. The Test of True Poetry ........

377

2. Fancy and Imagination ......

379

SIR WALTER Scott. 1771–1832.

1. A Morning in the Highlands ...

380

2. The Revenge of Macgregor's Wife .....

380

3. Raleigh's Interview with Queen Elizabeth........... 382

THOMAS CAMPBELL. 1777—1844.

What are Poetical Subjects ? ...

384

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387

CALEB C. Colton. Died 1832.

Happiness ........

THOMAS DE QUINCEY. 1785-1859.

1. A Wonderful Dream .......

2. A Celestial Drive..

3. Functions and Dignity of Style ..................

GEORGE CANNING. 1770—1827.

The Latent Power of England .......... ..........

EDWARD IRVING. 1792–1834.

Vindication of the Author's Style ...... ........

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390

JOHN JAMES AUDUBON, 1780—1851.

A Burning Prairie ..

SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH. 1765–1832.

1. Lord Bacon as an Author

an Author ......

2. Sir Thomas More's Character

WILLIAM COBBETT. 1762—1835.

The Valley of the Avon ...............

SIR CHARLES LYELL. 1797–

The Problem of Geology.......

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THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY. 1800—1859.

1. The Literary Club and Dr. Johnson

2. The Trial of Warren Hastings ...

3. Consequences of Frederick the Great's Actions .......

4. The Fall of the Mogul Empire .....

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