That a Critic fhould ftudy his own Abilities Nature the best Guide to the Judgement 197 ibid. But the Judgement may be improved by Art, and by studying the Ancients, especially Homer and Virgil Of the Licences allowed in Poetry ibid. 198 199 200 ibid. Pride and imperfect Learning the fource of Error ibid. 201 Of being too hard to please, or too apt to admire 203 Characters of an incorrigable Poet, an impertinent Critic and a good one An Admonition to the Critics Of Dr. Armstrong's Art of preserving Health Invocation to the Goddefs of Health Of Air, and particularly of that breathed in London 204 205 206 207 ibid. ibid. 208 Of the choice of Air, and of a Country Situation 210 The neceffity of a free Circulation of Air, and of draining Bogs, and clearing away Trees ibid ibid. 211 Of the regard which ought to be paid to Diet and Exercise, by those who live in Countries that are very dry or very marshy Advice to those who would avoid an over moist Air That gratifying the Fancy contributes to Health The Effect which running Water has on the Air The benefit of funny Situations, with a House rather airy than warm, proved from the languishing state Plants are in when confined to the Shade Of Diet 212 ibid. ibid. 213 Of the Circulation of the Blood, its wafte, and how fupply'd ibid. Of the ufe of Labour in concocting the Food into Chyle and then into Blood ibid. ibid. Of the choice of Food; liquid Food, Vegetables, and young Animals, eafieft of Digeftion; but not those made fat by unnatural means Every Brute is directed by Inftinct to its proper Aliment, but voluptuous Man feeds with all the Commoners of Nature, and is led in purfuit of Pleasure to his own Destruction. 214 Eating to excefs, of any Aliment, dangerous, and especially after long Abstinence 215 The use of fometimes indulging the Appetite, and of Fafting occafionally to unload the Wheels of Life 216 The Regimen to be observed in the several Seasons of the Year. That each Month and each Clime produces the Food which is moft proper, but Winter demands more generous Liquors than the other Seafons ibid. 217 218 ibid. Of the Choice and proper ufe of Water The only Liquors drank in the first Ages of the World ibid. That which is most pure, which is fooneft evaporated, and which generally falls from the Sides of Mountains, or rifes from a fandy Spring is beft Of fermented Liquors, and their use. When drank unmixed with Water they retard Concoction, as appears by their Property of preferving Reptiles, and animal Food from Putrefaction ibid. That Generous Liquors may fometimes be drank freely and to good purpose, tho' but feldom; for whatever too much accelerates the motion of the Fluids, whether it be Wine, high season'd Meats, or laborious Exercise long continued, impairs the Constitution Of Exercise ibid. 219 220 The Importance of Exercife to thofe of a delicate Frame ib. 221 That in all our Exercises we should begin and end leisurely; avoiding the use of cold Liquors while we are hot, and taking care to cool by degrees ibid. Of Bathing, and of the use of the Cold Bath (to fortify the Body against inclement Weather) to those whose Con. ftitutions will admit of it 222 ibid. The warm Bath recommended to those who dwell in fultry climes, and fometimes to the Inhabitants of our own, when the Skin is parched, the Pores obftructed, and Perfpiration imperfectly performed The Seasons for Exercise fhould be adapted to the Conftitution. Labour, when fasting, is beft for the corpulent Frame; but thofe of a lean habit fhould defer it until a Meal has been digested ibid. No Labour either of Body or Mind is to be admitted when the Stomach is full, and the Spirits are required to promote Digeftion; for it is dangerous to hurry an half concocted Chyle into the Blood ibid. The corpulent Frame requires much Exercife, the lean lefs ibid. No Labours are too hard in the Winter; but in the Summer milder Exercises are beft, and those are most proper in the Morning and Evening, avoiding the noxious Dews of the Night 223 The Pleasures of Reft after Labour, and an Admonition Caution against mifapplying thofe Hours, either in Study or Company, in which Nature intended we should rest 224 The Reason why those who labour obtain fo much Re- freshment from Sleep, while the Indolent find but little 'Relief Of Cloathing---The neceffity of putting on the Winter That painful Thinking, or the Anxiety, which attends se- vere Study, Difcontent, Care, Love, Hatred, Fear and Jealoufy fatigues the Soul and impairs the Body 226 Precepts for Reading---The Poftures most proper, and the ibid. ibid. It is a great Art in Life fo to manage the restless Mind that it may not impair the Body The dreadful Effects of thofe mifguided Paffions which Thofe chronic Paffions which fpring from real Woes and not from any Disorder in the Body, are to be cured by ibid. The Folly of feeking Relief from Drinking The Poet's Tribute to the Memory of his Father ibid. The wretched Situation of those who having nothing to do are obliged to spend their Days in queft of Pleasure 229 Indolence and Luxury are Enemies both to Pleasure and ibid. Whatever fupports the Mind in a State of Serenity and Chearfulness, fupports the Body alfo; hence the Bleffing of Hope which Heaven has kindly thrown into our Cup as a Cordial for all our Evils The dreadful Effects of Anger, and of other Paffions 231 Violent Sallies of Paffion are fometimes useful in cold and ibid. But those who are fubject to violent Paffions should refrain ibid. Of Of the ufe of Episodes and Digreffions which should be oc- The Bufinefs of Poetry, especially of that which is Allego- rical Definition of Allegorical Poetry Allegorical Poetry most esteem'd by the Ancients The Caftle of Indolence, by Thomson That fort of Allegory which is made up of real or historical 31 Of the Affinity between Poetry and Painting The Reason why we are fo affected by a beautiful Paffage Of Of Songs, with some few Examples and Remarks A Fragment of Sappho, by Mr. Philips Young Old Age from Anacreon, by Mr. Fawkes The Power of Gold, by the fame The Vanity of Riches, by the fame The Number of his Miftreffes, by the fame On Old Age, by Dr. Broome Cupid wounded----from Anacreon Ode in the manner of Anacreon, by Mr. Prior Anfwer to Chloe Jealous, in the manner of Sappho, by the fame A better Answer to Chloe Jealous, by the fame 61 62 On receiving a Mofs-Rofe from a fick Lady, byMr. Dodd ib. Of the more florid and figurative Ode On Fancy, by Mr. Wharton On a young Lady's Birth-day, by Mr. Smart Of Divine Odes, or Hymns Paftoral Hymn from the 23d Psalm, by the same Of the Sublime Ode The Song of Mofes Whence this Species of Poetry obtained the Name The Eleventh Neumean Ode, by Dr. Weft 63 ibid. 67 68 69 70 71 ibid. 72 73 Of the Pindaric Ode 74 75 Of irregular Odes 82 Alexander's Feat, by Mr. Dryden ibid. Ode on Mufic, by Mr. Pope 86 The 9th Ode of the first Book of Horace, by Mr.Congreve90 On the New Year, by Mr. Woty PRECEPTS for SATIRE, with occafional Remarks 99 Of its origin and use Imitation of the 2d Satire of the 2d Book of Horace, by Love of Fame, Satire the 2d. by Dr. Young |