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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
Of judging of a Performance by a Part of it
Of being pleased with glittering Thoughts only
Of judging only from the Language of a Piece, or from
the Numbers

ibid.

201

Of being too hard to please, or too apt to admire
Of judging partially, and collectingOpinions from others2oz
Wit is ever purfued with Envy; but the true Critic will
temper his Mind with good Nature

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
Of the benefit of burning Pit-coal

204

205

206

207

ibid.

ibid.

208

Of the choice of Air, and of a Country Situation
Diseases arifing from a Situation too marfhy or too dry ibid.
Of the force of Custom, and the friendly Power of native
Air

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.
The Pleafures of a rural Life and Conversation
That the Fancy is to be indulged in our choice of Exercise,
fince it is this only which diftinguishes Exercise from
Labour

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
against eating too much, and too late at Night ibid.

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
ibid.

Of Cloathing---The neceffity of putting on the Winter
Garb early, and not leaving it off till late in the Spring

ibid.

228

ibid.

The Folly of feeking Relief from Drinking
Of the Mischiefs that attend Drunkennefs, fuch as doing
rah Deeds that are never to be forgotten, the Lofs of
Friends, Money, Health, &c.
ibid.

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
to Health

Of Virtue and good Senfe---Their Effects

ibid.

ibid.

ibid.

But those who are fubject to violent Paffions should refrain
from ftrong Liquors

ibid.

Of

Of the ufe of Episodes and Digreffions which should be oc-
cafionally pathetic

Of the neceffity of enriching the Style

Of Painting and Mufic

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The Bufinefs of Poetry, especially of that which is Allego-

rical

That fort of Allegory which is made up of real or historical
Perfons, and of Actions either probable or poffible; and
where the Moral is obvious, and the Mind satisfied with-
out feeking for a myftical Meaning, ought to be diftin-
guished by another Name

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Of

Of Songs, with some few Examples and Remarks
Of the Leffer Ode

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

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Anfwer to Chloe Jealous, in the manner of Sappho, by the

fame

A better Answer to Chloe Jealous, by the fame

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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
On the Death of Mr. Thomson, by Mr. Collins

Of Divine Odes, or Hymns
Hymn, by Mr. Addifon

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.

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69 70

71

ibid.

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73

Of the Pindaric Ode

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75

Of irregular Odes

82

Alexander's Feat, by Mr. Dryden

ibid.

Ode on Mufic, by Mr. Pope

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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

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Love of Fame, Satire the 2d. by Dr. Young

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