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N° 3669

CONTENTS.

VOL. XXXIX.

NO. NARRATIVE of a Country Family raised to sudden

36.

Affluence by the Arrival of a Son from India, and

of the Taxes to which the Enjoyment of its

Wealth is subject; in a Letter from Marjory

Mushroom

37. Effects of the Introduction of ancient Mythology
into the Poetry of modern Times

38. Dream of a Court instituted for the Dissolution of

Marriages, on the Ground of a Deception in some

of the Parties

39. High and brilliant Talents not the most conducive

to Eminence or Success in the Departments of

Business and Ambition

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40. Qualifications required in a Country Clergyman by

his Patron or his Patron's Family-Amiable Pic-

ture of the Clergyman of Colonel Caustic's Parish 24

41. Argument for the Existence of Sorcery in the pre-

sent Times-Enumeration of various Kinds of

modern Witchcraft

42. On the Poems of Hamilton of Bangour

43. The Evils of a good Neighbourhood

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44. Narrative of the Happiness of a virtuous and benevo-

lent East Indian; in a Letter from John Truman 50

No.

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45. Second Letter from Jeremiah Dysoon, containing a

Narrative of his Expedition to England for the

Benefit of his Health . .

46. The Power of Fashion in regulating the Deport-

ment of Men towards the other Sex; in a Letter

from Almeria

47. Law of Amasis, for every Egyptian to give an Ac-

count of his Manner of acquiring his Livelihood-

Dream of such an Institution in Britain . . . ..

48. The Sentiment and the Moral of Time-Reflections

occasioned by the beginning of another Year ..

49. Observations on Comedy ....

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50. The same Subject continued-Moral Effects of Co-

51. Senex, on our Neglect of the Improvement and of
the Progress of Time-Proposal by Memory
Modish, for a new Sort of Memorandum-book
of Things to be forgotten . . .

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52. On the Discrimination of Female Character-Dif-

ferent Plan of Education in two Mothers of dif-

ferent Talents and Dispositions.

53. The Petition of Night, complaining of the Encroach-
ments of fashionable People, and proposing a
new Table of Time for their Use-Distresses of

a young Lady not quite so young as she once

was; in a Letter from Jessamina ..

54. Effects of great Cities on Manners-Journal of Arri-

vals in Edinburgh

55. Letter from Hannah Waitfort, giving an Account of

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her Sufferings from a Woman of keen Feelings. 130

56. Marjory Mushroom's Account of her life in Town-

Hardships to be endured by a Disciple of the Ton 137

57. Family Happiness of Aurelius, an amiable old Man. 143

58. Mary Plain's Account of a Hunter after Truth . . . 148

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59. The Pains and Penalties of Idleness, particularly in

the Life of a Man of Fashion

60. Scheme of a literary Projector, for a new Sort of

Periodical Publication.

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61. Of the Duty to Servants-Story of Albert Bane 166

62. Third Letter from Marjory Mushroom, giving an

Account of her Feelings on her Return to the

Country ..

63. Sufferings of a Husband under an œonomical Wife;

in a Letter from Robert Easy

64. History of a Marriage, made from an enthusiastic

Attachment; in a Letter from Constantia . . . .

65. Character of Mr. Wilful, a professed Votary of

Freedom

66. Temper and constitutional good Spirits oftener the

the Cause of Happiness than Genius and Abili-

ties, illustrated in the Situations of Tom San-

guine and Ned Prospect . . .

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67. Superiority of modern Education over the ancient-

Its Principle the Acquisition of Knowledge by

Speaking.

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68. Critical Remarks on the Character of Falstaff. . .

69. The same Subject continued

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