LITERARY and MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS. An essay on augury Linnaeus's dream = Avarice and Glory, an history. By the King of Prussia 160 151 184 On the qualifications requisite in a commentator upon the holy scriptures 186 Some remarks on the modern manner of preaching The dying advice of a late eminent prelate, &c. Thoughts on various subjects. By Sir Hildebrand Jacob The folly of being dissatisfied with the times we live in Character of the English On the extraordinary cleverness of the moderns On the country manners of the present age A prophecy by Monsieur Voltaire 188 191 193 195 196 198 200 204 205 208 210 ibid Character of a mighty good kind of man Character of a good sort of woman. POETRY. Truth at court. By a reverend dean 217 The patriot king, or George the Third 218 Ode for the New Year 1761, by William Whitehead, Esq. An epistle to a friend, on the expected arrival of the queen 221 Humility exalted; or the glorious transformation 224 Verses on the king's marriage. By Mr. Spence. From the Oxford collection 925 To the queen. By Mr. Warton 997 By the Hon. John Gray, From the Cambridge collection To a noble Lord on his late poetical compositions 241 242 243 ibid. - ibid. On a noble Lawyer's addition to the above noble Lord's poem on a - On the above Lord's reply to the noble Lawyer's addition ibid. Verses occasioned by an incident at the seat of William Shenstone, Esq. 244 ibid. The answer. By a Lady 248 Wrote to an admirable Lady under misfortunes and undeserved con- finement 249 250 Wrote on a tomb-stone, where is laid the skull of a man 252 Wrote on another tomb-stone, where is laid the skull of a woman A copy of Verses, on seeing a boy walk on stilts, ly 255 The rainbow. Afable Epigram, on the Seahorse, with the astronomers on board, &c. Lines from Mr. Gk to a nobleman, &c. Epitaph on Admiral Boscawen 257 258 ibid. 259 260 261 - Epigram on a report of the king of Spain's marrying Madame Victoire 263 so near taken on the 10th of July, 1761, &c. Advice from a matron to a young lady concerning wedlock Mrs. Pritchard, from the same Mr. Quin, from the same The songs of Selma. From the original of Ossian the son of Fingal 270 ACCOUNT of BOOKS for 1761. 275 Fingal, an ancient epic poem The death of Abel® The private life of the Romans Hume's history of England An historical and critical enquiry into the evidence produced by the THE END. 276 286 291. 201 305 |