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The British Essayists: The Mirror

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Little, Brown, 1866 - English essays

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Contents

NO PAGE	9

Esychus on Lounging	15

Advantage even to the greatest and most illustrious	21

Of romancing in ConversationAnecdotes of a French	29

Of private and domestic VirtuesCharacter of Miss	35

NO PAGE	59

The Hardship of educating a young Lady in an expen	65

ter from Joseph Fielding	73

Letter from John Hearty giving an Account of his Suf	125

Critique on that Species of Composition known by	138

Writers in Scotland	158

Antiquarius on the Virtues of certain ancient Medi	172

Emilia on female AccomplishmentsAnswer by	195

Character of a Selfimportant Trifler in a Letter from	219

Criticism on the Character and Tragedy of Hamlet	259

Moderatus on the Character of a Man of SpiritRe	279

NO PAGE	82

Advantages to be drawn from Scenes of Sorrowthe	89

Account of the Flint Family and their Conduct with	97

Letter from Timothy Shuttleworth stating his Difficul	108

Ill Consequences of retiring from SocietyCharacter	294

Difference between theoretical Description and actual	312

Conclusion of The Mirror	331

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Title	The British Essayists: The Mirror Volume 29 of The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Historical and Biographical, Alexander Chalmers
Contributor	Alexander Chalmers
Publisher	Little, Brown, 1866
Original from	University of Chicago
Digitized	14 Mar 2016

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