On the Credibility of a Future Life. A Visit to the Courts of Justice in Samuel Richardson : 1689–1761. The Vicar's Rural Retreat. From Pamela at Church. From Pamela, 105 The Vicar of Wakefield, . . 129 Partridge at the Play-house. From On Forgiveness and Revenge. From Tom Jones, . . . . 107 The Rambler, . From The Lives of the Poets,.. The Middle Ages-Progress of Free- William Robertson : 1721-1793. The Discovery of America. From From The History of England, 113 Tobias George Smollett: 1721-1771. The Division of Labour. From The The Soldier's Return. From The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, 115 | Sir William Blackstone: 1723-1780. The Fall of Constantinople. From mentaries on the Laws of England, 118 From Tristram Shandy, . . 120 From his Speech on Conciliation A French Peasant's Supper. From with the American Colonies, . 145 From his Letter to a Noble Lord, 147 The Letters of Junius : 1769–1772. I Horace Walpole : 1717-1797. From A Letter to the Duke of 1 The Trial of the Rebel Lords. From The Perishable Nature of Poetical Letter to Lady Hesketh, . 152 Fame. From The Edinburgh William Paley : 1743–1805. James WattThe Steam-Engine.“ The World made with a Benevolent Design. From Natural Theology, 154 Richard Brinsley Sheridan: 1751—1816. The Insignificance of this Earth. From Astronomical Discourses, 178 On the Pleasures of Imagination. Characters of Shakspeare's Plays, 180 From Philosophical Essays, 159 Sermon on the Sentiments proper to the Present Crisis (1803), : 161 Henry Hallam : 1777—1859. Effects of the Feudal System. From Europe during the Middle Ages, 184 Letters, . . . . . 164 Robert Southey : 1774–1843. On the General Deficiency of Self- Observation. From Essay On a Washington Irving: 1783-1859. Rural Scenery in England. From self, . . . . . . 167 The Sketch-Book, . .' . The Combat between Ivanhoe and The Headstone. From Lights and Bois-Guilbert. From Ivanhoe, 169 Shadows of Scottish Life, . 190 Of Law........................................ .............. THEOLOGIANS. .The Saints' Rest.......... Christian in the hands of Giant Despair. ..The State of Man before the Fall.......... 66 , The World Made with a Benevolent Design ................ ....... ....................154 PHILOSOPHICAL WRITERS. Of Discourse........ On Laughter. .................................... .On Oblivion......................................... .National Partiality and Prejudice.......... The Patriot King............................... .Prejudices and Opinions................... ........... HISTORIAN S. Character of Lord Falkland.. ................... 39 Character of Queen Elizabeth................113 .The Fall of Constantinople............. .Effects of the Feudal System ....... .184 ........ ...141 xii CLASSIFIED INDEX OF PROSE WRITERS. ESSAYISTS. PAGE .............. 79 Abraham Cowley.................... Of Obscurity........ Praise of Poetry and Music ........... Sir Roger de Coverley.......................... Sir Roger de Coverley's Visit to West- minster Abbey...... (A Visit to the Courts of Justice in West- { minster Hall...................................127 , On the General Deficiency of Self Obser- { vation James Watt.-The Steam-Engine...........176 ation............................. .......... 167 7 ............ Numers meturn...........................115 NOVELISTS. 5 Visit to the Academy of Sciences at .................... 89 Uncle Toby and Corporal Trim.............120 A French Peasant's Supper.................123 The Combat between Ivanhoe and Bois- Guilbert................. ...........190 .........204 .129 .....................169 Alexander Pope................... { Montagu ........ LETTER-WRITERS. s From a Letter to Lady Mary Wortley .Letter to Rev. William Unwin ...........151 CLASSIFIED INDEX OF PROSE WRITERS. xiii MISCELLANEOUS PROSE WRITERS. The Liberty of the Press............... Thankfulness for Worldly Blessings..... The Great Fire in London.................. .Mr Pepys sets up a Carriage....... From his Speech on Conciliation with the American Colonies.. .........................145 From his Letter to a Noble Lord...........147 .............198 |