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MANUAL of moral, philosophical, and critical
compositions in the popular form of Essays;
exempted from the faults of many of the origi-
nal authors, and without a single passage to shock
the most delicate mind. We have never allowed
ourselves to add a new idea, though we have oc-
casionally taken the liberty to correct or alter
expressions which were either obsolete, vulgar, or
incorrect. We refer the reader to the Table of
Contents for the entertainment laid before him,
and here add a list of the Authors.

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46. Love of Life increasing with Age-
Goldsmith's Citizen of the World,
Essay 72

47. Practice and Habits-Locke

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48. The Danger of Procrastination-Cow-
ley's Miscellaneous Writings 256
49. On Essay Writing-Sir R. Black-
more's Essays.

VOL. II.

50. On Posthumous Publications-Cow-
ley's Miscellaneous Writings.

51. A Word to Modern Critics-Dryden's
Preface to the State of Innocence
52. On the Use of Letters-Lord Lyttle-
ton's Dialogues of the Dead,
Cadmus and Hercules

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53. On the Character of Poets-Gold-
smith's Citizen of the World

54. Confidence-Collier's Essays

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55. Ideal Beauty-Dryden's Parallel of
Poetry and Painting

56. Advantage of Restraint, a Tale-
Museum for 1747, p. 128 .

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57. Polite Philosophy- Polite Philoso-
pher, Dodsley's Fugitive Pieces. 39

58. Egotism-The same .

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59. The Society of Women the best
School of Politeness-The same 53

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