The success that has attended his endeavours must remain with an impartial public to decide; but he can with truth affirm, that his great aim has been to join the useful with the agreeable, to excite in the bosom of his readers a sympathy for their species, and to invite them to the practice of VIRTUE. Under this conviction of the purity of his own motives, he ventures to deprecate the censure of those who may think the means he has taken inadequate to the end proposed; mankind having long since conceded, that to have meant well is at leati to merit fuccefs, although a deficiency of talent, or an erroneous judgment, may ditable us from obtaining it; and this appears to have been the opinion of the celebrated ADDISON when in' his tine play of caro he makes Portius fay: “ 'Tis not in mortais to command success, “ But we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deferve it." As to typographical execution, it cannot suffer by a comparison with any publications of the present day, being printed on an entire new type, cast expressly for the purpose by that ingenious artist MR. CASLON; and its price must certainly be allowed to render it the cheapest collection of the kind. l'pon the whole, therefore, he indulges the hope, that it will be found an instructive and entertaining POCKET COMPANION, equally acceptable to the traveller, and the social circle assembled round the friendly fire-lide; and also, that it may not be thought an unwelcome recreation to juvenile minds, in as much, as while it unbends them from more severe liudies, it will form their liyle, and give them a correct idea of those beauties which so eminently adorn our ENGLISH POETS. The Editor. AUTHORS FROM WHOM THIS WORK IS COMFILED, ADDISON, 156 Johnson, Sam, 155, 167, 169 Jonson, Ben, 131, 142, 186 26, 95, 102, 108, 115, 123, 131, Lloyd, 47, 55 Lyttleton, Lord, un Mallet, 150 Mason, 146, 159, 183 Melmoth, 185 Merrick, 203 Mickle, 162 Milton, 116, 120, 207 Moore, I Parnell, 97 Phædrus, 69 Pindar, Peter, 112 Pope, 41, 109 Pratt, 187 Robertson, 60 Rogers, 195, 199, 203 Scott, 182 Shakspeare, 15, 18, 28, 102, 158 Shenstone, 86, 88, 90, SI Smart, 63, 75, 76 Thompson, William, 2, 42, 96 Thomson, James, 71, 78, 81, 82, 93, 9.), 140 Wes, Richard, 19 Wilde, 180 Wotton, Sir Henry, 175 124 CONTENTS. ........ 184 ABSENCE, a Paftora Adam's Morning Hymn ning - Care and Generosity, an Allegory Conjugal Fel.citv, a Description Country-Apothecary a Description Country-Bumpkin and Razor-feller, a Tale Country-Church-Yard, an Elegy in Country-Clergyman, a Description Anonymous 177 171 201 Sir William Jones 22 63 198 82 Crabbe 138 55 23 45 28 5. Thomson 99 28 142 91 Anonymous 16 204 64 156 .... 160 Evening, a Pastoral Cunningham 53 Samuel Johnson Fairies Farewell, an humorous Old Ballad... Dr. Corbet 95 Fear, an Ode. Collins 129 Feathered Race, an Invocation to Fidele's Tomb, a Dirge Collins 174 Anonymous 1Oz R. Welt 19 Good-Nature, an Ode Smart 75 Miss Carter 181 Anonymous 145 W. Thompson 42 Happy Life, a Moral Reflection Harmony, an Ode Dryden ... 132 192 Parnell 97 Mallett. 150 Beattie 103 Pratt 187 Shenstone 88 Smart 76 Smollett 48 Shakspeare 18 Ogilvie. 170 F. Thomson 81 Margaret Ratcliffe, an Acroftical Epitaph Ben. Jonjon Negro Slaves, an Inscription at the Entrance Anonymous 43 Anonymous 37 Cunningham 52 1. Thomson 71 Crabbe 114 Collins 125 Phædus 69 58 1 Pollio, an Elegiac Ode Mickle Moore Merrick Garrick Langhorne Aikini Rogers Mafon Rogers Collins Wilde Shakspeare Cunningham (ollins Couper Shenllone Grainger ANON VMous vinonymous Shakpeare 5. Thomson Ben. Jonjon Robertson Rogers Dryden Anacreon. Anonymous Melmoth Anonymous Mafon . Caew Pope Pope Goldfinith Cunningham . Anonymous Auo/ VINUS 7. Thomson Anonymous Aikin Gerrald 132 15 46 93 00 86 39 59 |
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