BRITISH ESSAYISTS;

WITH

PREFACES,

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL,

BY

A. CHALMERS, F.S.A.

VOL. XIII.

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CONTENTS.

VOL. XIII.

453 ON pious Gratitude-Poem on it... ADDISON
454 Advantages of being so easily pleased
-different Characters, in a Tour

through the Metropolis................................... STEELE
455 Letters on Education-from the Hus-
band of a Scold-on Money-the

Use of Similies.........

456 Miseries of Debt and Bankruptcy-
Letter from a Bankrupt & Answer
457 Proposal for a Newspaper of Whis-

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.............. ADDISON

458 On true and false Modesty............
459 On religious Faith and Practice......
460 Paradise of Fools, a Vision............
Letter on Bowing and Curtsying at

Church

......

PARNELL

STEELE

.........

WATTS

461 Version of the CXIVth Psalm
Complimentary Letter to the Spec-

tator

462 On pleasant Fellows-Pleasant Cha-
racter of Charles II..............

463 Weight of Wisdom and Riches, a

464 Mediocrity of Fortune to be preferred

465 Means of strengthening Faith.......................

STEELE

ADDISON

466 On the Advantages of Dancing....... STEELE

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