THE BRITISH ESSAYISTS; WITH PREFACES BIOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL, AND CRITICAL, BY THE REV. LIONEL THOMAS BERGUER, LATE OF ST. MARY HALL, OXON: FELLOW EXTRAORDINARY OF THE IN FORTY-FIVE VOLUMES. VOL. XVIII. LONDON: PRINTED FOR T. AND J. ALLMAN, PRINCES STREET, HANOVER SQUARE: W. Baynes and Son, Paternoster Row; A. B. Dulau and Co. Soho Square; CONTENTS TO VOL. XVIII. 123. ON Seducers of Innocence-Letter to one 127. The Court of Venus, from Claudian. L. Eusden. 128. On the Demolition of Dunkirk 129. On Anger, Revenge, Duelling Bartelett. 131. On Habits of Sloth and Vice 132. Letters from a young Man in Sickness-from the Husband of a Woman that is never in the 142. Danger of Masquerades-Letter from a Dealer in Fig Leaves 143. Account of the Terrible Club 144. Variety of Humour among the English Steele. 145. Letters from a Swaggerer-concerning a Chal- Steele. 146. History of Lions-Story of Sir George Davis Steele. 147. Folly of Extravagance in new married Persons 152. Comparative Merit of the two Sexes, an Al- 154. Lucifer's Account of a Masquerade 155. Utility of Learning to the Female Sex 165. Miseries of Folly and Vice at the Head of a Addison. 168. Character of a Mistress of a Family from the Book of Proverbs-Translation from Anacreon- Letter from STEELE on the Examiner Steele. 170. Extract from General Maxims of Trade 171. Good done by the Author's Speculation- Letter from a Short Writer-in Defence of bare Necks Steele. |