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THESE PAPERS
ARE DUTIFULLY INSCRIBED TO HIS BEST BENEFACTOR
AND PATRON,
HIS MUCH-HONOURED FATHER,
AS A HUMBLE EXPRESSION OF HIS LOVE,
AND
A STILL HUMBLER TRIBUTE TO MANLY VIRTUE AND UNBLEMISHED INTEGRITY OF LIFE,
BY
WILLIAM ROBERTS, A. M.,
Late Fellow of C. C. Coll., Oxon.
No.
VOL. XXXV.
INTRODUCTION to the work, with an expo-
sition of the motives inciting the author
to undertake it.
1. Some account of the ancient and peace-
ful family of the Olive-Branches, parti-
cularly of the mother of Simon.
2. A further account of the nature of the
work-Declaration of hostilities-A
very curious dream......
...
Page
1
17
25
34.
3. Character and plan of the society of
which Simon Olive-Branch is perpetual
president-The government of Echo-
Advantages of peace and forbearance in
conversation-Mr. Blunt's character,
and conversion, brought about by means
of the singular institutions of the author's
club-Mr. Barnaby, the church-warden
-Mr. Anthony Allworth........
4. The effect of sudden perferment in loosen-
ing ancient connexions-Tom Varn-
ish-Anthony Trueman's letter-Epis-
tle from former self to present self...... 44
5. Female society-Madam Olive-Branch
perpetual Presidentess-Miranda's ele-
gant harangue-Vickery's incomparable
têtes.
6. First paper on the subject of religion-
General thoughts on the contemplation
of nature's works, and the beautiful ana-
logies arising therefrom-The reader
prepared for a succession of papers on
the subject of religion-Fears of Madam
.......
52
Olive-Branch for the success of the un-
dertaking.....
62
7 Qualifications of Simon Olive-Branch for
the work-Assistances received-More
invited-Statement of obligations-An-
swers to applications for redress......... 71
8. On the uses to which solitude may be
turned-Introduction of Eugenio to the
reader-His person-His habits-His
excellencies-A poetical dialogue...... 79
9. Plan of a female boarding-school, by a
projecting friend, designed to carry into
effect the principles and reasoning set
forth in a dissertation on the rights of
Women-An extraordinary new and
true story of the Ceugnontain Socouima 97
98
10. Wit of an April-fool day....
11. Modern biography-Heads and particu-
lars of the life of a jack-ass-Dialogue,
after the manner of Fontenelle, between
a modern biographer and a kennel-scra-
per ....
12. Physical and moral effects of fine wea-
ther-More of Eugenio-Letter to his
Amelia-Stanzas on Winter-Love can
soften its rigours
13. Comparative biography-Some touch-
ing resemblances between Crassus and
Lord Chatham-Letter from the Projec-
tor-A biographical apparatus...
14. Letters from various ladies, and the per-
plexity into which Simon-Olive-Branch
is thrown thereby-Belinda Daub-
Sarah Solemn-Lucinda Heartfree-
Grace Latitude-Martha Muscle-Ra-
chael Unruly.......
15. Short history of physiognomy-Opinions
105
116
124
134
thereon-Letters from Benjamin In-
voice and Peter Poker
16. First part of a solemn dream on the Em-
pire of Nothing-Great City of Tinti-
nabia
17. Our misconceptions as to the bias of our
own talents-Dick Addle, his long
course of blunders in the inquiry, and
final success-Mr. Isaac Olive-Branch's
authentic list of accidental discoveries-
Will Wetherall's Letter
18. Pleasures of the country-A rustic cele-
bration-A petition to Mr. Simon Olive-
Branch-Letter from Eugenio to Amelia
-Verses to the Bee.......
143
153
164
... 175
19. Epistle from Oxford, exhibiting an ac-
count of a most extraordinary inven-
tion-Particulars in a letter from Ti-
berius Vosterhusius
.....
20. Second part of the vision of the Empire
of Nothing-An interesting account of
the Academy-Region of Expecta-
tion-Land of promise-Island of Ga-
pers-Paradise of Fools-City of Shim-
sham-Introduction at the court of his
Inane majesty
21. Some morality in gaming-Ravages of
that vice on the character and attributes
of the female sex-Unexaggerated his-
tories of two living females
22. Dissertation on dreams
23. Letter to the king
186
195
215
226
237
24. Further account of the club-Its disci-
pline-Cognizance and jurisdiction of its
departments-Absent disciple ...... ........ 250
25. Moral uses of calculation-An Arabian
ghost story
261