152. THOMAS TICKELL, 1686-1740.

Addison, 382; Colin and Lucy,

383.

153. THOMAS WARTON, 1687-1745.

Sonnet on Dugdale's Monas-

ticon, 383; The Age of Eliza-

beth, 384.

154. JOHN GAY, 1688-1732.

Fables, The Court of Death, 384;

Extracts, 386.

155. ALEXANDER POPE, 1688-1744-

Extracts, 386; The Messiah, 391.

156. JOSEPH BUTLER, 1692-1752.

Punishment, 392; Conscience

meant to be supreme, 393.

157. LORD CHESTERFIELD, 1694-1773.

Good Breeding, 394.

158. ROBERT BLAIR, 1699–1746.

Extracts, 395.

159. JAMES THOMSON, 1700-1748.

Work, 396; Hymn of the

Seasons, 397; Rule Britannia,

398; Extracts, 399.

160. JOHN DYER, 1699-1758.

View from Grongar Hill, 400.

161. PHILIP DODDRIDGE, 1702-1751.

Conviction and Holiness, 400;

Live while you live, 405; Un-

certainty of Life, 405.

162. ABRAHAM TUCKER, 1705-1774-

The Search Family, 405; The

Nature of Things, 406.

163. HENRY FIELDING, 1707-1754-

Jonathan Wild--his Principles,

407.

164. WILLIAM PITT, Earl of Chatham,

1708-1788.

On being taunted with his

Youth, 409; On the employ-

ment of Indians in the Ameri-

can War, 410; On Ingratitude,

412.

-

The

169. JAMES HERVET, 1714-1758.

The Flower Garden.

Kitchen Garden, 429; The Mi-

croscope, 429.

170. WILLIAM SHENSTONE, 1714-1763.

The Shepherd's Home, 430;

The Schoolmistress, 431.

171. THOMAS GRAY, 1716–1771.

On a distant Prospect of Eton

College, 431; Elegy, 432; The

Progress of Poesy, 435; The

Bard, 437; Extracts, 437.

172. JOHN BERRIDGE, 1716-1793.

Faith-its Efficacy, 438; Perse-

verance, and its Guard, 438;

Morality thrives only on Grace,

438.

173. HORACE WALPOLE, 1717-1797.

The Earthquake of London,

1750, 439.

174. HUGH BLAIR, 1718-1799.

Style, 440; Gentleness, 440.

175. GEORGE CAMPBELL, 1719-1796.

Appeals to Feeling, 441.

176. WILLIAM COLLINS, 1720-1759.

The Passions, 443.

177. JAMES GRAINGER, 1721-1766.

Ode to Solitude-Introduction,

446.

178. MARK AKENSIDE, 1721-1770.

Tendencies of the Soul to the

Infinite, 447; Beauty mora),

448; Taste, 448.

179. WILLIAM ROBERTSON, 1721-1793.

The Regent Moray, 449.

180. ADAM SMITH, 1723-1790.

Source of Sympathy, 450; Ad-

vantages of Division of Labour,

452.

181. ADAM FERGUSON, 1724-1816.

The Greeks and Romans com-

pared with Modern Nations,

454-

182. OLIVER GOLDSMITH, 1728-1774-

The Vanity of Popular Fame,

456; History of a Philosophic

Vagabond, 458; The Village

Pastor, 460; Village School-

master, 460; Love of Home,

461; Britain, 461; Extracts,

462.

183. EDMUND BURKE, 1730-1797.

Power of Words dependent on

Association, 462; The Queen

of France, 463; Manners, 464;

The Labouring Poor, 464;

Vanity, 465; Lord Chatham,

465; Rebellion, etc., 466.

184 WILLIAM Cowper, 1731-1800.

Hymns, 466; The Cottager and

Voltaire, 467; The Journey to

Emmaus, 468; The Preacher,

469; The Millennium, 470;

On receiving his Mother's Pic-

ture, 471; Homer's Iliad, 474;

The Soul that loves God, 475;

The Common, 476; Extracts,

476; Letter to Lady Hesketh

on Homer, 478.

185. ERASMUS DARWIN, 1731-1802.

Steel, 480; The Papyrus, 481.

186. JANES BEATTIE, 1735-1803.

Scottish Music, 482; Morn,

484

187. EDWARD GIBBON, 1737-1794.

Conception and Completion of

his History, 484; Charlemagne,

485.

188. JAMES MACPHERSON, 1738-1796.

The Song of Selma, 488.

189. JUNIUS (SIR P. FRANCIS), 1740-

1818.

To the Duke of Bedford, 489.

190. WILLIAM PALEY, 1743-1805.

The Manner of our Lord's

Teaching, 492; On the Cover-

ing of Birds, 493.

191. MICHAEL BRUCE, 1746-1767.

To the Cuckoo, 496.

192. JEREMY BENTHAM, 1748-1832.

On Security, 497.

193. RICHARD CECIL, 1748-1810.

Parental Influence, 499.

194. CHARLES JAMES FOX, 1749-1806.

On the American War, 502;

Capture of Monmouth, 503.

195. ROBERT FERGUSSON, 1750-1774-

Cauler Water, 505.

196. JOHN PHILPOT CURRAN, 1750-1817.

On Emancipation, 505.

197. RICHARD B. SHERIDAN, 1751-1816.

Warren Hastings, 507; Ex-

tracts, 508.

198. THOMAS CHATTERTON, 1752-1770.

The Mynstrelle's Songe, 508.

199. DUGALD STEWART, 1753-1828.

Machiavelli, 509; On the Im-

provement of Memory, 509.

200. GEORGE CRABBE, 1754-1832.

The Old Mansion, 511; Ald-

borough, 512; Extract, 512.

201. ARCHIBALD ALISON, 1757-1839.

Sublimity and Beauty depend-

ent on Association, 512.

202. ROBERT BURNS, 1759-1796.

Toa Mountain Daisy, 513; Ban-

nockburn, 515; The Cotter's

Saturday Night, 515; Extracts,

529.

203. WILLIAM PITT, 1759-1806.

The Slave Trade, 520.

204. WILLIAM COBBETT, 1762-1835.

Country Rides, 522.

205. WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES, 1762-1850.

Chantrey's Sleeping Children,

523.

206. SAMUEL ROGERS, 1763-1855.

Power of Early Association,

524; A Mother's Love, 524;

Extracts, 526.

207. ROBERT HALL, 1764-1831.

Infidelity destructive of great

Virtues, 525; Threatened In-

vasion of England, 527; Meet-

ing of the Pious in Heaven,

529; Edict of Nantes, 529.

208. JAMES GRAHAME, 1765-1811.

Humble Virtue, 530; Sunday

in Winter, 530.

209. Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH, 1765-1832.

Grotius, 531; Two widely dit-

ferent Questions in Morals, 532.

210. JOHN FOSTER, 1770-1843.

Decision of Character, 532;

Religion injured by the in-

feriority of Evangelical Writers,

534; Uneducated Households,

535; Presumption of Atheism,

536; The Love of Money, 536.

211. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, 1770-1850.

Intimations of Immortality,

537; Portrait, 539; Milton, 540;

We are Seven, 540; Sonnet,

541; What is the Poet, 542;

Extracts, 542.

212. SYDNEY SMITH, 1771-1845.

Wit and Humour, 544; Glory

and Taxation, 547; A Jobless

Faith, 547; Extracts, 548.

213. SIR WALTER SCOTT, 1771-1832.

Melrose Abbey, 548; Love of

Country, 549; Flodden, and

Death of Marmion, 550; Ellen,

the Lady of the Lake, 554;

The Borderers, 555; The Bible,

558.

214. JAMES MONTGOMERY, 1771-1854.

The Love of Country and of

Home, 558; Winter Lightning,

559; The Common Lot, 559.

215. S. TAYLOR COLERIDGE, 1772-1834.

A Calm, 560; To W. Words-

worth, 561; Severed Friend-

ship, 562; Hymn to Mont

Blanc, 562; Advantage of Me-

thod, 565; Sin springs from

the Human Will, 566.

216. JAMES HOGG, 1772-1835.

The Skylark, 567; Kilmeny's

Visions in Fairy-Land, 567.

217. FRANCIS JEFFREY, 1773-1850.

English Literature, 568.

218. ROBERT SOUTHEY, 1774-1843.

The Holly Tree, 573; Love,

576; The Doctor's Family

Feeling, 575.

219 CHARLES LAMB, 1775-1835.

The Poor Relation, 579; A
Quakers' Meeting, 582.

22 THOMAS CAMPBELL, 1777-1844.

The Final Triumph of Hope,

586; Ye Mariners of England,

586; Hohenlinden, 587; The

Death of Gertrude, 588; Ex-

tracts, 589.

221. THOMAS BROWN, 1778-1820.

Evidences of the Immortality

of the Soul, 589.

222. WILLIAM Hazlitt, 1778-1830.

Influence of the Reformation

on the Literature of the age of

Elizabeth, 591.

223. HENRY HALLAM, 1778–1859.

Advantages and Evils of the

Feudal System, 594.

224. HORACE SMITH, 1779-1849.

Address to the Mummy, 596.

225. THOMAS CHALMERS, 1780-1847.

On the Inherent Pleasure of the

Virtuous and Misery of the

Vicious Affections, 598; Om-

niscience of God, 600; The

Force of the Christian Evidence,

601.

He

226 THOMAS MOORE, 1779-1852.

Remember Thee, 601;

healeth the broken in heart,
602; Paradise and the Peri,
602; Extracts, 603.

227. LEIGH HUNT, 1784-1859.

What is Poetry, 604; An Angel

in the House, 606; Extracts,

606.

228. H. KIRKE WHITE, 1785-1806.
To an early Primrose, 606.

229. JOHN WILSON, 1785-1854.

The Poetry of Wordsworth, 607;

Extracts, 608; The Evening

Cloud, 608; A Sleeping Child,

609.

230. THOMAS DE QUINCE7, 1785-1859.

Writers of Seventeenth Cen-

tury, 610.

231. RICHARD WHATELY, 1787-1863.
Good Reading, 611; Extracts,

612.

232. GEORGE, LORD BYRON, 1788-1824.

Greece, 612; The Eve of

Waterloo, 613; Rome, 615; The

Dying Gladiator, 616; The
Ocean, 616; A Ship in Full
Sail, 617; The Coliseum 617;
The Clime of the East, 618;

Extracts, 619.

233. CHARLES WOLFE, 1791-1823.

The Burial of Sir John Moore,

619.

234. PERCY B. SHELLEY, 1792-1822.

To a Skylark, 620; Venice, 623;

Stanzas written near Naples,

623; The Cloud, 624; Autumn,

625; Extracts, 625.

235. FELICIA D. HEMANS, 1793-1835.

To a Family Bible, 626; The

Better Land, 626; The Song of
Night, 627; Extracts, 627.

236. JOHN KEATS, 1795-1821.

Ode on a Grecian Urn, 628;

Moonlight, 628; Saturn's

Speech, 629; Extract, 630.

237. THOMAS HOOD, 1798-1845.

The Song of the Shirt, 630; The

Bridge of Sighs, 631; The

Death-Bed, 631; The Haunted

House, 632; Gold, 632; Ex-

tract, 633.

238. D. M. MOIR, 1798–1851.

Casa Wappy, 633.

239. ROBERT POLLOK, 1799-1827.

The Genius of Byron, 634; The

Dying Mother and her Babe,636.

240. THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY,
1800-1859.

Pilgrim's Progress, 637; Dr.

Johnson, 639; Battle of Ivry.

642; The New Zealander, 645,

241. HUGH MILLER, 1802-1856.

The Young Geologist, 645.

242. LETITIA E LANDON, 1802-1858.
Amelioration, 650; The Pil-

grim, 650.

243. E. B. BROWNING, 1809-1861.

Cowper's Grave, 651; Sonnet,

652; A Lady's Yes, 652; Ex-

tracts, 652.

244. THOMAS ERSKINE.

The Gospel conducive to Good-

ness, 653.

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