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The British Essayists: Mirror

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C. and J. Rivington, 1823

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VOL XXVIII	1

G	14

Seclusion and Retirement from the World not incon	24

The Mussulmans Mirrorits wonderful Properties	30

NO Page	32

Censure of a particular Piece of Indecorum at	40

NO Page	53

On the Acrimony of literary Disputes Narrative of	83

Letter from Eugenius on the Doctrines of Lord Ches	180

Scheme of Lectures on Politeness by Simulator	197

Description of a Tour through the Highlands by a Lon	211

Story of La Roche concluded	226

Humorous Account of a Crosspurpose Conversation	239

Distresses of the Families of SoldiersStory of Nancy	259

Whimsical Proposal for an Improvement in Agriculture	276

quaintance in a Letter from Elizabeth Homespun	281

On the Restraints and Disguise of modern Education	112

Of our Indian ConquestsOpinions of Mr Umphraville	145

Of female MannersChange of those of Scotland con	154

Author from Mr Umphraville	164

Recital of Conversationcriticism on the Tragedy of Żara	287

Of Selfdeception	300

On TravellingDanger of Travel to a man of moderate	308

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The British Essayists: The world
Alexander Chalmers
Full view - 1808

The British Essayists: Mirror

Full view - 1823

The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Historical and Biographical, Volume 28
Alexander Chalmers
Full view - 1866

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Title	The British Essayists: Mirror Volume 28 of The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Historical and Biographical, Alexander Chalmers
Compiled by	Alexander Chalmers
Publisher	C. and J. Rivington, 1823
Original from	Harvard University
Digitized	22 Feb 2006

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