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The British Essayists: Observer

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J. Richardson and Company, 1823

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VOL II	1

Delineation of the life of Tiberius	53

Notion that death may be avoided at will	59

Argument of David Levi for the superiority of	65

On natural and acquired taste	68

A delineation of Shakspeares characters of Macbeth A parallel between him	69

The subject continued	70

Further continuation	71

The same concluded	83

General observations on the social character	84

Advice to a man of landed property	85

Author explains the motives of his work and con cludes the third volume	86

Written on the last day of the year 1789 Short review of the remarkable events within the period of that year	87

The history of Nicolas Pedrosa	88

The history continued 90 The history concluded	90

A review of the present state of society in this country	91

Conclusion of the subject	72

Remarks upon the characters of Falstaff and his group	73

Ben Jonsons imitations of Philostratus compared with the original passages His satirical glances at Shakspeare instanced	74

Review of Ben Jonsons comedy of the	75

Review of the Samson Agonistes	76

Comparative review of Rowes Fair Penitent with the Fatal Dowry of Massinger	77

The same continued	78

Conclusion of the review	79

Remarks upon Congreves comedy of the Double Dealer	80

Observations on the various sorts of style	81

Conversation in a coffeehouse upon the time passed compared with the time present	82

writer who had published a collection of his memoirs and remarkable sayings	92

Kit Cracker a dealer in the marvellous	93

Walter Wormwood an envious defamer	94

Letter from Simon Sapling describing his own character	95

On the topic of procrastination	96

Letter from Benevolus giving an account of a damper	97

Letters from various correspondents particularly from Gorgon a selfconceited painter of the deformed and terrible	98

Discovery of a curious Greek fragment	99

Athenian vision	100

Athenian vision concluded	101

Upon the taste for acting private plays	102

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Title	The British Essayists: Observer Volume 33 of The British Essayists, James Ferguson (advocate.)
Contributor	James Ferguson (advocate.)
Edition	2
Publisher	J. Richardson and Company, 1823

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