The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IV (of X)—Great Britain and Ireland II
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praise from an enemy is the most pleasing of all commendations.
All that we want to be pleased with flattery, is to believe that the man is sincere who gives it us.
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- SIR RICHARD STEELESample
- I OF COMPANIONS AND FLATTERERS
- II THE STORY-TELLER AND HIS ART[1]
- III SIR ROGER AND THE WIDOW[2]
- IV THE COVERLEY FAMILY PORTRAITS[3]
- V ON CERTAIN SYMPTOMS OF GREATNESS[4]
- VI HOW TO BE HAPPY THO MARRIED[5]
- LORD BOLINGBROKE
- I OF THE SHORTNESS OF HUMAN LIFE
- II RULES FOR THE STUDY OF HISTORY[7]
- ALEXANDER POPE
- I AN ANCIENT ENGLISH COUNTRY SEAT[8]
- II HIS COMPLIMENTS TO LADY MARY[9]
- III HOW TO MAKE AN EPIC POEM[11]
- FOOTNOTES:
- LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU
- I ON HAPPINESS IN THE MATRIMONIAL STATE[14]
- II INOCULATION FOR THE SMALLPOX[15]
- FOOTNOTES:
- LORD CHESTERFIELD
- I OF GOOD MANNERS, DRESS AND THE WORLD[16]
- II OF ATTENTIONS TO LADIES[17]
- FOOTNOTES:
- HENRY FIELDING
- I TOM THE HERO ENTERS THE STAGE[18]
- II PARTRIDGE SEES GARRICK AT THE PLAY[19]
- III MR. ADAMS IN A POLITICAL LIGHT[21]
- FOOTNOTES:
- SAMUEL JOHNSON
- I ON PUBLISHING HIS "DICTIONARY"[22]
- II POPE AND DRYDEN COMPARED[24]
- III LETTER TO CHESTERFIELD ON THE COMPLETION OF THE "DICTIONARY"[26]
- IV ON THE ADVANTAGES OF LIVING IN A GARRET[27]
- DAVID HUME
- I THE CHARACTER OF QUEEN ELIZABETH[29]
- II THE DEFEAT OF THE ARMADA[30]
- III THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT
- FOOTNOTES:
- LAURENCE STERNE
- I THE STARLING IN CAPTIVITY[33]
- II TO MOULINES WITH MARIA[34]
- III THE DEATH OF LE FEVRE[35]
- IV PASSAGES FROM THE ROMANCE OF MY UNCLE TOBY AND THE WIDOW[36]
- THOMAS GRAY
- I WARWICK CASTLE[37]
- II TO HIS FRIEND MASON ON THE DEATH OF MASON'S MOTHER[38]
- III ON HIS OWN WRITINGS[39]
- IV HIS FRIENDSHIP FOR BONSTETTEN[41]
- FOOTNOTES:
- HORACE WALPOLE
- I HOGARTH[42]
- II THE WAR IN AMERICA[43]
- III THE DEATH OF GEORGE II[44]
- THE CHIMNEY-SWALLOW[45]
- ADAM SMITH
- I OF AMBITION MISDIRECTED[46]
- II THE ADVANTAGES OF A DIVISION OF LABOR[47]
- SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE
- PROFESSIONAL SOLDIERS IN FREE COUNTRIES[48]
- FOOTNOTES:
- OLIVER GOLDSMITH
- I THE AMBITIONS OF THE VICAR'S FAMILY[51]
- II SAGACITY IN INSECTS[52]
- III A CHINAMAN'S VIEW OF LONDON[53]
- FOOTNOTES:
- EDMUND BURKE
- I THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD TASTE[54]
- II THE LETTER TO A NOBLE LORD[55]
- III ON THE DEATH OF HIS SON[56]
- IV MARIE ANTOINETTE[57]
- FOOTNOTES:
- WILLIAM COWPER
- I OF KEEPING ONE'S SELF EMPLOYED[58]
- II ON JOHNSON'S TREATMENT OF MILTON[59]
- III ON THE PUBLICATION OF HIS BOOKS[60]
- FOOTNOTES:
- EDWARD GIBBON
- I THE ROMANCE OF HIS YOUTH[64]
- (271 a.d.)
- (410 a.d.)
- V THE DEATH OF HOSEIN[72]
- VI THE CAUSES OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE CITY OF ROME[77]
- FOOTNOTES: