Chapter 4

TRAVELSINTO SEVERALRemoteNationsOF THEWORLD.InFourPARTS.ByLEMUEL GULLIVER,First aSurgeon, and then aCaptainof several SHIPS.Vol. I.L O N D O N:Printed forBenj. Motte,at theMiddleTemple-GateinFleet-street.Mdccxxvi.

TRAVELS

INTO SEVERAL

RemoteNations

OF THE

WORLD.

InFourPARTS.

ByLEMUEL GULLIVER,

First aSurgeon, and then aCaptain

of several SHIPS.

Vol. I.

L O N D O N:

Printed forBenj. Motte,at the

MiddleTemple-GateinFleet-street.

Mdccxxvi.

I think no English poet ever brought so much sense into the same number of lines with equal smoothness, ease, and poetical beauty. Let him who doubts of this peruse theEssay on Manwith attention.

Shenstone

ANE S S A YONM A NAddress'd to a FRIEND.PART I.(Illustration)L O N D O N:Printed forJ. Wilford, at theThree Flower-de-luces, behindtheChapter-house, St.Pauls.[Price One Shilling.]1733

E S S A Y

M A N

Address'd to a FRIEND.

PART I.

(Illustration)

L O N D O N:

Printed forJ. Wilford, at theThree Flower-de-luces, behind

theChapter-house, St.Pauls.

[Price One Shilling.]

1733

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It was about this date, I suppose, that I read Bishop Butler'sAnalogy; the study of which has been to so many, as it was to me, an era in their religious opinions. Its inculcation of a visible church, the oracle of truth and a pattern of sanctity, of the duties of external religion, and of the historical character of Revelation, are characteristics of this great work which strike the reader at once; for myself, if I may attempt to determine what I most gained from it, it lay in two points which I shall have an opportunity of dwelling on in the sequel: they are the underlying principles of a great portion of my teaching.

Newman

THEANALOGYOFRELIGION,Natural and Revealed,TO THEConstitution and Course of NATURE.To which are addedTwo brief DISSERTATIONS:I. OfPersonal Identity.II. Of theNatureofVirtue.BYJOSEPH BUTLER, L L. D. Rector ofStanhope, in the Bishoprick of Durham.Ejus(Analogiæ)hæc vis est, ut id quod dubium est, ad aliquid simile de quonon quæritur, referat; ut incerta certis probet.Quint. Inst. Orat. L. I. c. vi.L O N D O N:Printed forJames,JohnandPaul Knapton, at theCrown in Ludgate Street. MDCCXXXVI.

THE

ANALOGY

RELIGION,

Natural and Revealed,

TO THE

Constitution and Course of NATURE.

To which are added

Two brief DISSERTATIONS:

I. OfPersonal Identity.

II. Of theNatureofVirtue.

JOSEPH BUTLER, L L. D. Rector of

Stanhope, in the Bishoprick of Durham.

Ejus(Analogiæ)hæc vis est, ut id quod dubium est, ad aliquid simile de quo

non quæritur, referat; ut incerta certis probet.

Quint. Inst. Orat. L. I. c. vi.

L O N D O N:

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Crown in Ludgate Street. MDCCXXXVI.

ReducedLeaf in original, 7.87 × 10.18 inches.

I never heard the olde song of Percy and Duglas that I found not my heart mooved more than with a Trumpet.

Sidney

RELIQUESOFANCIENT ENGLISH POETRY:CONSISTING OFOld HeroicBallads,Songs, and otherPiecesof our earlierPoets,(Chiefly of theLyrickind.)Together with some few of later Date.VOLUME THE FIRST.(Illustration: DURAT OPUS VATUM)L O N D O N:Printed forJ. Dodsleyin Pall-Mall.M DCC LXV.

RELIQUES

ANCIENT ENGLISH POETRY:

CONSISTING OF

Old HeroicBallads,Songs, and other

Piecesof our earlierPoets,

(Chiefly of theLyrickind.)

Together with some few of later Date.

VOLUME THE FIRST.

(Illustration: DURAT OPUS VATUM)

L O N D O N:

Printed forJ. Dodsleyin Pall-Mall.

M DCC LXV.

From dewy pastures, uplands sweet with thyme,A virgin breeze freshened the jaded day.It wafted Collins' lonely vesper chime,It breathed abroad the frugal note of Gray.

Watson

ODESON SEVERALDescriptiveandAllegoricSUBJECTS.ByWilliam Collins.——ΕιηνΕυρησιεπης αναγεισθαιΕυρησιεπης αναγεισθαιΤολμα δε και αμφιλαφης ΔυναμιςΠινδαρ. Ολυμπ. Θ.(Illustration)L O N D O N:Printed forA. Millar, in theStrand.M.DCC.XLVII.(Price One Shilling.)

ODES

ON SEVERAL

DescriptiveandAllegoric

SUBJECTS.

ByWilliam Collins.

——Ειην

Ευρησιεπης αναγεισθαι

Τολμα δε και αμφιλαφης Δυναμις

Πινδαρ. Ολυμπ. Θ.

(Illustration)

L O N D O N:

Printed forA. Millar, in theStrand.

M.DCC.XLVII.

(Price One Shilling.)

The first book in the world for the knowledge it displays of the human heart.

Johnson

CLARISSA.OR, THEHISTORYOF AYOUNG LADY:ComprehendingThe mostImportant ConcernsofPrivateLife.And particularly shewing,TheDistressesthat may attend the MisconductBoth ofParentsandChildren,In Relation toMarriage.Published by theEditorofPAMELA.VOL. I.(Illustration)LONDON:Printed for S. Richardson:And Sold byA. Millar, over-againstCatharine-streetin theStrand:J.andJa. Rivington, inSt. Paul's Church-yard:John Osborn, inPater-noster Row;And byJ. Leake, atBath.M.DCC.XLVIII.

CLARISSA.

OR, THE

HISTORY

OF A

YOUNG LADY:

Comprehending

The mostImportant ConcernsofPrivateLife.

And particularly shewing,

TheDistressesthat may attend the Misconduct

Both ofParentsandChildren,

In Relation toMarriage.

Published by theEditorofPAMELA.

VOL. I.

(Illustration)

LONDON:

Printed for S. Richardson:

And Sold byA. Millar, over-againstCatharine-streetin theStrand:

J.andJa. Rivington, inSt. Paul's Church-yard:

John Osborn, inPater-noster Row;

And byJ. Leake, atBath.

M.DCC.XLVIII.

Upon my word I think theŒdipus Tyrannus, theAlchymist, andTom Jonesthe three most perfect plots ever planned.

Coleridge

THEHISTORYOFTOM JONES,AFOUNDLING.In SIX VOLUMES.By HENRY FIELDING, Esq.——Mores hominum multorum vidit——L O N D O N:Printed forA. Millar, over-againstCatharine-streetin theStrand.Mdccxlix.

THE

HISTORY

TOM JONES,

FOUNDLING.

In SIX VOLUMES.

By HENRY FIELDING, Esq.

——Mores hominum multorum vidit——

L O N D O N:

Printed forA. Millar, over-against

Catharine-streetin theStrand.

Mdccxlix.

Now, gentlemen, I would rather be the author of that poem than take Quebec.

Wolfe

ANE L E G YWROTE IN ACountry Church Yard.L O N D O N:Printed forR. DodsleyinPall-mall;And sold byM. CooperinPater-noster-Row. 1751.[Price Six-pence.]

E L E G Y

WROTE IN A

Country Church Yard.

L O N D O N:

Printed forR. DodsleyinPall-mall;

And sold byM. CooperinPater-noster-Row. 1751.

[Price Six-pence.]

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I have devoted this book, the labour of years, to the honour of my country, that we may no longer yield the palm of philology without a contest to the nations of the Continent.

Johnson

ADICTIONARYOF THEENGLISH LANGUAGE:IN WHICHThe WORDS are deduced from their ORIGINALS,ANDILLUSTRATED in their DIFFERENT SIGNIFICATIONSBYEXAMPLES from the best WRITERS.TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED,A HISTORY of the LANGUAGE,ANDAnENGLISH GRAMMAR.BySAMUEL JOHNSON, A. M.InTWO VOLUMESVOL. I.Cum tabulis animum censoris sumet honesti:Audebit quæcunque parum splendoris habebunt,Et sine pondere erunt, et honore indigna serentur.Verba movere loco; quamvis invita recedant,Et versentur adhuc intra penetralia Vestæ:Obscurata diu populo bonus eruet, atqueProferet in lucem speciosa vocabula rerum,Quæ priscis memorata Catonibus atque Cethegis,Nunc situs informis premit et deserta vetustas.Hor.L O N D O N,Printed byW. Strahan,For J. andP. Knapton; T. andT. Longman;C. HitchandL. Hawes;A. Millar; and R. andJ. Dodsley.MDCCLV.

DICTIONARY

OF THE

ENGLISH LANGUAGE:

IN WHICH

The WORDS are deduced from their ORIGINALS,

AND

ILLUSTRATED in their DIFFERENT SIGNIFICATIONS

EXAMPLES from the best WRITERS.

TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED,

A HISTORY of the LANGUAGE,

AND

AnENGLISH GRAMMAR.

BySAMUEL JOHNSON, A. M.

InTWO VOLUMES

VOL. I.

Cum tabulis animum censoris sumet honesti:Audebit quæcunque parum splendoris habebunt,Et sine pondere erunt, et honore indigna serentur.Verba movere loco; quamvis invita recedant,Et versentur adhuc intra penetralia Vestæ:Obscurata diu populo bonus eruet, atqueProferet in lucem speciosa vocabula rerum,Quæ priscis memorata Catonibus atque Cethegis,Nunc situs informis premit et deserta vetustas.Hor.

L O N D O N,

Printed byW. Strahan,

For J. andP. Knapton; T. andT. Longman;C. HitchandL. Hawes;

A. Millar; and R. andJ. Dodsley.

MDCCLV.

ReducedLeaf in original, 10 × 16.18 inches.

Eripuit cœlo fulmen sceptrumque tyrannis

Turgot

Poor RICHARD improved:BEING ANA L M A N A C KANDEPHEMERISOF THEMotionsof the SUN and MOON;THE TRUEPlacesandAspectsof thePlanets;THERISINGandSETTINGof theSUN;AND THERising, SettingandSouthingof theMoon,FOR THEYearof our LORD 1758:Being the Second afterLeap-Year.Containing also,The Lunations, Conjunctions, Eclipses, Judgment of the Weather, Rising and Setting of the Planets, Length of Days and Nights, Fairs, Courts, Roads, &c. Together with useful Tables, chronological Observations, and entertaining Remarks.Fitted to the Latitude of Forty Degrees, and a Meridian of near five Hours West fromLondon; but may, without feasible Error, serve all theNorthern Colonies.ByRICHARD SAUNDERS, Philom.PHILADELPEIA:Printed and Sold byB. Franklin, andD. Hall.

Poor RICHARD improved:

BEING AN

A L M A N A C K

AND

EPHEMERIS

OF THE

Motionsof the SUN and MOON;

THE TRUE

PlacesandAspectsof thePlanets;

THE

RISINGandSETTINGof theSUN;

AND THE

Rising, SettingandSouthingof theMoon,

FOR THE

Yearof our LORD 1758:

Being the Second afterLeap-Year.

Containing also,

The Lunations, Conjunctions, Eclipses, Judgment of the Weather, Rising and Setting of the Planets, Length of Days and Nights, Fairs, Courts, Roads, &c. Together with useful Tables, chronological Observations, and entertaining Remarks.

Fitted to the Latitude of Forty Degrees, and a Meridian of near five Hours West fromLondon; but may, without feasible Error, serve all theNorthern Colonies.

ByRICHARD SAUNDERS, Philom.

PHILADELPEIA:

Printed and Sold byB. Franklin, andD. Hall.

There your son will find analytical reasoning diffused in a pleasing and perspicuous style. There he may imbibe, imperceptibly, the first principles on which our excellent laws are founded; and there he may become acquainted with an uncouth crabbed author, Coke upon Lytleton, who has disappointed and disheartened many a tyro, but who cannot fail to please in a modern dress.

Mansfield

COMMENTARIESON THELAWSOFENGLAND.BOOK THE FIRST.BYWILLIAM BLACKSTONE,Esq.VINERIAN PROFESSOR OF LAW,ANDSOLICITOR GENERAL TO HER MAJESTY.O X F O R D,PRINTED AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.M. DCC. LXV.

COMMENTARIES

ON THE

LAWS

ENGLAND.

BOOK THE FIRST.

WILLIAM BLACKSTONE,Esq.

VINERIAN PROFESSOR OF LAW,

AND

SOLICITOR GENERAL TO HER MAJESTY.

O X F O R D,

PRINTED AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

M. DCC. LXV.

ReducedLeaf in original, 8.37 × 13.37 inches.

I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great distress, and, as it was not in his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of madeira and a glass before him. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began to talk to him of the means by which he might be extricated. He then told me he had a novel (The Vicar of Wakefield) ready for the press, which he produced to me. I looked into it, and saw its merit; told the landlady I should soon return; and, having gone to a bookseller, sold it for sixty pounds. I brought Goldsmith the money, and he discharged his rent, not without rating his landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill.

Johnson

THEV I C A ROFWAKEFIELD:A TALE.Supposed to be written byHimself.Sperate miseri, cavete fælices.V O L. I.SALISBURY:Printed by B. COLLINS,ForF. Newbery, in Pater-Noster-Row, London.MDCCLXVI.

THE

V I C A R

WAKEFIELD:

A TALE.

Supposed to be written byHimself.

Sperate miseri, cavete fælices.

V O L. I.

SALISBURY:

Printed by B. COLLINS,

ForF. Newbery, in Pater-Noster-Row, London.

MDCCLXVI.

His exquisite sensibility is ever counteracted by his perception of the ludicrous and his ambition after the strange.

Talfourd

ASENTIMENTAL JOURNEYTHROUGHFRANCEANDITALY.BYMr. YORICK.VOL. I.L O N D O N:Printed forT. BecketandP. A. De Hondt,in the Strand. MDCCLXVIII.

SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY

THROUGH

FRANCEANDITALY.

Mr. YORICK.

VOL. I.

L O N D O N:

Printed forT. BecketandP. A. De Hondt,

in the Strand. MDCCLXVIII.

I know not indeed of any work on the principles of free government that is to be compared, in instruction, and intrinsic value, to this small and unpretending volume ofThe Federalist, not even if we resort to Aristotle, Cicero, Machiavel, Montesquieu, Milton, Locke, or Burke. It is equally admirable in the depth of its wisdom, the comprehensiveness of its views, the sagacity of its reflections, and the fearlessness, patriotism, candor, simplicity, and elegance with which its truths are uttered and recommended.

Chancellor Kent

T H EFEDERALIST:A COLLECTIONO FE S S A Y S,WRITTEN IN FAVOUR OF THENEW CONSTITUTION,AS AGREED UPON BY THE FEDERAL CONVENTION,SEPTEMBER 17, 1787.IN TWO VOLUMESVOL. I.N E W-Y O R K:PRINTED AND SOLD BY J. AND A. M'LEAN,No. 41, HANOVER-SQUARE,M,DCC,LXXXVIII.

T H E

FEDERALIST:

A COLLECTION

O F

E S S A Y S,

WRITTEN IN FAVOUR OF THE

NEW CONSTITUTION,

AS AGREED UPON BY THE FEDERAL CONVENTION,

SEPTEMBER 17, 1787.

IN TWO VOLUMES

VOL. I.

N E W-Y O R K:

PRINTED AND SOLD BY J. AND A. M'LEAN,

No. 41, HANOVER-SQUARE,

M,DCC,LXXXVIII.

The novel ofHumphrey Clinkeris, I do think, the most laughable story that has ever been written since the goodly art of novel-writing began. Winifred Jenkins and Tabitha Bramble must keep Englishmen on the grin for ages to come; and in their letters and the story of their loves there is a perpetual fount of sparkling laughter, as inexhaustible as Bladud's well.

Thackeray

THEEXPEDITIONOFHUMPHRY CLINKER.By theAuthorofRODERICK RANDOM.IN THREE VOLUMES.V O L. I.——Quorsum hæc tam putida tendunt,Furcifer? ad te, inquam——Hor.L O N D O N,Printed forW. Johnston, in Ludgate-Street;andB. Collins, in Salisbury.MDCLXXI.

THE

EXPEDITION

HUMPHRY CLINKER.

By theAuthorof

RODERICK RANDOM.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

V O L. I.

——Quorsum hæc tam putida tendunt,Furcifer? ad te, inquam——Hor.

L O N D O N,

Printed forW. Johnston, in Ludgate-Street;

andB. Collins, in Salisbury.

MDCLXXI.

That is a book you should read: Adam Smith contributed more by the publication of this single work towards the happiness of men than has been effected by the united abilities of all the statesmen and legislators of whom history has preserved an authentic account.

Buckle

ANI N Q U I R YINTO THENature and CausesOF THEWEALTH of NATIONS.By ADAM SMITH, LL. D. and F. R. S.Formerly Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Glasgow.IN TWO VOLUMESVOL. I.LONDON:PRINTED FOR W. STRAHAN; AND T. CADELL, IN THE STRAND.MDCCLXXVI.

I N Q U I R Y

INTO THE

Nature and Causes

OF THE

WEALTH of NATIONS.

By ADAM SMITH, LL. D. and F. R. S.

Formerly Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Glasgow.

IN TWO VOLUMES

VOL. I.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR W. STRAHAN; AND T. CADELL, IN THE STRAND.

MDCCLXXVI.

ReducedLeaf in original, 8.62 × 10.87 inches.

Sapping a solemn creed with solemn sneer;The lord of irony—

Byron

THEH I S T O R YOF THEDECLINE AND FALLOF THER O M A N E M P I R E,By EDWARD GIBBON, Esq;VOLUME THE FIRST.Jam provideo animo, velut qui, proximis littori vadis inducti, mare pedibus ingrediuntur, quicquid progredior, in vastiorem me altitudinem, ac velut profundum invehi; et crescere pene opus, quod prima quæque perficiendo minui videbatur.L O N D O N:PRINTED FOR W. STRAHAN; AND T. CADELL, IN THE STRAND.MDCCLXXVI.

THE

H I S T O R Y

OF THE

DECLINE AND FALL

OF THE

R O M A N E M P I R E,

By EDWARD GIBBON, Esq;

VOLUME THE FIRST.

Jam provideo animo, velut qui, proximis littori vadis inducti, mare pedibus ingrediuntur, quicquid progredior, in vastiorem me altitudinem, ac velut profundum invehi; et crescere pene opus, quod prima quæque perficiendo minui videbatur.

L O N D O N:

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MDCCLXXVI.

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Whatever Sheridan has done, or chosen to do, has beenpar excellencealways the best of its kind. He has written the best comedy (School for Scandal), the best drama (in my mind far beyond that St. Giles lampoon, theBeggar's Opera), the best farce (theCritic,—and it is only too good for a farce), and the best address (Monologue on Garrick), and, to crown all, delivered the very best oration (the famous Begum speech) ever conceived or heard in this country.

Byron

THESCHOOLFORSCANDAL.ACOMEDY.Satire has always shone among the rest,And is the boldest way, if not the best,To tell men freely of their foulest faults,To laugh at their vain deeds, and vainer thoughts.In satire, too, the wise took diff'rent ways,To each deserving its peculiar praise.DRYDEN.DUBLIN:Printed forJ. Ewling

THE

SCHOOL

FOR

SCANDAL.

COMEDY.

Satire has always shone among the rest,And is the boldest way, if not the best,To tell men freely of their foulest faults,To laugh at their vain deeds, and vainer thoughts.In satire, too, the wise took diff'rent ways,To each deserving its peculiar praise.

DRYDEN.

DUBLIN:

Printed forJ. Ewling

Of all the verses that have been ever devoted to the subject of domestic happiness, those in his Winter Evening, at the opening of the fourth book of theTask, are perhaps the most beautiful.

Campbell

T H ET A S K,AP O E M,IN SIX BOOKS.ByWILLIAM COWPER,OF THE INNER TEMPLE, ESQ.Fit surculus arbor.Anonym.To which are added,BY THE SAME AUTHOR,An Epistle to Joseph Hill, Esq.Tirocinium, or aReview of Schools, and theHistory of John Gilpin.LONDON:PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON, No72, ST. PAUL'SCHURCH-YARD.1785.

T H E

T A S K,

P O E M,

IN SIX BOOKS.

ByWILLIAM COWPER,

OF THE INNER TEMPLE, ESQ.

Fit surculus arbor.

Anonym.

To which are added,

BY THE SAME AUTHOR,

An Epistle to Joseph Hill, Esq.Tirocinium, or a

Review of Schools, and theHistory of John Gilpin.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON, No72, ST. PAUL'S

CHURCH-YARD.

1785.

Through busiest street and loneliest glenAre felt the flashes of his pen:He rules 'mid winter snows, and whenBees fill their hives:Deep in the general heart of menHis power survives.

Wordsworth

P O E M S,CHIEFLY IN THESCOTTISH DIALECT,BYROBERT BURNS.THE Simple Bard, unbroke by rules of Art,He pours the wild effusions of the heart:And if inspir'd, 'tis Nature's pow'rs Inspire;Her's all the melting thrill, and her's the kindling fire.Anonymous.KILMARNOCK:PRINTED BY JOHN WILSON.M,DCC,LXXXVI.

P O E M S,

CHIEFLY IN THE

SCOTTISH DIALECT,

ROBERT BURNS.

THE Simple Bard, unbroke by rules of Art,He pours the wild effusions of the heart:And if inspir'd, 'tis Nature's pow'rs Inspire;Her's all the melting thrill, and her's the kindling fire.Anonymous.

KILMARNOCK:

PRINTED BY JOHN WILSON.

M,DCC,LXXXVI.

Open the book where you will, it takes you out-of-doors. In simplicity of taste and natural refinement he reminds you of Walton; in tenderness toward what he would have called the brute creation, of Cowper. He seems to have lived before the Fall. His volumes are the journal of Adam in Paradise.

Lowell

THENATURAL HISTORYANDANTIQUITIESOFS E L B O R N E,IN THECOUNTY of SOUTHAMPTON:WITHENGRAVINGS, and an APPENDIX.— — — "ego Apis MatinæMore modoqueGrata carpentis — — — per laboremPlurimum," — — — — —Hor."Omnia benè describere, quæ in hoc mundo, a Deo facta, aut Naturæ creatæ viribus elaborata fuerunt, opus est non unius hominis, nec unius ævi. HincFaunæ & Floræutilissimæ; hineMonographipræstantissimi."Scopoli Ann. Hist. Nat.L O N D O N:PRINTED BY T. BENSLEY;FOR B. WHITE AND SON, AT HORACE'S HEAD, FLEET STREET.M,DCC,LXXXIX,

THE

NATURAL HISTORY

AND

ANTIQUITIES

S E L B O R N E,

IN THE

COUNTY of SOUTHAMPTON:

WITH

ENGRAVINGS, and an APPENDIX.

— — — "ego Apis MatinæMore modoqueGrata carpentis — — — per laboremPlurimum," — — — — —Hor.

"Omnia benè describere, quæ in hoc mundo, a Deo facta, aut Naturæ creatæ viribus elaborata fuerunt, opus est non unius hominis, nec unius ævi. HincFaunæ & Floræutilissimæ; hineMonographipræstantissimi."

Scopoli Ann. Hist. Nat.

L O N D O N:

PRINTED BY T. BENSLEY;

FOR B. WHITE AND SON, AT HORACE'S HEAD, FLEET STREET.

M,DCC,LXXXIX,

ReducedLeaf in original, 7.43 × 9.5 inches.

He is without parallel in any age or country, except perhaps Lord Bacon or Cicero; and his works contain an ampler store of political and moral wisdom than can be found in any other writer whatever.

Mackintosh

R E F L E C T I O N SON THEREVOLUTION IN FRANCE,AND ON THEPROCEEDINGS IN CERTAIN SOCIETIESIN LONDONRELATIVE TO THAT EVENT.IN AL E T T E RINTENDED TO HAVE BEEN SENT TO A GENTLEMANIN PARIS.BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLEE D M U N D B U R K E.L O N D O N:PRINTED FOR J. DODSLEY, IN PALL-MALL.M.DCC.XC.

R E F L E C T I O N S

ON THE

REVOLUTION IN FRANCE,

AND ON THE

PROCEEDINGS IN CERTAIN SOCIETIES

IN LONDON

RELATIVE TO THAT EVENT.

IN A

L E T T E R

INTENDED TO HAVE BEEN SENT TO A GENTLEMAN

IN PARIS.

BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

E D M U N D B U R K E.

L O N D O N:

PRINTED FOR J. DODSLEY, IN PALL-MALL.

M.DCC.XC.

The great Commoner of mankind

Conway

RIGHTS OF MAN:BEING ANANSWER to MR. BURKE's ATTACKON THEFRENCH REVOLUTION.BYTHOMAS PAINE,SECRETARY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO CONGRESS IN THEAMERICAN WAR,andAUTHOR OF THE WORK INTITLEDCOMMON SENSE.L O N D O N:PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON,StPAUL'S CHURCH-YARD.MDCCXCI.

RIGHTS OF MAN:

BEING AN

ANSWER to MR. BURKE's ATTACK

ON THE

FRENCH REVOLUTION.

THOMAS PAINE,

SECRETARY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO CONGRESS IN THE

AMERICAN WAR,and

AUTHOR OF THE WORK INTITLEDCOMMON SENSE.

L O N D O N:

PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON,StPAUL'S CHURCH-YARD.

MDCCXCI.

Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, Shakespeare is not more decidedly the first of the dramatists, Demosthenes is not more sensibly the first of orators, than Boswell is the first of biographers.

Macaulay

THEL I F EOFSAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.COMPREHENDINGAN ACCOUNT OF HIS STUDIESAND NUMEROUS WORKS,IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER;A SERIES OF HIS EPISTOLARY CORRESPONDENCEAND CONVERSATIONS WITH MANY EMINENT PERSONS;ANDVARIOUS ORIGINAL PIECES OF HIS COMPOSITION,NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED.THE WHOLE EXHIBITING A VIEW OF LITERATURE AND LITERARY MENIN GREAT-BRITAIN, FOR NEAR HALF A CENTURY,DURING WHICH HE FLOURISHED.IN TWO VOLUMES.ByJAMES BOSWELL,Esq.——Quò fit utOMNISVotiva pateat veluti descripta tabellaVita senis.——Horat.VOLUME THE FIRST.L O N D O N:PRINTED BY HENRY BALDWIN,FOR CHARLES DILLY, IN THE POULTRY.M DCC XCI.

THE

L I F E

SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.

COMPREHENDING

AN ACCOUNT OF HIS STUDIES

AND NUMEROUS WORKS,

IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER;

A SERIES OF HIS EPISTOLARY CORRESPONDENCE

AND CONVERSATIONS WITH MANY EMINENT PERSONS;

AND

VARIOUS ORIGINAL PIECES OF HIS COMPOSITION,

NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED.

THE WHOLE EXHIBITING A VIEW OF LITERATURE AND LITERARY MEN

IN GREAT-BRITAIN, FOR NEAR HALF A CENTURY,

DURING WHICH HE FLOURISHED.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

ByJAMES BOSWELL,Esq.

——Quò fit utOMNISVotiva pateat veluti descripta tabellaVita senis.——Horat.

VOLUME THE FIRST.

L O N D O N:

PRINTED BY HENRY BALDWIN,

FOR CHARLES DILLY, IN THE POULTRY.

M DCC XCI.

ReducedLeaf in original, 8.18 × 10.68 inches.

He laid us as we lay at birthOn the cool flowery lap of earth;Smiles broke from us and we had ease,The hills were round us, and the breezeWent o'er the sun-lit fields again;Our foreheads felt the wind and rain.Our youth return'd; for there was shedOn spirits that had long been dead,Spirits dried up and closely furl'd,The freshness of the early world.

Arnold

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