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XX. The danger of profperity
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XXI. The happiness of folitude. The hermit's history 60
XXII. The happiness of a life led according to nature
XXIII. The Prince and his Sifter divide between them
the work of obfervation
XXIV. The Prince examines the happiness of high
stations
XXV. The Princefs perfues her enquiry with more
diligence than fuceefs
XXVI. The Princefs continues her remarks on private
life
XXVII. Difquifition upon greatnefs
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XXVIII. Raffelas and Nekayah continue their converfation 77
*XXVIII. The debate of marriage continued '
XXIX. Imlac enters, and changes the converfation
XXX. They vifit the pyramids
XXXI. They enter the pyramid.
XXXII. The princcfs meets with an unexpected mis-
fortune
XXXIII. They return to Cairo, without Pekuah
XXXIV. The Princefs languishes for want of Pekuah
XXXV. Pekuah is ftill remembered. The progrefs of
forrow
XXXVI. The Princefs hears news of Pekuah
XXXVII. The adventures of the lady Pekuah
XXXVIII. The adventures of Pekuah continued
XXXIX. The hiftory of a man of learning
XL. The aftronomer difcovers the cause of his un-
eafincis
XLI. The opinion of the aftronomer is explained
XLII. The aftronomer leaves Imlac his directions
XLIII. The dangerous prevalence of imagination
XLIV. They difcourfe with an old man
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XLV. The Princefs and Pekuah vifit the aftronomer
XLVI. The Prince enters and brings a new topick
XLVII. Imlae difcourfes on the nature of the foul
XLVIII. The conclufion, in which nothing is concluded 143.
The VISION of THEODORE, the Hermit of Teneriffe,
LONDON: a Poem. In imitation of the Third Satire
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of Juvenal. Written in 1738
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THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES. In imitation of the Tenth Satire of Juvenal
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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
Prologue spoken by Mr. Garrick, at the opening of the
Theatre-Royal Drury-Lane, 1747
Prologue spoken by Mr. Garrick, Apr. 5, 1750, before the
Mafque of Comus, acted at Drury-Lane Theatre,
for the benefit of Milton's grand-daughter
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Prologue to the comedy of The Good-Natured Man, 1769 347
Prologue to the comedy of A Word to the Wife, fpoken
by Mr. Hull, at Covent-Garden Theatre, in 1777,
for the benefit of Mrs. Kelly and her children
Spring, an Ode
Midfummer, an Ode
Autumn, an Ode
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To Miss *****, on her giving the Author a gold and filk
net-work purse, of her own weaving
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To Miss *****, on her playing upon the harpsichord in a
room hung with flower-pieces of her own painting
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Evening, an Ode. To Stella
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Verses written at the request of a Gentleman to whom a
Lady had given a sprig of myrtle
To Lady Firebrace, at Bury aflizes
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To Lyce, an elderly lady
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On the death of Mr. Robert Levet, a practifer in phyfick 365
Epitaph on Claude Philips, an itinerant musician
Epitaphium in Thomam Hanmer, Baronettum
Paraphrase of the above epitaph
To Mifs Hickman, playing on the spinnet
Paraphrafe of Proverbs, chap. vi. verfes 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Horace, lib. iv. ode vii. tranflated
On seeing a bust of Mrs. Montague
Anacreon. Ode ix.
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Lines written in ridicule of certain poems, publifhed in 1777 375
Parody of a translation from the Medea of Euripides Burlesque of the modern verfifications of ancient Legen-
dary Tales. An Impromptu
Translation of the two first stanzas of the song "Rio verde,
Rio verde," printed in Bishop Percy's Reliques of
Ancient Poetry. An Impromptu
Imitation of the style of ****
Burlesque of the following lines of Lopez de Vega. An
Impromptu
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Tranflation of fome lines at the end of Baretti's Easy
Phrafeology. An Impromptu
Improvifo. Tranflation of a Diftich on the Duke of Mo-
dena's running away from the Comet in 1742 or 1743 379
Improvifo. Translation of some lines of Monf. Benferade
à fon lit
Epitaph for Mr. Hogarth
Tranflation of some lines written under a print representing
Impromptu. Tranflation of the fame
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persons skaiting
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Impromptu. On hearing Mifs Thrale confulting with a
friend about a gown and hat fhe was inclined to
To Mrs. Thrale, on her completing her thirty-fifth year.
An Impromptu
Impromptu. Tranflation of an air 'in the Clemezza de Tito of Metaftafio, beginning " Deh fe piacerni vuoi"
Tranflation of a speech in Aquileio, in the Adriano of
Metaftafio, beginning "Tu che in corte invechiafti”
POEMATA
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TALE S
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VISION S.