WITH

THE BEST AUTHORS.

SELECTED AND ARRANGED,

WITH SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL NOTICES,

BY CHARLES KNIGHT.

ILLUSTRATED WITH PORTRAITS.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. III.

LONDON:
CHARLES KNIGHT, FLEET STREET.

LONDON:

GEORGE WOODFALL AND SON,

ANGEL COURT, SKINNER STREET.

CONTENTS OF VOL. III.

Page

119

Day.

SUBJECT.

AUTHOR.

180. Rienzi . . . .

GIBBON . . . . .

181. On the Receipt of his Mother's Picture . . . . COWPER ...

182. The Liberty of Unlicensed Printing . . . . . . MILTON . . .

BEVERIDGE

183. Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . .

BANCROFT . . .

184. John Locke and William Penn..

185. The Lion and the Spaniel . ... .

BROOKE . . .

186. On Peace .

CLARENDON

· · · · · · · · ·

. .

187. Autumn . . . . . . . . .

VARIOUS . . .

188. Urn-Burial . . . . . .

Sir Thos. BROWN

189. The Bittern . . . . . . . . . . .

MUDIE . . . .

.

190. On Prayer ......

OGDEN. ...

CowPER

191. Cowper's Tame Hares . . .

192. Advice to his Family . .. .

PENN . . . .

193. Character of Jonathan Wild ...

FIELDING. . .

194. Passage of the Beresina . . . . . . . . . . LABAUME . . .

195. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, § 1. ....

COLERIDGE . .

196. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, § 2. . . . . COLERIDGE . .

197. Che Christian Revelation the sure Standard ,

LOCKE ....

of Morality . . . . . . · · · ·

198. A Rill from the Town Pump · · · · · · · ·

HAWTHORNE. ..

199. Errors of Learning

LORD BACON ..

and in the Province of Moray

LAUDER

200. Account of the Great Floods in the Province of Moray

. . .

131

VARIOUS... 143

201. Harvest

CHALMERS.

202. The Law of Prices . . . . . . . . . . .

203. The Vision of Oliver Cromwell .. ... ..

204. Holy Sonnets . ...: :· · · · · ·

DONNE. ...

TUCKER

i 164

205. The Mississippi Scheme ... ... ...

206. The Astrologer . . .

BUTLER

. 170

. . . .

. . .

207. Progress of English Literature . .

JEFFREY ... . 178

208. Youthful Friendship. . . . . .

JOHN WILSON .

209. Clouds and Winds . . . . . .

VARIOUS . . .

210. The Scottish Borderers .

. 195

. . . . . . .

SCOTT . . . .

. :

211. Jerusalem . . . . . . .

207

. . . . . .

J. KITTO .. .

212. The Ariel among the Shoals...

COOPER . . . . . 214

S BEAUMONT AND I

213. The Page's Scenes in Philaster..

FLETCHER. I

214. Mirth ........... ... ARCHDEACON HARE 230

215. Luxury ............ .. 1 MACKENZIE .

216. The Strawberry Plant ...... . . . . ST. PIERRE i. . 244

217. Love . . . . . . . . . . ... Elliot . . . . 250

218. Earthly Things ... · · · · · · · ·

GURNALL . . . . 258

219, Columbus at Barcelona .......... WASHINGTON IRVING 263

220, Chevy Chase . . . . · · ·

. . . ANONYMOUS . . . 266

149

COWLEY

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186

190

SIR GEORGE ”