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_L O N D O N:_

Printed for _J. Wilford_, at the _Three Flower-de-luces_, behind the _Chapter-house_, St. _Pauls_. [Price One Shilling.] _1733_

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It was about this date, I suppose, that I read Bishop Butler's _Analogy_; 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

THE ANALOGY OF RELIGION, Natural and Revealed, TO THE Constitution and Course of NATURE.

To which are added Two brief DISSERTATIONS: I. Of PERSONAL IDENTITY. II. Of the NATURE of VIRTUE.

BY 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: Printed for JAMES, JOHN and PAUL KNAPTON, at the Crown in Ludgate Street. MDCCXXXVI.

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

RELIQUES OF ANCIENT ENGLISH POETRY:

CONSISTING OF Old Heroic BALLADS, SONGS, and other PIECES of our earlier POETS, (Chiefly of the LYRIC kind.) Together with some few of later Date.

VOLUME THE FIRST.

L O N D O N: Printed for J. DODSLEY in 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

ODES ON SEVERAL _Descriptive_ and _Allegoric_ SUBJECTS.

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By WILLIAM COLLINS.

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----[Greek: Eiên Heurêsiepês, anageisthai Prosphoros en Moisan Diphrô; Tolma de kai amphilaphês Dynamis Espoito,---- Pindar. Olymp. Th.]

_L O N D O N:_ Printed for A. MILLAR, in the _Strand_. M.DCC.XLVII. (Price One Shilling.)

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

CLARISSA.

OR, THE HISTORY OF A YOUNG LADY:

Comprehending _The most_ Important Concerns _of_ Private LIFE. And particularly shewing, The DISTRESSES that may attend the Misconduct Both of PARENTS and CHILDREN, In Relation to MARRIAGE.

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_Published by the_ EDITOR _of_ PAMELA.

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_L O N D O N:_ Printed for S. Richardson: And Sold by A. MILLAR, over-against _Catharine-street_ in the _Strand_: J. and JA. RIVINGTON, in _St. Paul's Church-yard_: JOHN OSBORN, in _Pater-noster Row_; And by J. LEAKE, at _Bath_. M.DCC.XLVIII.

Upon my word I think the _oedipus Tyrannus_, the _Alchymist_, and _Tom Jones_ the three most perfect plots ever planned. COLERIDGE

THE HISTORY OF _TOM JONES_, A FOUNDLING.

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In SIX VOLUMES.

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By HENRY FIELDING, Esq.

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----_Mores hominum multorum vidit_----

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_L O N D O N:_ Printed for A. MILLAR, over-against _Catharine-street_ in the _Strand_. MDCCXLIX.

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

AN ELEGY WROTE IN A Country Church Yard.

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_LONDON:_ Printed for R. DODSLEY in _Pall-mall_; And sold by M. COOPER in _Pater-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

A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: IN WHICH The WORDS are deduced from their ORIGINALS, AND ILLUSTRATED in their DIFFERENT SIGNIFICATIONS BY EXAMPLES from the best WRITERS. TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED, A HISTORY of the LANGUAGE, AND AN ENGLISH GRAMMAR. BY SAMUEL JOHNSON, A. M. IN TWO 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, atque Proferet 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 by W. STRAHAN, For J. and P. KNAPTON; T. and T. LONGMAN; C. HITCH and L. HAWES; A. MILLAR; and R. and J. DODSLEY. MDCCLV.

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Eripuit coelo fulmen sceptrumque tyrannis TURGOT

Poor RICHARD improved:

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BEING AN ALMANACK AND _EPHEMERIS_ OF THE MOTIONS of the SUN and MOON; THE TRUE PLACES and ASPECTS of the PLANETS; THE _RISING_ and _SETTING_ of the _SUN_; AND THE Rising, Setting _and_ Southing _of the_ Moon, FOR THE YEAR of our LORD 1758: Being the Second after LEAP-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.

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Fitted to the Latitude of Forty Degrees, and a Meridian of near five Hours West from _London_; but may, without feasible Error, serve all the NORTHERN COLONIES.

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By _RICHARD SAUNDERS_, Philom.

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_PHILADELPEIA:_ Printed and Sold by B. FRANKLIN, and D. 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

COMMENTARIES ON THE LAWS OF ENGLAND.

BOOK THE FIRST.

BY 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.

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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

THE V I C A R OF WAKEFIELD: A T A L E. Supposed to be written by HIMSELF.

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_Sperate miseri, cavete fælices._

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VOL. I.

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SALISBURY: Printed by B. COLLINS, For F. 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

A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY THROUGH FRANCE AND ITALY.

BY MR. YORICK.

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VOL. I.

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L O N D O N: Printed for T. BECKET and P. 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 of _The 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 E FEDERALIST: A COLLECTION OF 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.

NEW-YORK: PRINTED AND SOLD BY J. AND A. M'LEAN, No. 41, HANOVER-SQUARE, M,DCC,LXXXVIII.

The novel of _Humphrey Clinker_ is, 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

THE EXPEDITION OF HUMPHRY CLINKER.

By the AUTHOR of RODERICK RANDOM.

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IN THREE VOLUMES. V O L. I.

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----Quorsum hæc tam putida tendunt, Furcifer? ad te, inquam---- HOR.

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L O N D O N, Printed for W. JOHNSTON, in Ludgate-Street; and B. COLLINS, in Salisbury. MDCLXXI.

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

AN 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.

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

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Sapping a solemn creed with solemn sneer; The lord of irony-- BYRON

THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE,

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.

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Whatever Sheridan has done, or chosen to do, has been _par excellence_ always 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, the _Beggar's Opera_), the best farce (the _Critic_,--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

THE _SCHOOL_ FOR _SCANDAL._ A COMEDY.

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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.

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_DUBLIN:_ Printed for J. 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 the _Task_, are perhaps the most beautiful. CAMPBELL

THE TASK,

A POEM, IN SIX BOOKS.

BY WILLIAM 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 the HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN.

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LONDON: PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON, N^o 72, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD. 1785.

Through busiest street and loneliest glen Are felt the flashes of his pen: He rules 'mid winter snows, and when Bees fill their hives: Deep in the general heart of men His power survives. WORDSWORTH

P O E M S, CHIEFLY IN THE SCOTTISH DIALECT,

BY ROBERT BURNS.

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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.

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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

THE NATURAL HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF SELBORNE, IN THE COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON:

WITH ENGRAVINGS, AND AN APPENDIX.

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-- -- -- "ego Apis Matinæ "More modoque Grata carpentis -- -- -- per laborem Plurimum," -- -- -- -- -- 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. Hinc _Faunæ & Floræ_ utilissimæ; hine _Monographi_ præstantissimi."

SCOPOLI ANN. HIST. NAT.

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L O N D O N: PRINTED BY T. BENSLEY; FOR B. WHITE AND SON, AT HORACE'S HEAD, FLEET STREET. M,DCC,LXXXIX,

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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

REFLECTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE, AND ON THE PROCEEDINGS IN CERTAIN SOCIETIES IN LONDON RELATIVE TO THAT EVENT. IN A LETTER

INTENDED TO HAVE BEEN SENT TO A GENTLEMAN _IN PARIS._

BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE _EDMUND BURKE._

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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 AN ANSWER TO MR. BURKE'S ATTACK ON THE _FRENCH REVOLUTION._

BY THOMAS PAINE,

SECRETARY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO CONGRESS IN THE AMERICAN WAR, AND AUTHOR OF THE WORK INTITLED _COMMON SENSE_.

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L O N D O N: PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON, ST PAUL'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

THE LIFE OF 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.

BY JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ.

----_Quò fit ut_ OMNIS _Votiva pateat veluti descripta tabella_ VITA SENIS.---- HORAT.

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_L O N D O N:_ PRINTED BY HENRY BALDWIN, FOR CHARLES DILLY, IN THE POULTRY. M DCC XCI.

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

LYRICAL BALLADS,

WITH

_A FEW OTHER POEMS_.

LONDON: PRINTED FOR J. & A. ARCH, GRACECHURCH-STREET. 1798.

The history was hailed with delight as the most witty and original production from any American pen. The first foreign critic was Scott, who read it aloud in his family till their sides were sore with laughing. WARNER

A HISTORY

OF

NEW YORK,

FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD TO THE END OF THE DUTCH DYNASTY.

CONTAINING

Among many Surprising and Curious Matters, the Unutterable Ponderings of WALTER THE DOUBTER, the Disastrous Projects of WILLIAM THE TESTY, and the Chivalric Achievments of PETER THE HEADSTRONG, the three Dutch Governors of NEW AMSTERDAM; being the only Authentic History of the Times that ever hath been, or ever will be Published.

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BY DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER.

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=De waarheid die in duister lag, Die komt met klaarheid aan den dag.=

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IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

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PUBLISHED BY INSKEEP & BRADFORD, NEW YORK; BRADFORD & INSKEEP, PHILADELPHIA; WM. M'ILHENNEY, BOSTON; COALE & THOMAS, BALTIMORE; AND MORFORD, WILLINGTON, & CO. CHARLESTON.

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1809.

The Pilgrim of Eternity whose fame Over his living head like heaven is bent. SHELLEY

=Childe Harold's Pilgrimage.=

ROMAUNT.

BY

LORD BYRON.

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L'univers est une espèce de livre, dont on n'a lu que la première page quand on n'a vu que son pays. J'en ai feuilleté un assez grand nombre, que j'ai trouvé également mauvaises. Cet examen ne m'a point été infructueux. Je haïssais ma patrie. Toutes les impertinences des peuples divers, parmi lesquels j'ai vécu, m'ont réconcilié avec elle. Quand je n'aurais tiré d'autre bénéfice de mes voyages que celui-là, je n'en regretterais ni les frais, ni les fatigues. LE COSMOPOLITE.

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_LONDON:_ PRINTED FOR JOHN MURRAY, 32, FLEET-STREET; WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH; AND JOHN CUMMING, DUBLIN. _By Thomas Davison, White-Friars._ 1812.

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I read again, and for the third time, Miss Austen's very finely written novel of _Pride and Prejudice_. That young lady had a talent for describing the involvements, feelings, and characters of ordinary life, which is to me the most wonderful I have ever met with. The big bow-wow I can do myself like any one going; but the exquisite touch, which renders commonplace things and characters interesting from the truth of the description and the sentiment, is denied me. What a pity so gifted a creature died so early! SCOTT

PRIDE

AND

PREJUDICE:

A NOVEL.

_IN THREE VOLUMES._

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BY THE AUTHOR OF "SENSE AND SENSIBILITY."

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VOL. I.

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=London:= PRINTED FOR T. EGERTON, MILITARY LIBRARY, WHITEHALL. 1813.

A subtle-souled psychologist SHELLEY

CHRISTABEL:

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KUBLA KHAN, A VISION;

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THE PAINS OF SLEEP.

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BY S. T. COLERIDGE, ESQ.

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LONDON:

PRINTED FOR JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET, BY WILLIAM BULMER AND CO. CLEVELAND-ROW, ST. JAMES'S. 1816.

O great and gallant Scott, True gentleman, heart, blood, and bone, I would it had been my lot To have seen thee, and heard thee, and known. TENNYSON

IVANHOE;

A ROMANCE.

BY "THE AUTHOR OF WAVERLEY," &c.

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Now fitted the halter, now traversed the cart, And often took leave,--but seem'd loth to depart! PRIOR.

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VOL. I.

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EDINBURGH: PRINTED FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO. EDINBURGH. AND HURST, ROBINSON, AND CO. 90, CHEAPSIDE, LONDON. 1820.

He is made one with Nature: there is heard His voice in all her music, from the moan Of thunder to the song of night's sweet bird; He is a presence to be felt and known In darkness and in light, from herb and stone, Spreading itself where'er that Power may move Which has withdrawn his being to its own; Which wields the world with never-wearied love, Sustains it from beneath, and kindles it above. SHELLEY

LAMIA,

ISABELLA,

THE EVE OF ST. AGNES,

AND

OTHER POEMS.

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BY JOHN KEATS, AUTHOR OF ENDYMION.

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LONDON: PRINTED FOR TAYLOR AND HESSEY, FLEET-STREET. 1820.

Cor cordium EPITAPH

ADONAIS

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AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF JOHN KEATS, AUTHOR OF ENDYMION, HYPERION ETC.

BY

PERCY. B. SHELLEY

[Greek: Astêr prin men elampes eni zôoisin heôos. Nun de thanôn, lampeis hesperos en phthimenois.] PLATO.

PISA WITH THE TYPES OF DIDOT MDCCCXXI.

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And the more we walk around his image, and the closer we look, the more nearly we arrive at this conclusion, that the _Elia_ on our shelves is all but the same being as the pleasant Charles who was so loved by his friends, who ransomed from the stalls, to use old Richard of Bury's phrase, his Thomas Browne and the "dear silly old angel" Fuller, and who stammered out such quaint jests and puns--"Saint Charles," as Thackeray once called him, while looking at one of his half-mad letters, and remembering his devotion to that quite mad sister. FITZGERALD

ELIA.

ESSAYS WHICH HAVE APPEARED UNDER THAT SIGNATURE IN THE LONDON MAGAZINE.

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LONDON: PRINTED FOR TAYLOR AND HESSEY, FLEET-STREET. 1823.

The most confiding of diarists, the most harmless of turncoats, the most wondering of _quidnuncs_, the fondest and most penitential of faithless husbands, the most admiring, yet grieving, of the beholders of the ladies of Charles II, the Sancho Panza of the most insipid of Quixotes, James II, who did bestow on him (in naval matters) the government of a certain "island," which, to say the truth, he administered to the surprise and edification of all who bantered him. Many official patriots have, doubtless, existed since his time, and thousands, nay millions of respectable men of all sorts gone to their long account, more or less grave in public, and frail to their consciences; but when shall we meet with such another as he was? HUNT

MEMOIRS

OF

SAMUEL PEPYS, ESQ. F.R.S.

SECRETARY TO THE ADMIRALTY IN THE REIGNS OF CHARLES II. AND JAMES II.

COMPRISING

H I S D I A R Y

FROM 1659 TO 1669,

DECIPHERED BY THE REV. JOHN SMITH, A. B. OF ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, FROM THE ORIGINAL SHORT-HAND MS. IN THE PEPYSIAN LIBRARY, AND A SELECTION FROM HIS

P R I V A T E C O R R E S P O N D E N C E.

EDITED BY RICHARD, LORD BRAYBROOKE.

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IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

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LONDON: HENRY COLBURN, NEW BURLINGTON STREET. MDCCCXXV.

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While the love of country continues to prevail, his memory will exist in the hearts of the people. WEBSTER

THE LAST

OF

THE MOHICANS;

A NARRATIVE OF

1757.

BY THE AUTHOR OF "THE PIONEERS."

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"Mislike me not, for my complexion, The shadowed livery of the burnished sun."

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IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I.

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PHILADELPHIA: H. C. CAREY & I. LEA--CHESNUT-STREET.

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1826.

And through the trumpet of a child of Rome Rang the pure music of the flutes of Greece. SWINBURNE

PERICLES AND ASPASIA

BY

WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR, ESQ.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON SAUNDERS AND OTLEY, CONDUIT STREET. 1836.

Thankfully I take my share of love and kindness which this generous and gentle and charitable soul has contributed to the world. I take and enjoy my share and say a benediction for the meal. THACKERAY

THE

PICKWICK PAPERS.

BY

CHARLES DICKENS.

LONDON CHAPMAN AND HALL 186 STRAND MDCCCXXXVII.

Carlyle alone with his wide humanity has, since Coleridge, kept to us the promises of England. His provokes rather than informs. He blows down narrow walls, and struggles, in a lurid light, like the Jótuns, to throw the old woman Time; in his work there is too much of the anvil and the forge, not enough hay-making under the sun. He makes us act rather than think; he does not say, know thyself, which is impossible, but know thy work. He has no pillars of Hercules, no clear goal, but an endless Atlantis horizon. He exaggerates. Yes: but he makes the hour great, the future bright, the reverence and admiration strong: while mere precise fact is a coil of lead. THOREAU

SARTOR RESARTUS.

IN THREE BOOKS.

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=Reprinted for Friends from Fraser's Magazine.=

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_Mein Vermächtniss, wie herrlich weit und breit!_ _Die Zeit ist mein Vermächtniss, mein Acker ist die Zeit._

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LONDON: JAMES FRASER, 215 REGENT STREET.

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M.DCCC.XXXIV.

It was good to meet him in the wood-paths with that pure intellectual gleam diffused about his presence, like the garment of a shining one; and he so quiet, so simple, so without pretension, encountering each man as if expecting to receive more than he could impart. HAWTHORNE

NATURE.

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"Nature is but an image or imitation of wisdom, the last thing of the soul; nature being a thing which doth only do, but not know." PLOTINUS.

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BOSTON: JAMES MUNROE AND COMPANY. M DCCC XXXVI.

The result of all his labors of research, thought and composition was a history possessing the unity, variety and interest of a magnificent poem. WHIPPLE

HISTORY

OF THE

CONQUEST OF PERU,

WITH A PRELIMINARY VIEW

OF THE

CIVILIZATION OF THE INCAS.

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BY WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT, CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE FRENCH INSTITUTE; OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF HISTORY AT MADRID, ETC.

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"Congestæ cumulantur opes, orbisque rapinas Accipit." CLAUDIAN, In Ruf., lib. i., v. 194.

"So color de religion Van a buscar plata y oro Del encubierto tesoro." LOPE DE VEGA, El Nuevo Mundo, Jorn. 1.

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IN TWO VOLUMES.