Hume. 207 M.ddl. 177 Smollett. 209 Hume. 209 Hume. 213 Hume. 214 Hume. 215 Sea. Authors. Pag. 38 Another 39 Character of Henry III. Smellett. 208 Middl, 178 Hume. 208 42 Another 141 43 Character of Edward II. Smollett. 210 Hume. 210 Smolleti. 211 Hume. 212 Smoliett. 212 Herry. 212 Hiddl, 18650 Character of Henry IV. 188 53 Another 190 54 Account of Henry VI. Salift. 192 56 Character of Edward IV. Hume. 216 Smollett. 216 Rapin. 216 Liwy. 194 217 Smollett. 217 Hume. 218 Smolleit. 218 Lyttelton. 200 64 Character of Henry VIII. Smollett. 220 Burnet. 225 67 Another 68 Another Smollett. 221 Hanie. 220 Smollett. 222 Smollett. 205 72 Another Macauley. 225 75 Another Hame. 219 2; Ancther Hume. 219 Hume. 225 Humo. 203 Hume. 224 Smollett. 239 Sed. Authors. Pag. Smollett. 227 86 Character of James II. Macpherson. 235 Macauley. 235 Rapin. 228 88 Character of William III. Macpherson. 239 Hume. 229 / 90 Character of Mary, Queen Confort Macauley. 230 of William III. 241 Chamberlaine. 241 Macpberfon. 242 Burnet. 233 94 Character of Mary Queen of Scots.Robert. 242 Macpberfon. 234 Smollett. 240 Sterne. 245 Sterne. 253 в о о к iy. tertaining Pieces; and with Specimens of Natural History. 18 Scene between Iago and Caffio Shakes. 282 250 19 Dialogue between Mercury and a Mo- 20 Scene between Shylock and Tubal Sbakes. 285 21 Scene between P. Henry andFalftaff Sták.286 Goldsmith. 257 21 Scene between Moody and Manly 288 Pope. 289 261 23 Halfpenny, its Adventures Adventurer. 290 Dial. Dead. 266 Afs - 269 in the Country 2.96 27.1 27 Astronomy, Study of, delightful Tatler. 297 299 301 303 Spref: 305 36 Diftompers Sterne. 293 Connoiss. 297 Anon. 304 306 10 Sterne, 322 12 395 16 Wren Sect. Authors, Pag. 36 Diftempers of the Mind cured Thornton. 306 5 The Wild Cat Pennant. 38; 37 Character of a Choice Spirit 307 388 38 Character of a mighty good Sort of 7 Explanation of some technical Terms in Man 309 389 39 Character of a mighty good fort of 8 The Pigeon 390 Woman 311 9 Blackbird 39% 40 A Sunday in the Country 314 392 41 Coronation, Detail cf 316 II Goldfinch 393 A2 Curiosity Linnot 394 43 On Pedantry 13 Canary Bird 394 44 The faint-hearted Lover 324 | 14 Sky Lark 45 Letter from a successful Adventurer 15 Nightingale 396 in the Lottery 325 398 46 Characters of Camilla and Flora Greville. 327 17 398 49 A Fable, by Linnæus 329 18 Swift 399 48 Mercy recommended Sterne, 330 19 Of the Disappearance of Swallows 400 49 The Starling 330 20 Of Small Birds of Flight Barrington. 403 50 Thc Captiye 331 21 Singing Birds 408 si Trim's Explanation of the Fifth FISH E S. 332 22 The Eel 332 Perch 53 Detached Sentences Varinus. 332 1 23 Trout 54 Proverbs, old English 417 Pike or Jack 55 Oid Italian Proverbs 419 26 56 Old Spanish Proverbs Carp 355 Barbel 57 The Way to Wealth 27 Franklin, 362 422 28 58 In Praise of Virtue Price. 367 423 59 On Cruelty to inferior Animals Jenyms. 368 29 Gudgeon 423 60 On the Duties of School Boys 30 424 31 Crucian 424 32 Roach 424 33 Dace NATURAL HISTORY. 424 34 Chub 425 The Horse 35 425 Ox 377 426 3 Sheep 380 36 Minow 427 Pennant. 415 52 Health 416 338 24 346 | 25 421 Railin. 371 Pemimur!. 373 2 426 Dog Chronological Table of remarkable Events, Discoveries, and Inventions Gubric. 428 - 450 THE THE PRO SE EPITO ME; ORY ELEGANT EXTRACTS ABRIDGED, &c. BOOK I. MORAL AND RELIGIOUS. them for the pleasures of that happy place. $1. Tbe Vision of Mirza, exhibiting a Pic. My heart melted away in secret raptures. ture of Human Life. I had been often told, that the rock before OX W the fifth day of the moon, which, ac me was the haunt of a genius; and that fccording to the custom of my forefathers, veral had been entertained with that music, I always kept hoiy, after having walhed my: who had passed by it, but never heard that self, and offered up my morning devotions, I the musician had before made himself visible. ascended the high hills of Bagdat, in order When he had raised my thoughts, by those to pass the rest of the day in meditation and transporting airs which he played, to taste the prayer. As I was here, airing myself on the pleasures of his conversation, as I looked upon tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound him like one astonished, he beckoned to me, contemplation on the vanity of human life; and, by the waving of his hand, directed me and, palfing from one thought to another, to approach the place where he fat. I drew Surely, said I, man is but a shadow, and life near with that reverence which is due to a a dream. Whilft I was thus muling, I caft superior nature ; and as my heart was entirely my cyes towards the summit of a rock that fubdued by the captivating strains I had was not far from me, where I discovered one heard, I fell down at his feet, and wept. The in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical genius smiled upon mc with a look of cominftrument in his hand. As I looked upon pallion and affability that familiarized him to him, he applied it to his lips, and began to play my imagination, and at once dispelled all the tipon it. The sound of it was exceeding sweet, fears and apprehensions with which I apand wrought into a variety of tunes that were proached him. He lifted me from the ground, joexpreffibly melodious, and altogether dif- and taking me by the hand, Mirza, said he, Í ferent from any thing I had ever heard : they have heard thee in thy soliloquies ; follow me. put me in mind of thosc hcavenly airs that He then led me to the highest pinnacle of the *e played to the departed souls of good men rock, and placing me on the top of it, Cast thy upon their first arrival in Paradife, to wear our cyes castward, laid hc, and tell me what thou the impreffions of the last agonies, and qualify fécft. I fee, said I, a huge valley, and a pro B digious digious tide of water rolling through it. The middle, but multiplied and lay closer together valley that thou seest, said he, is the vale of towards the end of the arches that werc entire. misery; and the tide of water that thou seest, There were indeed some persons, but their is part of the great tide of eternity. What is number was very small, that continued a kind the reason; said I, that the tide I see rises out of hobbling march on the broken arches, but of a thick mist at one end, and again loses fell through one after another, being quite itself in a thick mist at the other? What thou tired and spent with so long a walk. seeft, faid he, is that portion of eternity which I passed some time in the contemplation of is called Time, measured out by the sun, and this wonderful structure, and the great variety reaching from the beginning of the world to of objects which it presented. My heart was its consummation. Exainine now, said he, this filled with a deep melancholy, to see several sea that is bounded with darkness at both dropping unexpeétedly in the midst of mirth ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it. and jollity, and catching at every thing that I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst of stood' by them, to save themselves. Some the tide. The bridge, thou Iecft, says he, is were looking up towards the heavens in a human life; consider it attentively. Upon a thoughtful posture, and, in the midst of a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it speculation, stumbled, and fell out of fight. consisted of threescore and ten entire arches, Multitudes were very busy in the pursuit of with several broken arches, which, added to bubbles that glittered in their eyes, and danced those that were entire, made up the number before them; but often, when they thought about an hundred. As I was counting the ar- themselves within the reach of them, their ches, the genius told me that this bridge con- footing failed, and down they sunk. In this fifted at first of a thousand arches; but that a confusion of objects, I observed fome with great flood swept away the reft, and left the fcimetars in their hands, and others with uribridge in the ruinous condition I now beheld nals, who ran to and fro upon the bridge, it. But tell me further, said he, what thou thrusting several persons on trap-doors which discoverest on it. I fee multitudes of people did not seem to lic in their way, and which pa flingoverit, said I,and a black cloud hanging they might have escaped, had they not been on cach end of it. As I looked more atten thus forced upon thein. tively, I saw several of the passengers dropping The genius fecing me indulge myself in through the bridge into the great tide that this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt flowed underneath it; and upon further exa- long cnough upon it: Take thine eyes off the mination, perceived there were innumerable bridge, faid he, and tell me if thou feeft any trap-doors that lay concealed in the bridge, thing thou doft not comprehend. Upon look. which the passengers no fooner trod upon, but ing up, What mean, said I, those great flights they fell through them into the tide, and im- of birds that are perpetually hovering about mediately disappeared. These hidden pit-falls the bridge, and settling upon it from time to were set very thick at the entrance of the time? I see vultures, harpies, ravens, cormobridge, so that throngs of people no sooner rants, and, among many other feathered creabroke through the cloud, but many of them fell cures, several little winged boys, that perch in into them. They grow thinner towards the great numbers upon the middle arches. These, |