BY HAWKINS, PIOZZI, MURPHY, TYERS, REYNOLDS,
MALONE, NICHOLS, STEEVENS, CUMBERLAND,

AND OTHERS.

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY

GIFT OF
MARY E, HAVEN

JULY 2, 1914.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

1775.

Excursion into France. Paris. Benedictine Monks.

Choisi. - Palais-Royal. — Mrs. Fermor. — Palais-Bourbon.

- Fontainebleau. - Versailles. - Trianon. Santerre the

Brewer. — King's Library. — Sorbonne. St. Cloud.

Sêve. Bellevue. Meudon. Grand-Chartreux.

Luxembourg. — Friar Wilkes.

- St. Denis. — Chantilly.

Compeigne. — Cambray. - State of Society in France.

Madame de Boufflers. Voltaire. Dr. Burney's Collec-

tanea. - Letters to Mrs. Montagu, &c.

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CHAPTER II.

1776.

Law of Entail. - Boswell's Melancholy. - John Wesley. -

Clarendon Press. - Booksellers' Profits. - Bolt Court

Mrs. Thrale's Birthday. Entails. Smith's “ Wealth of

Nations." - Lawyers and Lawsuits. - Scotch Militia Bill.

Obligation in settling Estates. " Johnsoniana.”

Value of Truth. - Monastic Orders. — Carthusians. Re-

ligious Austerities. - Wine-bibbing. — Fasting. - Influence

of Education. — Arithmetic. Sea Life.

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CHAPTER III.

1776.

Excursion to Oxford with Boswell. Ornamental Architec-

ture. Statuary. - Advice to Hypochondriacs. “ Anato-

my of Melancholy." - Dr. Wetherell. - Dr. Adams.

Conversation. — Bishop Horne. - Walton's Lives."

Biography. – Dartineuf. Gibbon. — Steele. — "Tristram

Shandy." · Burke. Blenheim. Taverns and Inns.

- Dyer's " Fleece.” Grainger's “ Sugar Cane.”

Birmingham. — Legitimation. · Marriage. Quakers.

Holidays. Nelson's ".Festivals.”. Soho.- Mr. Boulton.

- Lichfield and its Inhabitants.

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CHAPTER IV.

1776.

Lichfield. - Peter Garrick. Death of Mr. Thrale's only Sona:

- Shakspeare's Mulberry-tree. -Lord Bute.—Marriage.-

Questioning. — Sir Fletcher Norton.. Ashbourne. - Dr.

Taylor. — Old Men putting themselves to nurse. — -“IL

Palmerino d'Inghilterra.” — Ingratitude. — Mr. Wedder-

burne. Marrying for Love. Dr. James. Melan-

choly. — Captain Cook. Omai. Character of a Soldier,

-Good Humour of ancient Philosophers.- Public Schools.

- English Universities. — Libels on the Dead. 101

CHAPTER V.

1776.

Popish Corruptions. — Licensed Stews. Seduction. - Jack

Ellis. — Gaming. — Card-playing.–Conjugal Obligations.

- Law of Usury. - Beggars. – Dr. Cheyne. Solitude.

- Joseph Simpson. - Children. Cowley. - Flatman's

Poems. — *Cibber's “ Lives." – Gray. - Akenside. - Ma-