200 201 That a Critic should study his own Abilities 197 Nature the best Guide to the Judgement ibid. But the Judgement may be improved by Art, and by study: ing the Ancients, especially Homer and Virgil ibid. Of the Licences allowed in Poetry 198 Pride and imperfect Learning the source of Error 199 Of judging of a Performance by a Part of it Of being pleased with glittering Thoughts only ibid. of judging only from the Language of a Piece, or from the Numbers ibid. Of being too hard to please, or too apt to admire Of judging partially, and collectingOpinions from others202 Wit is ever pursued with Envy; but the true Critic will temper his Mind with good Nature 203 Characters of an incorrigable Poet, an impertinent Critic and a good one 204 An Admonition to the Critics 205 Of Dr. Armstrong's Art of preserving Health 206 Invocation to the Goddess of Health 207 Of Air, and particularly of that breathed in London ibid. Of the benefit of burning Pit-coal ibid. Of the choice of Air, and of a Country Situation 208 Diseases arising from a Situation too marshy or too dry ibid. Of the force of Custom, and the friendly Power of native Air The necessity of a free Circulation of Air, and of draining Bogs, and clearing away Trees ibid. Of the regard which ought to be paid to Diet and Exercise, by those who live in Countries that are very dry or very marshy ibid. Advice to those who would avoid an over moist Air That gratifying the Fancy contributes to Health The Effect which running Water has on the Air ibid, The benefit of sunny Situations, with a House rather airy than warm, proved from the languishing state Plants are in when confined to the Shade ibid. Of Diet 213 Of the Circulation of the Blood, its wafte, and how supply'd ibid. Of the use of Labour in concocting the Food into Chyle and then into Blood ibid. of the choice of Food ; liquid Food, Vegetables, and young Animals, easiest of Digestion ; but not those made fat by unnatural means ibid. Every Brute is directed by Instinct to its proper Aliment, but voluptuous Man feeds with all the Commoners of Nature, and is led in pursuit of Pleasure to his own Destruction. 214 Eating to excess, of any Aliment, dangerous, and especially after long Abftinence 215 210 2 1 2 220 The use of sometimes indulging the Appetite, and of Fatting occasionally to unload the Wheels of Life 216 The Regimen to be observed in the several Seasons of the Year. That each Month and each Clime produccs the Food which is most proper, but Winter demands more generous Liquors than the other Seasons ibid. Of the Choice and proper use of Water 217 The only Liquors drank in the first Ages of the World ibid. That which is most pure, which is sooneft evaporated, and which generally falls from the Sides of Mountains, or rises from a sandy Spring is best 218 Of fermented Liquors, and their use. ibid. When drank unmixed with Water they retard Concoc tion, as appears by their Property of preserving Reptiles, and animal Food from Putrefaction ibid. That Generous Liquors may sometimes be drank freely and to good purpose, tho'but seldom ; for whatever too much accelerates the motion of the Fluids, whether it be Wine, high season'd Meats, or laborious Exercise long continued, impairs the Constitution ibid. Of Exèrcise 219 The Importance of Exercise to those of a delicate Frame ib. The Pleasures of a rural Life and Conversation 'That the Fancy is to be indulged in our choice of Exercise, since it is this only which distinguishes Exercise from Labour That in all our Exercises we should begin and end leisure ly; avoiding the use of cold Liquors while we are hot, and taking care to cool by degrees ibid. Of Bathing, and of the use of the Cold Bath (to fortify the Body against inclement Weather) to those whose Ćon: ftitutions will admit of it The warm Bath recommended to those who dwell in ful. try climes, and sometimes to the Inhabitants of our own, when the skin is parched, the Pores obstructed, and Perspiration imperfectly performed ibid. The Seasons for Exercise should be adapted to the Con ftitution. Labour, when fasting, is best for the corpulent Frame ; but those of a lean habit should defer it until a Meal has been digested ibid. No Labour either of Body or Mind is to be admitted when the Stomach is full, and the Spirits are required ibid. The corpulent Frame requires much Exercise, the lean less ibid. No Labours are too hard in the Winter; but in the Sum mer milder Exercises are best, and those are most proper in the Morning and Evening, avoiding the noxious Dews of the Night 223 221 222 an The Pleasures of Rest after Labour, and an Admonition against eating too much, and too late at Night ibid. Caution againft mifapplying those Hours, either in Study or Company, in which Nature intended we should rest 224 The Reason why those who labour obtain so much Re- freshment from Sleep, while the Indolent find but little Of Cloathing--- The necessity of putting on the Winter Garb early, and not leaving it off till late in the Spring Of the sweating Sickness ibid. Of the Soul and its Operations That painful Thinking, or the Anxiety, which attends se- vere Study, Discontent, Care, Love, Hatred, Fear and Jealousy fatigues the Soul and impairs the Body 226 Precepts for Reading--- The Postures most proper, and the ibid. It is a great Art in Life so to manage the restless Mind that it may not impair the Body The dreadful Effects of those misguided Passions which fill the Mind with imaginary Evils Those chronic Passions which spring from real Woes and not from any Disorder in the Body, are to be cured by such Diversions or Business, as fill the Mind, or remove it from the Object of its Concern The Folly of seeking Relief from Drinking ibid. rash Deeds that are never to be forgotten, the Loss of ibid, The Poet's Tribute to the Memory of his Father ibid. The wretched Situation of those who having nothing to do are obliged to spend their Days in queft of Pleasure 229 Indolence and Luxury are Enemies both to Pleasure and ibid. Of Virtue and good Sense---Their Effects Whatever supports the Mind in a State of Serenity and Chearfulness, supports the Body also; hence the Blessing of Hope which Heaven has kindly thrown into our Cup as a Cordial for all our Evils The dreadful Effects of Anger, and of other Passions 231 Violent Sallies of Passion are sometimes useful in cold and ibid. ibid. Of the Use of Musick in soothing the Passions ibid. Of the Power of Poetry and Milick united Of the great use of Didactic Poetry Of 246 Of the use of Episodes and Digresfions which Ihould be oc- of the necessity of enriching the Style PRECEPTS for Tales in Verse, with occasional Re- Those best which keep the Mind in a state of Suspense PRECEPTS for Falles, with occasional Remarks The great usefulness of Fables The Poet and his Patron, by Mr. Moore The Bag-Wig and Tobacco-Pipe, by Mr. Smart 250 RECEPTS for ALLEGORICAL POETRY, with oc- The Business of Poetry, especially of that which is Allego- rical ibid. Definition of Allegorical Poetry Allegorical Poetry moft esteem'd by the Ancients Of the Fable ibid. The Castle of Indolence, by Thomson Pain and Pleasure, by Mr. Addison Care and Generosity, by Mr. Smart That sort of Allegory which is made up of real or historical Persons, and of Actions either probable or possible; and where the Moral is obvious, and the Mind satisfied with- 31 Improvement of Life. An Eastern Story, by Mr. Johnson33 of the Force and Propriety of Parables in the New Testa- Of the Affinity between Poetry and Painting The Reason why we are so affected by a beautiful Passage in Shakespeare 39 The Heads and Hearts of Men not so bad as they are generally represented ibid. PRECEPTS for Lyric Poetry, with occasional Re- marks of the origin of this species of Poetry ibid. Of invoking the Muses 40 Of the excellencies of Pindar ibid. Division of Lyric Poetry into the Sublime Ode, the lefler Ode and the Song 43 of ment 37 39 to 96 58 63 67 Of Songs, with some few Examples and Remarks ibid. Of the Lefler Ode 55 A Fragment.of Sappbo, by Mr. Philips ibid. Young Old Age from Anacreon, by Mr. Fawkes 56 The Power of Gold, by the same $7 The Vanity of Riches, by the same ibid. The Number of his Mistresses, by the same On Old Age, by Dr. Broome 59 Cupid wounded--b-from Anacreon 60 Ode in the manner of Anacreon, by Mr. Prior ibid. Answer to Chloe Jealous, in the manner of Sappho, by the same 61 A better Answer to Chloe Jealous, by the same 62 On receiving a Moss-Rose from a sick Lady, byMr. Dodd ib. Of the more florid and figurative Ode On Fancy, by Mr. Wbarton ibid. On a young Lady's Birth-day, by Mr. Smart On the Death of Mr. Thomson, by Mr. Collins 68 Of Divine Odes, or Hymns 69 Hymn, by Mr. Addison 70 Pastoral Hymn from the 23d Psalm, by the same 71 Of the Sublime Ode ibid. The Song of Moses 72 Whence this Species of Poetry obtained the Name 73 Of the Pindaric Ode 74 The Eleventh Neuinean Ode, by Dr. Weft 75 Of irregular Odes 82 Alexander's Feais, by Mr. Dryden ibid. Ode on Music, by Mr. Pope 86 The gth Ode of the first Book of Horace, byMr.Congrevego On Constancy, by Mr. Mason 92 On the New Year, by Mr. Woty 93 On Lyrick Poetry, by Dr. Aken hide 95 PRECEPTS for SATIRE, with occasional Remarks 99 to 149 Of its origin and use ibid. Imitation of the ad Satire of the 2d Book of Horace, by Mr. Pope 106 London, a Satire, by Mr. Johnson 116 Love of Fame, Satire the 2d. by Dr. Young 123 Mack Flecknoe, by Mr. Dryden 130 Of Burlesque Satirical Poems 137 The splendid Shilling, by Mr. Philips ibid. Hudibrass, by Mr. Butler 144 PRECEPTS for DRAMATIC Poetry, with occafional Re marks Of the Drama in general, and its use 149 Of Comedy 160 Of Tragedy Of Farce, musical Entertainments,Opera and Pantomimesji 149 to 180 165 |
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