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CONTENTS.
PART. I.
LETTERS ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THEIR SUBJECTS.
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CHAPTER I.
NARRATIVE LETTERS.
LETTER 1. Mr. Gay to Mr. Fenton.-Account of two young
persons killed by lightning
2. Dr. Beattie to Mrs. Montagu.-The poor wi-
3. Dr. Beattie to the dutchess of Gordon, inform-
ing her of the death of his son
CHAPTER II.
DESCRIPTIVE LETTERS.
LETTER 1. Mr. Gray to Mr. Nicholls.-Description of
Southampton, and of a sea view of the rising
sun ·
2. Miss Seward to Miss Emma
of Eyam, in Derbyshire -
Description
3. Sir William Jones to Lady Spencer. Visit to
the residence of Milton
CHAPTER III.
LETTERS OF PRECEPT AND ADVICE.
LETTER 1. The earl of Strafford's dying advice to his son
2. Sir Matthew Hale to his children.-On leading
a religious life
3. Sir Matthew Hale to his children.-On conver-
9
11
24
4. Sir Matthew Hale to one of his sons, on his re-
covery from a dangerous illness
5. Dr. Doddridge to a young lady, preparing for a
voyage to the East Indies,
6. Dr. Hawkesworth to a young lady leaving school 42
7. The earl of Chatham to his nephew, Thomas
Pitt, esq. (afterwards lord Camelford,) at
Cambridge
48
LETTER 8. The same to the same,
9. Dr. Schomberg to a lady.-On reading,
10. John Dunning, esq. to a young gentleman of the
Inner Temple,
11. Dr. Horne (aftewards bishop of Norwich) to a
young clergyman
CHAPTER IV.
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LETTERS OF ADMONITION AND EXPOSTULATION.
LETTER 1. Sir William Temple to the countess of Essex.-
On the excess of her grief occasioned by the
loss of her only daughter -
2. Dr. Doddridge to sir J.
56
-58
60
On swearing 69
3. Rev. James Hervey to Richard Nash, esq On a life of sinful pleasure,
4. Rev. James Hervey to
sistences of conduct
CHAPTER V.
On various incon-
LETTERS OF CONGRATULATION.
LETTER 1. Miss Robinson (afterwa ds Mrs. Montagu) to
Mrs. Donnellan.-On the new year,
2. Dr. Conyers Middleton to Mrs. Montagu
her marriage
3. Dr. Conyers Middleton to Mrs. Montagu.-On
the same subject
4. Miss Talbot to a new-born infant
70
5. Dr. Porteus, bishop of London, to Mrs. Carter.
-On the promotion of her nephew,
CHAPTER VI.
LETTERS OF CONDOLENCE AND CONSOLATION.
LETTER 1. Dr. Tillotson (afterwards archbishop of Canter-
bury) to Mr. Nicholas Hunt, when he was
near the close of life
2. Dr. Swift to the lord treasurer of Oxford.-On
the death of his daughter,
3. Dr. Hough, bishop of Worcester, to Mrs.
Knightley. On the death of her son
4. Rev. John Barker to Dr. Doddridge in his last
illness
LETTERS TO AND FROM MR. POPE.
LETTER 1. Mr. Pope to Mr. Wycherley
104
2. Mr. Pope to Mr. (afterwards sir Richard) Steele 106
8. Mr. Pope to the honourable
4. Mr. Pope to Mr. Jervas
5. Mr. Pope to the hon. Robert Digby
6. Dr. Atterbury, bishop of Rochester, to Mr.
Pope
7. The same to the same
8. Mr. Pope to Dr. Atterbury
9 The same to the same
10. Dr. Atterbury to Mr. Pope
11. Dr. Arbuthnot to Mr. Pope
LETTERS OF MRS. Rowe.
108
111
113
114
116
118
121
LETTER 1. To the countess of Hertford, afterwards dutch-
LETTERS OF DR. RUNDLE, BISHOP OF DERRY.
LETTERS OF MR. (AFTERWARDS LORD) LITTLETON.
LETTER 1. To his father
2. To Dr. Doddridge,
LETTERS OF THE DUTCHESS OF SOMERSET.
LETTER 1. To Lady Luxborough
2. To the same -
CHAPTER VII.
135
137
138
141
LETTERS TO AND FROM DR. WARBURTON, BISHOP OF
GLOUCESTER.
LETTER 1. Dr. Warburton to Dr. Doddridge
2. The same to the same -
3. Dr. Hurd to Dr. Warburton
4. The same to the same -
5. The same to the same-
143
146
147
149
150
6. Dr. Warburton's answer to the preceding letter 151
7. Dr. Hurd to Dr. Warburton,
8. Dr. Warburton to Dr. Hurd
CHAPTER VIII.
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159
LETTERS TO AND FROM DR. Horne, afterwARDS
BISHOP OF NORWICH.
LETT ER 1. Dr. Horne to Dr. Adam Smith.-On the life,
death, and philosophy of David Hume, esq. 182
From a young lady, under great affliction, to Dr.
Horne -1
2.
3. Dr. Horne's answer to the preceding letter
CHAPTER XII.
LETTERS OF DR. JOHNSON.
191
193
5. To Dr. (afterwards sir George) Staunton.
202
6. To Mr. Baretti.
7. To the same
8. To James Boswell, esq. at Utrecht
9. To the same, at Paris
10. To Bennet Langton, esq.
11. To Mr. William Drummond
12. To Mrs. Lucy Porter, his daughter-in-law
13. To James Boswell, esq.
14. To Mrs. Thrale -
15. To James Boswell, esq.
219
16. To Saunders Welsh, esq. at Rome
17. To a young clergyman, in the country
18. To Mrs. Thrale.-On the death of Mr. Thrale 225