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LOUNGER.
W YORK
N° 3669
CONTENTS.
VOL. XXXIX.
NO. NARRATIVE of a Country Family raised to sudden
36.
Affluence by the Arrival of a Son from India, and
of the Taxes to which the Enjoyment of its
Wealth is subject; in a Letter from Marjory
Mushroom
37. Effects of the Introduction of ancient Mythology into the Poetry of modern Times
38. Dream of a Court instituted for the Dissolution of
Marriages, on the Ground of a Deception in some
of the Parties
39. High and brilliant Talents not the most conducive
to Eminence or Success in the Departments of
Business and Ambition
Page
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II
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40. Qualifications required in a Country Clergyman by
his Patron or his Patron's Family-Amiable Pic-
ture of the Clergyman of Colonel Caustic's Parish 24
41. Argument for the Existence of Sorcery in the pre-
sent Times-Enumeration of various Kinds of
modern Witchcraft
42. On the Poems of Hamilton of Bangour
43. The Evils of a good Neighbourhood
30
36
43
44. Narrative of the Happiness of a virtuous and benevo-
lent East Indian; in a Letter from John Truman 50
No.
Pag
45. Second Letter from Jeremiah Dysoon, containing a
Narrative of his Expedition to England for the
Benefit of his Health . .
46. The Power of Fashion in regulating the Deport-
ment of Men towards the other Sex; in a Letter
from Almeria
47. Law of Amasis, for every Egyptian to give an Ac-
count of his Manner of acquiring his Livelihood-
Dream of such an Institution in Britain . . . ..
48. The Sentiment and the Moral of Time-Reflections
occasioned by the beginning of another Year ..
49. Observations on Comedy ....
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50. The same Subject continued-Moral Effects of Co-
51. Senex, on our Neglect of the Improvement and of the Progress of Time-Proposal by Memory Modish, for a new Sort of Memorandum-book of Things to be forgotten . . .
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66
73
81
86
93
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52. On the Discrimination of Female Character-Dif-
ferent Plan of Education in two Mothers of dif-
ferent Talents and Dispositions.
53. The Petition of Night, complaining of the Encroach- ments of fashionable People, and proposing a new Table of Time for their Use-Distresses of
a young Lady not quite so young as she once
was; in a Letter from Jessamina ..
54. Effects of great Cities on Manners-Journal of Arri-
vals in Edinburgh
55. Letter from Hannah Waitfort, giving an Account of
...
108
114
122
her Sufferings from a Woman of keen Feelings. 130
56. Marjory Mushroom's Account of her life in Town-
Hardships to be endured by a Disciple of the Ton 137
57. Family Happiness of Aurelius, an amiable old Man. 143
58. Mary Plain's Account of a Hunter after Truth . . . 148
59. The Pains and Penalties of Idleness, particularly in
the Life of a Man of Fashion
60. Scheme of a literary Projector, for a new Sort of
Periodical Publication.
154
160
61. Of the Duty to Servants-Story of Albert Bane 166
62. Third Letter from Marjory Mushroom, giving an
Account of her Feelings on her Return to the
Country ..
63. Sufferings of a Husband under an œonomical Wife;
in a Letter from Robert Easy
64. History of a Marriage, made from an enthusiastic
Attachment; in a Letter from Constantia . . . .
65. Character of Mr. Wilful, a professed Votary of
Freedom
66. Temper and constitutional good Spirits oftener the
the Cause of Happiness than Genius and Abili-
ties, illustrated in the Situations of Tom San-
guine and Ned Prospect . . .
173
180
187
193
199
67. Superiority of modern Education over the ancient-
Its Principle the Acquisition of Knowledge by
Speaking.
206
68. Critical Remarks on the Character of Falstaff. . .
69. The same Subject continued
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