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THE MISCELLANECUS WORKS
OF
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
WITH BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION
BY PROFESSOR MASSON
London
MACMILLAN AND CO.
1881
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MEMOIR OF GOLDSMITH.
THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD.
Chap.
VII. A Town Wit described. The dullest
Fellows may learn to be comical for a
Night or Two
p. 12
VIII. An Amour, which promises little good
Fortune, yet may be productive of
much
P. 14
IX. Two Ladies of great Distinction intro-
duced. Superior Finery ever seems to
confer superior Breeding
P. 17
x. The Family endeavour to cope with their
Betters. The Miseries of the Poor, when
they attempt to appear above their Cir-
P. 18
cumstances
.
XI. The Family still resolve to hold up their
Heads.
p. 20
XII. Fortune seems resolved to humble the
Family of Wakefield. Mortifications are
often more painful than real Calami-
ties
p. 23
XIII. Mr. Burchell is found to be an Enemy,
for he has the confidence to give disagree-
able Advice.
p. 25
XIV. Fresh Mortifications, or a Demonstration
that seeming Calamities may be real
Blessings.
p. 26
xv. All Mr. Burchell's Villany at once detected.
The Folly of being overwise
XVI. The Family use Art, which is opposed
with still greater
p. 29
P. 31
XVII. Scarcely any Virtue found to resist the
Power of long and pleasing Tempta-
tion
P. 34
XVIII. The Pursuit of a Father to reclaim a
Lost Child to Virtue
P. 37
XIX. The Description of a Person discontented
with the present Government, and appre-
hensive of the loss of our Liberties p. 39
xxv. No Situation, however wretched it seems,
but has some sort of comfort attending
it
p. 59
XXVI. A Reformation in the Gaal: to make
Laws complete, they should reward as
well as punish
p. 61
XXVII. The same subject continued
p. 63
XXVIII. Happiness and Misery rather the result
of Prudence than of Virtue in this life;
temporal evils or felicities being regarded
by Heaven as things merely in themselves
trifling, and unworthy its care in the dis-
tribution.
p. 65
XXIX. The equal dealings of Providence demon-
strated with regard to the Happy and the
Miserable here below. That, from the
nature of Pleasure and Pain, the wretched
must be repaid the balance of their suffer-
ings in the life hereafter
p. 70
xxx. Happier Prospects begin to appear. Let
us be inflexible, and Fortune will at last
change in our favour.
P. 72
XXXI. Former Benevolence now repaid with un-
expected Interest
XXXII. The Conclusion
THE CITIZEN OF THE WORLD.
Letter
1. To Mr.
don
P. 75
p. 82
Merchant in Lon-
p. 88
Mer-
P. 83
III. From Lien Chi Altangi to the care of
Fipsihi, resident in Moscow, to be for-
warded by the Russian caravan to Fum
Hoam, First President of the Ceremo-
nial Academy at Pekin, in China p. 90
IV. To the same
p. 92
v. To the same
P. 93
VI. Fum Hoam, First President of the Cere-
monial Academy at Pekin, to Lien Chi
Altangi, the Discontented Wanderer; by
the way of Moscow.
p. 95
MS07615
XL. From Lien Chi Altangi to Fum Hoam,
First President of the Ceremonial Aca-
demy at Pekin, in China
p. 153
XLI. To the same
XLII. From Fum Hoam to Lien Chi Altangi,
the Discontented Wanderer; by the way
of Moscow.
XLIII. From Lien Chi Altangi to Fum Hoam,
. p. 154
XLIV. From Lien Chi Altangi to Hingpo, a
Slave in Persia
. p. 156
XLV. From Lien Chi Altangi to Fum Hoam,
demy at Pekin, in China p. 158
XLVI. To the same
p. 160
XLVII. From Lien Chi Altangi to Hingpo, a
p. 162
LXXI. From Lien Chi Altangi to Fum Hoam,
demy at Pekin in China
LXXIII. From Lien Chi Altangi to Hingpo, by
p. 206
LXXIV. From Lien Chi Altangi to Fum Hoam,
LXXV. To the same
LXXVI. From Hingpo to Lien Chi Altangi, by
p. 207
. p. 209
p. 211
LXXVII. From Lien Chi Altangi to Fum Hoam,
. p. 212
p. 146
p. 148
LXXVIII. To the same
LXXIX. To the same
p. 150
P. 151
LXXX. To the same
LXXXI. To the same
LXXXII. To the same
p. 217
p. 219
XLVIII. From Lien Chi Altangi to—, Mer-
chant in Amsterdam
LXXXIX. To the same
LXXXIII. From Lien Chi Altangi to Hingpo, by
LXXXIV. From Lien Chi Altangi to Fum Hoam,
LXXXV. To the same
LXXXVI. To the same
LXXXVII. From Fum Hoam to Lien Chi Al-
tangi.
LXXXVIII. From Lien Chi Altangi to Fum Hoam,
P. 221
P. 222
. p. 224
P. 226
p. 227
P. 228
p. 230
xc. To the same
p. 232
XLIX. To the same
p. 163
L. From Lien Chi Altangi to Fum Hoam,
p. 165
XCIV. From Hingpo, in Moscow, to Lien Chi
Altangi, in London
. p. 237
XCV. From Lien Chi Altangi to Hingpo, at
Moscow
p. 238
XCVI. From Lien Chi Altangi to Fum Hoam,
p. 236
demy at Pekin in China . . . p. 239
· P. 248
THE BEE:
CIV. From Lien Chi Altangi to Fum Hoam, A SELECT COLLECTION OF ESSAYS ON THE MOST
INTERESTING AND ENTERTAINING SUBJECTS.
cv. To the same
On a beautiful Youth struck blind
with Lightning. Imitated from the
Spanish
· P. 355
p. 355
The Story of Alcander and Septimius. Translated from a Byzantine Histo- rian.
Remarks on our Theatres
A Letter from a Traveller
A short Account of the late Mr. Mau- pertuis
. p. 249
No.
1. Saturday, October 6, 1759.
· P. 353
P. 357
P. 359
. p. 268
11. Saturday, October 13, 1759.—
p. 360
CXVIII. From Fum Hoam to Lien Chi Altangi,
the Discontented Wanderer, by the way of Moscow.
CXIX. From Lien Chi Altangi to Fum Hoam,
p. 269
p. 270
Happiness in a great measure dependent
on Constitution.
. p. 365
On our Theatres
p. 272
p. 274
III. Saturday, October 20, 1759-
On the Use of Language
. p. 367
. p. 368
CXXIII. To the same
P. 278
. p. 283
1. Description of various Clubs p. 284
II. Specimen of a Magazine in Minia-
The History of Hypatia
On Justice and Generosity.
Some Particulars relating to
Feyjoo
IV. Saturday, October 27, 1759.-
Miscellaneous
A Flemish Tradition
The Sagacity of some Insects
p. 370
• P. 372
Father
. P. 374
p. 376
. p. 378
. p. 381
p. 382
The Characteristics of Greatness. p. 380
A City Night Piece
v. Saturday, November 3, 1759.—
Upon Political Frugality
A Reverieme Maching. . p. 387
A Word or two on the late Farce called
"High Life below Stairs"
Upon Unfortunate Merit
ture
P. 288
III. Asem, an Eastern Tale; or a Vindication
of the Wisdom of Providence in the Moral
Government of the World.
p. 289
IV. On the English Clergy and popular
Preachers
p. 390
. P. 391
VI. Saturday, November 10, 1759.-
On Education
p. 392
On the Instability of Worldly Gran-
deur
P. 397
· P. 399
p. 400
p. 293
v. A Reverie at the Boar's Head Tavern,
Eastcheap
p. 295
VI. Adventures of a strolling Player. p. 302
VII. Rules enjoined to be observed at a
Russian Assembly.
p. 306
VIII. Biographical Memoir, supposed to be
written by the Ordinary of New-
gate
IX. National Concord
x. Female Warriors
Some Account of the Academies of
Italy
VII. Saturday, November 17, 1759-
Of Eloquence
Custom and Laws compared P. 404
Of the Pride and Luxury of the Middling
Class of People
Sabinus and Olinda
The Sentiments of a Frenchman on the
Temper of the English
p. 307
. p. 308
XI. National Prejudices
p. 311
XII. Taste
p. 405
· P. 406
p. 313
. p. 407
p. 321
xv. Poetry distinguished from other Writ-
VIII. Saturday, November 24, 1759.- On Deceit and Falsehood
p. 326
XVI. Metaphor
p. 330
XVII. Hyperbole
An Account of the Augustan Age of
England
⚫p. 408
P. 338
Of the Opera in England
p. 411