CONTENTS. 8. On Passion-Story of Licenciado Es- 9. Character of Mr. Charwell-his co- nomies-Letter on Freethinking.... 10. On Dress-Letter of Simon Sleek on 11. On Reproof, GAY-Letter on the Ob- sequium Catholicon, and cures by it POPE 12. On Criticism, and the Artifices of cen- 13. Account of the younger Sons of the 16. On Poetry-Songs-Song Writing 17. On illicit Love Story of a French On the Influence of Vice-Insensibili- ty to virtuous Sentiment-Henry IV. of France, his Prayer before Battle.. BUDGELL 26. All Women are Ladies-Letter recom- mending a Wife to Sir Harry Lizard STEELE Grounds to expect a future State prov- 31. Various Schemes of Happiness 32. The Subject of Pastoral Poetry treated 33. On the Merits of the Tragedy of Cato 34. Conversation on fine Gentlemen.. 40. On the Pastorals of Pope and Philips Pope 41. Censure of a Passage in the Examine. STEELE 42. Gifts necessary to a Story-teller... 43. Opinions on the Characters of Lucia 44. Conduct of certain old Fellows in 45. Miseries of Seduction-Cyrus and 49. Essay on Pleasures, natural and fan- tastical-Pleasures of Imagination BERKELEY 50. Visit to the Country-offensive Bar- ...... 51. On sacred Poetry-David's Lamenta- 52. Colbert's Conversation with the French 54. Duty of Contentment-Produced by ........ STEELE HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE ΤΟ THE GUARDIAN. IN the interval between the completion of the seventh and the commencement of the eighth volume of the Spectator, animated by the extraordinary success of that work, SIR RICHARD STEELE resolved upon the assumption of a similar design, though under a different name and character. Accordingly on Thursday, March the 12th, 1713, came out the first number of the GUARDIAN, which was continued daily for several months, the last paper being dated October the 1st of |