The Gleaner: A Series of Periodical Essays

THE

GLEANER:

A SERIES OF

PERIODICAL ESSAYS;

SELECTED AND ARRANGED FROM

SCARCE OR NEGLECTED VOLUMES,

WITH

AN INTRODUCTION, AND NOTES,

BY

NATHAN DRAKE, M. D.

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AUTHOR OF “LITERARY HOURS," AND OF
PERIODICAL LITERATURE.'

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More modoque,

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Plurimum.

HOR.

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VOL. II.

No.

XLVIII. ON intellectual pleasure

The same concluded

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LI.

L. On extravagance; Speech of an Old Oak.
Religion the basis of true honour. Morn-
ing Piece, a poem

LII. Wit and Beauty, an allegory

LIII. Description of a beautiful morning: pro-

duction of the fly from the caterpillar

tribe

LIV. The bee and the almond tree, descrip-

tion of

LV.

Observations on the fourth estate in the

English constitution, commonly digni-

fied and distinguished by the name of

The Mob

LVI. The same concluded

LVII. On the study of astronomy

LVIII. Animalcules in frozen grass seen through

a microscope

LIX. Death a vision

...

LX. On the process of the production of the

beetle tribe

LXI. The pleasures of a rural ramble

LXII. On chastity.-Abah Rabieh, an Eastern

tale

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LXIII. On the phænomena of dew

LXIV. On scolding.-Description of Mrs. Joan

Vinegar..

LXV. On the happiness of animals.-Fly like a

hornet, hatched in the nest of the hum-

ble bee

LXVI. The seat of the Muses, a rhapsodic

vision

....

LXVII. Praise to God, the importance and the

pleasure of that duty. Night piece, a

poem

LXVIII. On the produce of the eggs of the bee-

fly

No.

LXIX.
LXX.
LXXI.

On the passion of revenge
Death, the fear of it irrational

Zulima and the Talisman; an Oriental

tale

.....

LXXII. The same concluded

LXXIII. Description of animalcules in water

LXXIV. On epic poetry

LXXV. On the subserviency of the several series

of beings in the visible creation to one

another

LXXVI. The Innkeeper, a story

LXXVII. The same concluded...

LXXVIII.

Observations on the echini marini or

sea-eggs 4.

LXXIX. On tragedy. Ode to Horror
LXXX. On proneness to contempt, as an almost
certain sign of a depraved mind and a
bad temper

XC. The same concluded

XCI. On the neglect of English artists
XCII. A view of Parnassus, a dream
XCIII. On the advantages of reading
XCIV. Observations on reptiles in frozen vege-
tables

XCV. On modern genius. Ode
XCVI. Sacrifice to the Graces, a dream

....

XCVII. On the silence of Dido at the sight of
Eneas.
XCVIII. Observations on a song of Beaumont and
Fletcher
XCIX. On Virgil's treatment of the character of
Amata....

C. An election in Parnassus, a dream

....