GUARDIAN. 97. Letter from Simon Softly, complaining of a Widow -Advice to him. 98. Notice of the Tatler and Spectator-Scheme of Lion's Head at Button's 99. Essay on National Justice-a Persian Story . Position of Venus 101. Letters from France-Gaiety of the French 102. Variableness of the English Climate. PAGE 169 a 172 175 178 181 184 103. On the Fireworks-Serious Reflections on the same 104. Story of a French Gentleman-Letter on the Manners of the French 187 190 105. Exhibition of the Charity Children-Proposals to extend our Charities 193 106. Vision of Aurelia with a Window in her Breast 195 198 108. Institution of the Tall Club 109. Correspondence on the Tucker 110. On the Language of Treaty-Improprieties instanced 207 111. Improper Conduct of the British Youth-Love of Knowledge-Solomon's Choice . 202 204 211 112. Art of Flying-Letter from Dædalus-Remarks on Modern Dædalists 213 113. Letter from a Citizen in his Honey-moon Tom Truelove's Courtship 216 114. Erection of the Lion's Head-Remarks on Lions on Petticoats 218 115. On Criticism-Strada's Prolusion 221 116. Matters of Dress not to be introduced in the Pulpit— Letter on Naked Breasts 223 117. Happiness of living under the Protection of Omnipo tence 225 118. Information from a Lioness-Offer of an Out-riding Lion 123. On Seducers of Innocence-Letter to one from a Mother 244 124. Letters from a University Lion-on Horns-Burlesque Lyric-Visit to the Lion. 247 134. The Lion, how treated by the Town-Complaint of a GUARDIAN. PAGE 136. Various Causes of Death-Country Bill of Mortality 257 137. Advantages of Illustrious Birth-how Contaminated -Pride of Mr. Ironside . 138. On Regard for Posterity 139. History of Lions-Story of Androcles 140. On Female Dress-Letter to Pope Clement on the Tucker 152. Comparative Merit of the two Sexes, an Allegory 153. Pride not made for Man 154. Lucifer's Account of a Masquerade 155. Utility of Learning to the Female Sex 156. History and Economy of Ants 259 263 267 269 272 276 279 282 286 157. The same concluded 291 158. Proper Employment of Time; a Vision 296 159. Story of Miss Betty, cured of her Vanity 301 160. Conjectures of concealed Meanings under the History of the Ants 304 161. Proper Sense and Notion of Honour. 308 162. Humour of a Blunt Squire-Complaisance-Story of Schacabac 312 163. Letter from an Insulted Chaplain-Poem by Sir Thomas More 315 165. Miseries of Folly and Vice at the Head of a Family 166. On Charity-The Guardian in search of the Philoso 39. Will. Wormwood-A discontented Temper—A Sloven -Nastiness, or Slovenliness 335 THE PRESENT STATE OF THE WAR, AND THE NECESSITY OF Preface. 340 THE LATE TRIAL AND CONVICTION OF COURT TARIFF 364 THE WHIG-EXAMINER. 1. Review of the Examiner-the Meanness of his Style 370 2. The Conceit of the Examiner-his Party and Princi- 375 3. Speech of Alcibiades . 381 4. Panegyric on Nonsense-various kinds of it—that kind WHIG-EXAMINER.. of it displayed by the Examiner-his Blunders on 5. The true Political Controversy then existing-the Mea- THE FREEHOLDER. 1. The Title and Design of this Work PAGE 385 390 396 2. Of His Majesty's Character 400 3. The Memoirs of a Preston Rebel 403 4. Reasons why the British Ladies should side with the Freeholder 407 5. Of the Love which we owe to our Country 9. Answer of the Freeholders of Great Britain to the 428 10. Arbitrary Power, exemplified in the Conduct of Muly Ishmael, Emperor of Morocco 435 11. Subscriptions to the Female Association 440 12. The Guilt of Rebellion in general, and of the late Rebellion in particular 443 13. Of those who are indifferent in a time of Rebellion 448 14. The Political Creed of a Tory Malecontent 450 15. Project of the Ladies for making the Fan serviceable to the Protestant Cause 454 16. On the late Act of Parliament for suspending the Habeas Corpus Act 457 17. How Ministers of State should bear an undeserved Reproach 461 18. Of the late French Edict for increasing the Value of their Louis d'Ors 464 19. The unchristian Spirit of our late Party-Writings 468 471 21. The Birthday of Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales 474 22. The Character and Conversation of a Tory Fox hunter 478 23. A Cartel for the British Ladies, during their present State of War 482 24. The Designs of His Majesty's Enemies impracticable 485 25. Of the Fickleness of the British Politics 488 FREEHOLDER. 26. Considerations offered to the disaffected part of the Fair Sex PAGE 491 27. The Vision of a second-sighted Highlander 495 498 29. The Practice of Morality necessary to make a Party reign; at which time he carefully perused the ancient writings, which furnish the materials for it. His continual employment in business prevented him from executing it, till he resigned his office of Secretary of State; and his death put a period to it, when he had imperfectly performed only one half of the design; he having proposed, as appears from the introduction, to add the Jewish to the Heathen testimonies for the truth of the Christian history. He was more assiduous than his health would well allow in the pursuit of this work; and had long determined to dedicate his poetry also, for the future, wholly to religious subjects. that Soon after he was, from being one of the Lords Commissioners of Trade, advanced to the post of Secretary of State, he found his health impaired by the return of that asthmatic indisposition, which continued often to afflict him during his exercise of that employment, and at last obliged him to beg his Majesty's leave to resign. His freedom from the anxiety of business so far re-established his health, his friends began to hope he might last for many years; but (whether it were from a life too sedentary, or from his natural constitution, in which was one circumstance very remarkable, that, from his cradle, he never had a regular pulse) a long and painful relapse into an asthma and dropsy deprived the world of this great man, on the 17th of June, 1719. He left behind him only one daughter, by the Countess of Warwick, to whom he was married in the year 1716. Not many days before his death, he gave me directions to collect his writings, and at the same time committed to my care the Letter addrest to Mr. Craggs, (his successor as Secretary of State,) wherein he bequeaths them to him, as a token of friendship. Such a testimony, from the first man of our age, in such a point of time, will be, perhaps, as great and lasting an honour to that gentleman, as any even he could acquire to himself; and yet is no more than was due from an affection, that justly increased towards him through the intimacy of several years. I cannot, without the utmost tenderness, reflect on the kind concern with which Mr. Addison left me as a sort of encumbrance upon this valuable legacy. Nor must I deny myself the honour to acknowledge, that the goodness of that great man to me, like many other of his amiable qualities, seemed not so much to be renewed as |