SPECIMENS

OF THE

33

3 F dd

BRITISH POETS;

WITH

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL NOTICES,

AND

AN ESSAY ON ENGLISH POETRY.

BY THOMAS CAMPBELL.

IN SEVEN VOLUMES.

VOL. VI.

CHURCHILL, 1764, TO JOHNSON, 1784.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET.

1819.

MVSEVM

BRITAN
NICVM

LONDON:

PRINTED BY THOMAS DAVISON, WHITEFRIARS.

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Character of a critical Fribble (from the same)

Characters of Quin, Sheridan, and Garrick (from the

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57

William and Margaret

Introduction to the Night Thoughts-Uncertainty of

human Happiness-Universality of human Misery

(from Night I.)

Apology for the Seriousness of the Subject (from

Night II.)

Madness of Men in Pursuit of Amusements (from the

same)

Blessedness of the Son of Foresight (from the same)

Society necessary to Happiness (from the same)

Complaint for Narcissa (from Night III.)

Comparison of the Soul viewing the Prospects of Im-

mortality to the Prisoner enlarged from a Dungeon

(from Night IV.)

The Danger to Virtue of Infection from the World

(from Night V.)

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Insufficiency of Genius without Virtue (from Night VI.) 66

Description of the Man whose Thoughts are not of this

World (from Night VIII.)

The Love of Praise (from Satire I.)

Propensity of Man to false and fantastic Joys (from

Satire V.)

Characters of Women-The Wedded Wit (from the

same)

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ib.

69

ib.

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71

ib.

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JAMES GRAINGER

Ode to Solitude

JOHN GILBERT COOPER

Song

JAMES MERRICK

The Wish

WILLIAM FALCONER

Character of the Officers (from the Shipwreck)

Evening described-Midnight-The Ship weighing

Anchor and departing from the Haven (from the

samie)

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