Absurdities of the French Language, Letter on the.. 138
Letters in reply 319, 320

324

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211

322

210

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110

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Accusation, an absurd French
Adam's Peak, Description of, by Dr. Davy.
Algerine Sagacity.
Anecdote and Wit.

Angelotto, Cardinal, Retort upon
Aphorisms, by Lavater.

August

Aurora Borealis, Description of the

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Bashful Man, Distresses of a
Basket, Inscription on a
Bignor, Account of Roman Ruins at
Blessings of Paper and Law
Brindley, Mr. Anecdote of
Burke, Richard, Anecdote of
Burns, Robert, Verses by

Calder, Sir R., Lord Nelson's Opinion of
Canada, Account of an Earthquake in
Caravanserais, Description of
Caryl, Dr. Anecdote of.

Characters

Charke, Charlotte, Anecdote of
Clerical Plagiarism defended

December

Dejection

Dream, The

Dutch Heróism

Desire of seeming what we are not, Essay on the
Detached Thoughts

Dinner, Description of a Persian

Icelandic.

Stratagem

20, 86, 154, 210, 265,

220

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35

157

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265

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Replies to

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149, 152

Comparison of past and present Literature, by Mr.

Polwhele..

Critical Sagacity
Cross Readings

Custom at Swansea

Edwin and Maria, a Ballad
Effects of Love.

Elegant Epitaph

Elegy, written on Leith Hill
Eliza, Stanzas to, by Robert
Address to..

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334

135

326

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120, 299

221

219

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337
113

129

169, 229, 290, 344

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Emuinch Ecnuic, or Ned of the Hills

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Epigrams

120, 177, 294, 299, 300
Errors occasioned by our Passions, Essay on the.
Evelina, to

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179

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Execution, Stanzas on seeing an
Fanny the Fair.

Five Hundred Years Hence

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Fools and Jesters, Essay on
Fragment, A

Franklin, Dr., Life of.
Frederick the Great defeated
French Boots.

Observations on

Soldier, Description of a
Friends, Memorials of
Frogmore House, Description of

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Genius, by J. Player
Greatness of Mind, Instance of

Harvest Hymn

Herschel, Mr., Anecdote of.

Hindoo Maxims

Hume, David, Anecdote of
Hurst, Ann, Account of.

Husband, Isabel's Lines on the Death of a

Indian Dancing Girls, Description of.
Impromptu on hearing the Bagpipe
Invitation, The.

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John I. of Portugal, Anecdote of
Judge, Oath of an Isle of Man.
July

Kaimes, Lord, Anecdote of
Kaleidoscope, The

Laura, To.

Liberty of the Press and Liberty of the Stage
Lines on receiving an Eye-shade.

imitated from the Greek

Louisa, the Flower of the Tyne
Lyra, a Dream of Love.

Magnanimity, Instances of

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written in the Ruins of ****
by the Hon. G. Tucker
written at the request of a Lady
Linnæus and Buffon compared
Vanity of

Lisbon, Account of the Earthquake of
Lottery Mania, Instance of .
Lover's Heart, A

Mammoth, Account of a
Man, On

The Ingratitude of
Marlborough, Anecdote of the Duchess of
Mary, Stanzas to

Masers de la Tude, Adventures of
Mazarine, Cardinal, Anecdote of
Medusa, Account of the Shipwreck of the
Metelin, Account of a Custom in.
Modern Buck, The.
Friendship
Moliere, Imitation by
Monarch, a, Outlawed.
Moon, to the

Moresco, Translation from the
Morning Thought

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Motley Society, Account of the.
Mulatto, Account of a Remarkable.
Natural Phenomena.
Nepaul, Description of burning a Widow in
New Geyzer, Description of the
Newspaper, Pleasures of a,
Newton, Sir Isaac, Anecdote of
Nondescripts, Essay on some
November

Novice of San Martino,, a Tale,
Octavia, Stanzas to

October

Pratt, Mr. Anecdote of
Printing, Origin and Progress of
Prophetess silenced

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Estrus Equi, Description of the
Oratory, Essay on.

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Ossian's Address to the Sun, versified

Past Days

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Pension well earned
Peter, a German Tale.
Peters, Hugh, Anecdote of
Philip of Spain, Anecdote of.
Pilot Fish, Description of the
Plates, Subject of the.
Poetry

Portfolio, My.

Quaker Wit

Ramble to the Western Highlands
Red is the Rose, a Dirge

The Redbreast's Visit

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296

88

6, 176

67
270

. 181, 284, 339

82

12, 77, 140, 200, 252, 309

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92

92

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271

Reflections on the Instability of Life
Reproach, The .

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51, 113, 171, 231, 291, 345

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Song by C***

Sonnet

Souffriere, Account of the Eruption of the
Stanzas, by A. A. Watts, Esq.

Marion

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Warburton, Bon mot of Dr. Bentley on
Warton, Thomas, Anecdote of
Wesley, Mr. Anecdote of
Wessel, John, Anecdote of
Wilcocks, Mr. Anecdote of
Windermere, A Glance at .

Woodman, The, to the Robin Redbreast
Woodward, Dr. Anecdote of

THE TWO SERPENTS:

AN ORIENTAL APOLOGUE.

SAHEB, a learned doctor, being entrusted by the Sultan of Carizme with the education of his son, received orders to relate daily to him some apposite anecdote, with a view to form the morals of the young prince. He accordingly, among others, recounted the following, which is taken from the Annals of Persia.

A magician presented himself before King Zohak, and performed several feats in presence of his court, with which the prince was equally surprized and delighted.

"King of kings," said the enchanter, "these are but the common tricks of my art, and scarcely deserv ing your royal attention; but if you will permit me to blow twice into your sacred ear, you will instantly perceive something far more wonderful," He had no sooner asked, and obtained what he wanted, than Zohak, after feeling an extraordinary motion within him, rather violent however than painful in its nature, be held two serpents' heads issuing from the region of the heart.

"Perfidious wretch!" exclaimed his majesty, "what have I done to thee? Why has thy impure breath produced within my bowels two monsters, now ready to devour them?"

VOL. II. No. I.

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