THE

MISCELLANEOUS WORKS

OF

OLIVER GOLDSMITH.

INCLUDING

A VARIETY OF PIECES

NOW FIRST COLLECTED.

BY

JAMES PRIOR,

Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries; Member of the Royal Irish Academy;
Author of the Life of Goldsmith, Life of Burke, etc. etc.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

NEW-YORK:

G. P. PUTNAM & COMPANY, 10 PARK PLACE.

1855.

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LIBRARY

PR 3480

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II.

On a beautiful Youth struck by Lightning,

Remarks on our Theatres,

Story of Alexander and Septimius; showing, that no Circum-

stances are so desperate, which Providence may not relieve,

On the Condition of the Poles; in a Letter from a Traveller,

A Short Account of M. Maupertuis,

On Dress; showing, that they are generally most ridiculous them-

selves, who are apt-to see most ridicule in others,

Picture of the Swedes; with Anecdotes of Charles the Twelfth,

Happiness in a great measure dependent on Constitution,

On the Present State of our Theatres,

38

48

54

57

65

67

72

76

The Characteristics of Greatness,

81

A Word or Two on the Farce called " High Life Below Stairs," 101

Upon Unfortunate Merit,

103

On the Pride and Luxury of the Middling Classes of Feople,

Sabinus and Olinda, .

The Sentiments of a Frenchman on the Temper of the English,

VIII. On Deceit and Falsehood,

The Augustan Age of England,

Of the Opera in England,

V.

The Fountain of Fine Sense; a Dream. [Now first collected,]

205

VI.

Account of Carolan, the Irish Bard,

208

ví. A Visit to Vauxhall-Parallel between Mrs. Vincent and Miss

Brent. [Now first collected,]

VIII A True History for the Ladies. [Now first collected,]

IX

A Visit to Elysium-Mansions of Poetry and Taste; a Dream.

[Now first collected,].

x. History of Miss Stanton. [Now first collected, ]

x. The Miseries of Ennui. [Now first collected,]

XIII. Adventures of a Strolling Player,

XIV. On the Approaching Coronation. [Now first collected,]

xv. On National Concord,

XVI. Female Warriors,

XVII. On a Taste for the Belles-Lettres,

XVIII. On the Cultivation of Taste,

XIX. On the Origin of Poetry,

Xxx. On Poetry, as distinguished from other Writing,