The Moral Miscellany: Or, a Collection of Select Pieces. in Prose and Verse for the Instruction and Entertainment of Youth

H. H. Holle, 1775 - 376 pagine

ON the Omniscience and Omniprefence of the Deity	1

Reflections on the Third Heaven	9

On the Immortality of the Soul	17

Providence proved from Animal Instinct	24

The Atheist inexcufable in endeavoring to make Converts	31

On Cruelty to Brutes with an Elegy on a BlackBird	39

On Chastity	52

The Obfervance of Sunday recommended An Allegory	60

Reflections upon the Jews	204

The Whisperers and Gigglers among the fair Sex com	211

On the Amufement of Sunday	220

The Story of Abdallah and Balſora	227

The Adventure of Theodofius and Conftantia 334	240

An Allegorical Letter from Today	246

Benevolence urged from the Mifery on Solitude	256

The Advantages of reprefenting Human Nature in	263

How far the Precept to love our Enemies is practicable	73

The Study of Aftronomy recommended	80

On the Defire of Gain	88

Idleneß incapable of Felicity Story of Ned Froth	95

Adverfity useful to the Acquifition of Knowledge	103

The Pleafures and Advantages of Industry III	111

On the Antiquity of Fables of Pleasure and Pain	120

The Importance of Punctuality 127	127

Temperance the beft Prefervative of Health	135

The Duty of Secrefy	144

Rules for the Knowledge of ones Self	155

On Omens	163

A Letter to Sir Charleſs Eaſy in Town from the Par	171

Account of Tim Wildgoofe by himself	177

On the Force of Habit	186

Singularity cenfured	193

The final Caufe of the Pleasures we receive from	264

Praife and Blame to be regarded only as relating	269

Letter of Advice to a young Academic	278

Profperity and Adverfity An Allegory	287

The Natural Hiftory of Ants	296

The fame Subject continued	303

On Calumny	312

On the Purfuit of Fame	320

The fame Subject continued	329

The Shepherd and the Philofopher	337

The PackHorfe and the Carrier	343

The Story of Palemon and Lavinia	350

Song for Ranelagh	357

Pleafure A Vifion	361

Remember your Creator c	370

Titolo	The Moral Miscellany: Or, a Collection of Select Pieces. in Prose and Verse for the Instruction and Entertainment of Youth
Editore	H. H. Holle, 1775
Provenienza dell'originale	The British Library
Digitalizzato	3 ago 2016
Lunghezza	376 pagine

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