Vol. IV. Eighteenth Century. Henry Craik, ed. 1916. English Prose

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Henry Craik, ed. English Prose. 1916.

Vol. IV. Eighteenth Century

	Introduction by Henry Craik
Conyers Middleton. 1683–1750.	Critical Introduction by George Saintsbury
	The First Triumvirate
	Letter to Venn
	A Defence of Free Enquiry in Religion
George Berkeley. 1685–1753.	Critical Introduction by George Saintsbury
	The Advantages of Immaterialism
	The Virtues of Vice
	The Delusions of Sense
	The Pebble Argument answered by Anticipation
William Law. 1686–1761.	Critical Introduction by J. H. Overton
	Confirmation
	Character of Ouranius
	The Fall of Adam
	The Atonement
	Divine Knowledge
Samuel Richardson. 1689–1761.	Critical Introduction by J. H. Millar
	Miss Clarissa Harlowe to Miss Howe
	Mr. Lovelace to John Belford, Esq.
	Mr. Lovelace to John Belford, Esq.
	Mr. Belford to Robert Lovelace, Esq.
Joseph Butler. 1692–1752.	Critical Introduction by James Bonar
	The Habit of Casual Reading
	Actions Natural and Unnatural
	Self-love and Appetites
	Providence punishes Vice, and mitigates the Punishment
	The Argument from Probability in Religion
	The Practical Rule of Conduct
	The Burden of Much Talking
Lord Chesterfield. 1694–1773.	Critical Introduction by Henry Craik
	Manners makyth Man
	The Falsehood of Commonplaces
	A Good and a Bad Style
	Voltaire
William Warburton. 1698–1779.	Critical Introduction by W. Macneile Dixon
	Language helped by Action
	How to meet Attacks
	God’s Moral Government
John Wesley. 1703–1791.	Critical Introduction by J. H. Overton
	A Man of One Book
	On Dress
	On the Results of Methodism
Henry Fielding. 1707–1754.	Critical Introduction by George Saintsbury
	The Passengers to Hades
	Poet and Player
	A Political Microcosm
	Partridge on Valour
	Paternal Advice
	Mrs. Francis of Ryde
	The Give-and-Take of Friendship
	The Qualifications of the Historian
Samuel Johnson. 1709–1784.	Critical Introduction by Henry Craik
	Critics
	Good Humour
	Pedantry
	Travellers’ Affectations
	Praises of Solitude
	Conversation
	Style
	English Literature
	The Flying Machine
	Poetry
	A Life according to Nature
	The Loss of a Friend
	Metaphysical Poets
	Milton
	Religious Poetry
	Dryden as Critic
	A Digression
	A Task completed
	Letter to Lord Chesterfield
David Hume. 1711–1776.	Critical Introduction by J. H. Millar
	A Defence of Philosophy
	King and Parliament
	Character of Himself
	Where Philosophy is helpless
	The State’s Interest in Stored Labour
	Reason no Aid to Religion
Laurence Sterne. 1713–1768.	Critical Introduction by H. D. Traill
	My Uncle Toby’s Siege Operations
	The Death of Bobby
	Corporal Trim and the Curate
	Tristram and the Ass
	A Franciscan Monk
Thomas Gray. 1716–1771.	Critical Introduction by John W. Hales
	To Grasmere
	By Ingleborough to Gordale Scar
	Netley Abbey
	A Sunrise
Horace Walpole. 1717–1797.	Critical Introduction by W. P. Ker
	A Summary of the Progress of Taste
	Hogarth’s Genius
	Character of Pitt
	Alpine Scenery: The Grande Chartreuse
	The War: Burke
	Old Age: France: Madame D’Arblay
Gilbert White. 1720–1793.	Critical Introduction by Norman Moore
	Migration of Birds
	Miscellaneous Observations
	On the Flight of Birds
	The Fern-Owl
	The Rook
Tobias Smollett. 1721–1771.	Critical Introduction by George Saintsbury
	Roderick at Surgeon’s Hall
	Sir Launcelot in the Madhouse
	The Cheerful Society of Bath
William Robertson. 1721–1793.	Critical Introduction by William Wallace
	The Death of Rizzio
	The Reformation
	The Feudal System
	Resignation of a Crown
	Columbus nearing Land
	Montezuma
Richard Price. 1723–1791.	Critical Introduction by J. Bonar
	Do our Faculties deceive us?
	The Effects of Custom
	The Vision of the World
Sir Joshua Reynolds. 1723–1792.	Critical Introduction by Reginald Brimley Johnson
	Michael Angelo
	Maxims of Art
	Beauty
	Johnson against Garrick
Adam Smith. 1723–1790.	Critical Introduction by J. Bonar
	Humour
	The Aspect of Nature to the Savage
	How Art produces its Effects
	Remorse
	The Supreme Tribunal of Conduct
	Power sacrificed to Selfishness
	Public Benefit promoted by Individual Aims
Thomas Warton. 1728–1790.	Critical Introduction by Henry Craik
	Feudalism
	Chaucer’s House of Fame
	Gower’s Mistakes
	Chatterton’s Forgeries
	Mediæval Imitations of the Classics
	A Flood of Classicism
	The Elizabethan Age
Oliver Goldsmith. 1730–1774.	Critical Introduction by Austin Dobson
	A City Night-piece
	The Strolling Player
	The Man in Black
	Beau Tibbs at Home
	Beau Tibbs at Vauxhall
	The Family of Wakefield
	Family Misfortunes
	Dedication of The Deserted Village
Edmund Burke. 1729–1797.	Critical Introduction by W. Macneile Dixon
	The True Policy of Great Britain towards her American Colonies
	Defence of his Political Conduct
	Liberty
	The Mistaken Methods, and the Resulting Crimes of the French Revolution
	The Rights of Man
	The End of the Age of Chivalry
	The Tendency of Democracy to excess in the Exercise, and in the Desire, of Power
	The Rights of the Majority
	The Duke of Bedford’s Censure on the Bounty of the Crown
	The House of Lords and Warren Hastings
William Cowper. 1731–1800.	Critical Introduction by W. P. Ker
	Mr. Village to Mr. Town
	A Visit from a Candidate
	Mr. Newton as Inquisitor
	Beau and the Water-Lily
Joseph Priestley. 1733–1804.	Critical Introduction by J. Bonar
	Of Correction
	Ridicule as a Test of Faith
	Effects of a Code of Education
Samuel Horsley. 1733–1806.	Critical Introduction by J. H. Overton
	The Platonic and Christian Trinity
	The Water and the Blood
	The Heathen Poet and the Bible
Edward Gibbon. 1737–1794.	Critical Introduction by George Saintsbury
	Constantius at Rome
	The Diet of the Tartars
	The Battle of Châlons
	Justinian’s Code
	The Moslem Capture of Aleppo and Antioch
	Byzantine Literature
	Magdalen College, Oxford
	Finale
James Boswell. 1740–1795.	Critical Introduction by Henry Craik
	The Pains and Pleasures of Authorship
	To Sir Joshua Reynolds
	Boswell’s Introduction to Johnson
	Oliver Goldsmith
	Johnson’s Peculiarities of Manner
	Johnson’s Interview with the King
	Clear your Mind of Cant
William Paley. 1743–1805.	Critical Introduction by J. Bonar
	A Popular Maxim Examined
	Saint Paul
	The Advantage of Proofs for the Being of God
Henry Mackenzie. 1745–1831.	Critical Introduction by George Saintsbury
	Old Edwards and the Press-gang
	Miss Homespun and My Lady
	Mackenzie on Burns
Hannah More. 1745–1833.	Critical Introduction by Reginald Brimley Johnson
	Profession and Practice
	A Religious Family
	The Marriage Market
	A Natural Philosopher
	A Plain Man on his Daughter’s Favourite Novels
	Dress and Literature
	The Art of Conversation
Jeremy Bentham. 1748–1832.	Critical Introduction by F. C. Montague
	The Point at which Resistance becomes a Duty incapable of Definition
	Government by Generalization
Frances (Fanny) Burney (Madame d’Arblay). 1752–1840.	Critical Introduction by Henry Craik
	Evelina to the Rev. Mr. Villars
	Evelina to the Rev. Mr. Villars
	Mr. Villars to Evelina
	Evelina to Miss Mirvan
	A Man of the Ton
	Pride and Prejudice
Dugald Stewart. 1753–1828.	Critical Introduction by J. Bonar
	The Desire of Esteem
	The Use and Abuse of General Principles in Politics
	The Imagination in Science
William Beckford. 1760–1844.	Critical Introduction by W. J. Garnett
	A Dream in Kent
	The Court of the Queen of Portugal
William Cobbett. 1763–1835.	Critical Introduction by J. Bonar
	Why Leave England?
	The Crown Grub
	The King’s English
	Early Rising
	Air and Exercise
Sir James Mackintosh. 1765–1832.	Critical Introduction by J. Bonar
	The Age of Chivalry is Gone
	The Right of Rebellion
	Freedom of Speech
Isaac Disraeli. 1766–1848.	Critical Introduction by Henry Craik
	Dennis the Critic
	Genius
	The Playthings of Philosophers
Maria Edgeworth. 1768–1849.	Critical Introduction by Henry Craik
	Types of Irish Landlords
	The Hibernian Mendicant
	The Bore

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