ADVENTURE R.

VOLUME THE SECOND.

-Tentanda via eft; quâ me quoque poljim
Tollere humo, victorque virûm volitare per ora. VIRG!
On vent'rous wing in quest of praise I go.
And leave the gazing multitude below.

MARILLAGAS DY, MO. 1793:

PRINTED FOR SILVESTER

PAPPOIG, ROYAL EXCHANGE, EDINBURGA.

TBRARY

1793

CONTENTS

OF THE

SEGOND VOLUME

I

No.

Page

36. Directions to the ladies, for their conduct to a

husband

37 Happiness properly estimated by its degree in

whatever subject. Remarkable instances of

cruelty to brutes. Elegy on a blackbird 7

38 No life pleasing to GOD, that is not useful to

man; an eastern story

17

39 An encomium on fleep

24

40 The existence of evil, and unequal distribution

of happiness and misery, neceilary to exercise

virtue and animate hope

31

41 Sequel to the story of Mifargyrus

39

42 Folly of pleading inability to discharge the du-

ties of life

45

43 Adventures of a halfpenny

51

44 Turpitude and infamy of betraying private

conversation

45 The difficulty of forming confederacies, 63

58

No.

Page
46 Obligations to secrecy critically stated, 69
47 A parallel between Alexander and a high-
wayman,

75
48 How far the precept to love our enemies is
practicable

83
49 Parallel between ancient and modern learn-
ing

89
50 On lying

96
$ Translation of a manuscript of Longinus late-

ly discovered, containing a comparison of
celebrated paffages in Pagan and Jewish
writers

102
$2 Distresses of an author invited to read his play 109
53 Misargyrus's account of his companions in the
Fleet

119
54 The fatal effects of false apologies and preten-
ces : a story

125
55 The story continued

131
56 The story concluded
$7 Translation of the manuscript of Longinus
concluded

143
58 Presumption of modern criticism censured. An-

cient poetry necessarily obscure. Examples
from Horace.

150
59 Poets not universally or necessarily poot, 158
60 Satan's letter ini behalf of religion and virtue 165
61 Honour both as a motive and an end, presup-
poses virtue ; an allegory

171
62 Milargyrus's account of his companions con-
cluded

179
63 Paucity of original writers. Passages which
Pape has borrowed, pointed out

18

137