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No.
47.
CONTENTS.
VOL. XXXI.
ON
N Macklin's British Inquisition. Speech
on the Question,-Whether the Stage
might not be made more conducive to
Virtue? .
COL. & THorn.
48. On Christmas. Celebration of it in Town
and Country. On Christmas Boxes.
This Season disagreeable to Persons of
Fashion.
49. Letter containing a Scheme for a Female
Parliament. -Usefulness of it, and
Objections against it.-Account of the
Covent Garden Society, consisting of
certain Good-natured Females, divided
into Ladies and Commons.
DUNCOMBE.
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50. On Suicide. Account of the last Guinea
Club. Assembly at White's, a kind of
Last Guinea Club. Different Ways of
Suicide between vulgar Persons and
Persons of Fashion. Punishments for
Suicides proposed. Frequency of Self
Murders in England falsely imputed to
the Climate. Despair, brought on by
Extravagance and Debauchery, a Cause
of Suicide.-Free-thinking another.-
Specimen of a Bill of Suicide after the
Manner of, but distinct from, the com.
mon Bills of Mortality.
51. On Kept Mistresses and Keepers. Cha-
racter of an Hen-pecked Keeper-of a
Keeper, a Married Man-of a Keeper,
an Old Man. Shifts of Persons in mid-
dling or low Life, who take Girls into
Keeping.
52. Two Letters, from a Pretty Miss in
Breeches- -and from a Blood in Pet-
ticoats.
53. On Dram Drinking. Rich Cordials (how-
ever recommended by their specious fo-
reign Names) no less pernicious than
Common'Gin. Letter from an Hus-
band, complaining of his Wife, who
has taken to Drinking by Way of Me-
dicine.
54. On Frolicks. Instances among the Bucks,
&c.—and among the Ladies.
55. On a New Sect among the Ladies, called
Evites.
56. On Superstitions in Love.
Letter from a
Country Girl, enumerating the several Tricks which she had tried, in order to know who was to be her Husband.
57. On the Import and Extent of the phrase
Good Company.
58. Proposal for Pressing all the useless and
detrimental Members of the Commu-
nity, such as-Country Squires-Town
Squires-Bloods-Duellists--Fortune-
Hunters Gamesters--and Free-think-
ers..
59. Superstitions observed in the Country.
60. Proposal to erect a School for Whist for
the Instruction of Young Ladies.
61. On Sectaries and Enthusiasts. Sects
founded by the lowest Mechanics.
History of Religion, Superstition, and
Atheism.
62. Debates in the Female Parliament, in the
Committee of Religion. Speech of Miss
Graveairs, setting forth that the Female
Dress inclined to Popery. Resolutions
proposed to prevent it. Debates upon
them
63. On Race Horses. Panegyric on White Nose.
Pedigrees of Race Horses carefully pre-
served. Praises of the Jockey. Pro-
. DUNCOMBE.
Genealo-
posed to preserve his Breed.
gy of a Jockey
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64. Petition of the Dogs, a Dream. Speeches
of a Greyhound, a Pointer, a Lap Dog,
and others.
65. Letter, remonstrating against the Use of
Paint among the Men.-Description of
a Male Toilet. Characters of John Hard-
man, and Mr. Jessamy
On Masquerades. Fantastic Dresses there.
Plan for a Naked Masquerade
69.
70.
COL. & THORN.
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Of Essay Writing.-Mr. Town's Character as an Essay Writer. Subjects of his Essays, and manner of treating them.
72. On Songs.-Mechanical Practice of mo-
dern Song Writers.-Pastoral Dialogue
a Cento from the most celebrated New
Songs.
73. On the present State of Monuments.--
Flattery of Epitaphs.-Heathen Gods
improper Decorations for Christian Mo-
numents.
66.
68.
67. On Imitation. Our present Writers only
Copiers of others. Verses on Imitation. LLOYD.
On the Public Gardens. Dearness of the
Provisions there. Description and Con-
versation of a Citizen, with his Wife and
two Daughters, at Vaux Hall. . ::: COL. & THORN.
Female Poets riding Pegasus, a Vision..
Letters from an Author to Mr. Town,
with a Proffer of his Assistance-from
another Author, complaining of the
Custom of Giving Money to Servants-
from a Methodist Teacher-Letter, on
the wonderful Increase in the Order of
Gentlemen..
74. On the Modesty of the Moderns, in in-
cluding all the Vices, instead of Vir-
tues, in the Character of a Fine Gen-
tleman or Lady.-Account of a New
Treatise on Ethics, or System of Im-
moral Philosophy.
75. On Good Nature.Analogy between
cloathing the Body and adorning the
Mind. Extract from Swift's Tale of a
Tub.
DUNCOMBE
UNKNOWN.
LLOYD.
COL, & THORN.
UNKNOWN
6. On the present State of Politicks Letter
from Mr. Village, with the Character
of a Country Politician.
77. Letter from a Mind and Body Clothier;
with a Plan of his Warehouse for
cloathing the Mind together with the
Body.
78. On the Use of Social intercourse between
Persons of different Ages and Profes-
sions-Want of it between Father and
Son
79. Description of a London Tradesman in the
County
20. Letter from a Husband, complaining of his being ruined by his Wife's Rela- tions
81. Letter from Mr. Village, giving an Ac-
count of his Visit to Lord Courtly.-
Character of the Honourable W. Hast-
ings, by the Earl of Shaftsbury.
82. Letter of advice to a Young Academic.
Characters of the Free-thinker-Game-
ster-Drunkard-Lownger-Wrangler
-and others.
85. On Alliteration. Ridiculous Affectation of
it in modern Poets. Proposal for the
Rhymer's Play-thing or Poetaster's Horn
Book.
Jelen
84. On Sea Officers. Their unpolished Beha-
viour on Shore.-Their Contempt of
New Improvements in Navigation.-Of
Sea Chaplains
85. Account of the Female Thermometer.- Secret Affections of Ladies discovered by it.-Experiments upon it, at the Play Houses-Operas - Masquerades--Pub- lic Gardens--and other Places
86. Letter from Orator Higgins, relating his
Progress in Literature by studying in
the public Streets.
87. On Eating, Character of Cramwell, and his Eating Club.
88.
On Ideal Happiness. Authors possessed
of it, especially Essay Writers. Mr.
Town's Description of his Study. .. COL. & THORN.
89.
On Fondness for Animals-Instances of
it in a Visit to a Lady.-Absurdity of
providing for Animals by Will... . COL. & THORN.
90. On Genius and Application. Hare and
Tortoise, a Fable.
91. Letter containing the Character of a Nota-
ble Wife.
of
... LLOYD.
On Drinking. Characters of several Hard
Drinkers. Various effects of Drinking,
Story of Addison and Steele. Evils re-
sulting from Hard Drinking.
93. Of the Lottery.-History of several Ad- venturers, who got the 10,0001.
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