remarkable, I shall pass it over in Silence. I find that, during
my Nonage, I had the Reputation of a very sullen Youth, but was
always a Favourite of my School-Master, who used to say, _that
my Parts were solid and would wear well_. I had not been long at
the University, before I distinguished my self by a most
profound Silence: For, during the Space of eight Years,
excepting in the publick Exercises of the College, I scarce
uttered the Quantity of an hundred Words; and indeed do not
remember that I ever spoke three Sentences together in my whole
Life. Whilst I was in this Learned Body I applied my self with
so much Diligence to my Studies, that there are very few
celebrated Books, either in the Learned or the Modern Tongues,
which I am not acquainted with.
Upon the Death of my Father I was resolved to travel into
Foreign Countries, and therefore left the University, with the
Character of an odd unaccountable Fellow, that had a great deal
of Learning, if I would but show it. An insatiable Thirst after
Knowledge carried me into all the Countries of _Europe_, where
there was any thing new or strange to be seen; nay, to such a
Degree was my Curiosity raised, that having read the
Controversies of some great Men concerning the Antiquities of
_Egypt_, I made a Voyage to _Grand Cairo_, on purpose to take
the Measure of a Pyramid; and as soon as I had set my self right
in that Particular, returned to my Native Country with great
Satisfaction.
I have passed my latter Years in this City, where I am
frequently seen in most publick Places, tho' there are not above
half a dozen of my select Friends that know me; of whom my next
Paper shall give a more particular Account. There is no Place of
publick Resort, wherein I do not often make my Appearance;
sometimes I am seen thrusting my Head into a Round of
Politicians at _Will_'s, and listning with great Attention to
the Narratives that are made in those little Circular Audiences.
Sometimes I smoak a Pipe at _Child_'s; and whilst I seem
attentive to nothing but the _Post-Man_, over-hear the
Conversation of every Table in the Room. I appear on _Sunday
Nights_ at _St. James's Coffee_-House, and sometimes join the
little Committee of Politicks in the Inner-Room, as one who
comes there to hear and improve. My Face is likewise very well
known at the _Grecian_, the _Cocoa-Tree_, and in the Theaters
both of _Drury-Lane_, and the _Hay-Market_. I have been taken
for a Merchant
Reduced Leaf in original, 8.12 × 13.12 inches.
It breathes throughout a spirit of piety
and benevolence; it sets in a very
striking light the importance of the
mechanic arts, which they who know not
what it is to be without them are apt to
undervalue. It fixes in the mind a
lively idea of the horrors of solitude,
and, consequently, of the sweets of
social life, and of the blessings we
derive from conversation and mutual aid;
and it shows how by labouring with one's
own hands, one may secure independence,
and open for one's self many sources of
health and amusement. I agree,
therefore, with Rousseau, that this is
one of the best books that can be put
into the hands of children.
BEATTIE
THE
LIFE
AND
STRANGE SURPRIZING
ADVENTURES
OF
_ROBINSON CRUSOE_,
Of _YORK_, MARINER:
Who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all
alone in an un-inhabited Island on the
Coast of AMERICA, near the Mouth of the
Great River of OROONOQUE;
Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck,
wherein all the Men perished but himself.
WITH
An Account how he was at last as
strangely deliver'd by PYRATES.
* * * * *
_Written by Himself._
* * * * *
_L O N D O N:_
Printed for W. TAYLOR at the _Ship_ in _Pater-Noster-Row_.
MDCCXIX.
Anima Rabelasii habitans in sicco
COLERIDGE
TRAVELS
INTO SEVERAL
Remote NATIONS
OF THE
WORLD.
* * * * *
In FOUR PARTS.
* * * * *
By _LEMUEL GULLIVER_,
First a SURGEON, and then a CAPTAIN
of several SHIPS.
* * * * *
VOL. I.
* * * * *
_L O N D O N:_
_Printed for_ BENJ. MOTTE, _at the
Middle_ Temple-Gate _in_ Fleet-street.
MDCCXXVI.
I think no English poet ever brought so
much sense into the same number of lines
with equal smoothness, ease, and
poetical beauty. Let him who doubts of
this peruse the _Essay on Man_ with
attention.
SHENSTONE
AN
ESSAY
ON
MAN
Address'd to a FRIEND.
* * * * *
PART I.
* * * * *
[Illustration]
* * * * *
_L O N D O N:_
Printed for _J. Wilford_, at the _Three Flower-de-luces_, behind
the _Chapter-house_, St. _Pauls_.
[Price One Shilling.]
_1733_
Reduced Leaf in original, 8.5 × 12.62 inches.
It was about this date, I suppose, that
I read Bishop Butler's _Analogy_; the
study of which has been to so many, as
it was to me, an era in their religious
opinions. Its inculcation of a visible
church, the oracle of truth and a
pattern of sanctity, of the duties of
external religion, and of the historical
character of Revelation, are
characteristics of this great work which
strike the reader at once; for myself,
if I may attempt to determine what I
most gained from it, it lay in two
points which I shall have an opportunity
of dwelling on in the sequel: they are
the underlying principles of a great
portion of my teaching.
NEWMAN
THE
ANALOGY
OF
RELIGION,
Natural and Revealed,
TO THE
Constitution and Course of NATURE.
To which are added
Two brief DISSERTATIONS:
I. Of PERSONAL IDENTITY.
II. Of the NATURE of VIRTUE.
BY
JOSEPH BUTLER, L L. D. Rector of
Stanhope, in the Bishoprick of Durham.
_Ejus_ (Analogiæ) _hæc vis est, ut id quod dubium est, ad
aliquid simile de quo non quæritur, referat; ut incerta certis
probet._
Quint. Inst. Orat. L. I. c. vi.
L O N D O N:
Printed for JAMES, JOHN and PAUL KNAPTON, at the
Crown in Ludgate Street. MDCCXXXVI.
Reduced Leaf in original, 7.87 × 10.18 inches.
I never heard the olde song of Percy and
Duglas that I found not my heart mooved
more than with a Trumpet.
SIDNEY
RELIQUES
OF
ANCIENT ENGLISH POETRY:
CONSISTING OF
Old Heroic BALLADS, SONGS, and other
PIECES of our earlier POETS,
(Chiefly of the LYRIC kind.)
Together with some few of later Date.
VOLUME THE FIRST.
[Illustration: DURAT OPUS VATUM]
L O N D O N:
Printed for J. DODSLEY in Pall-Mall.
M DCC LXV.
From dewy pastures, uplands sweet with thyme,
A virgin breeze freshened the jaded day.
It wafted Collins' lonely vesper chime,
It breathed abroad the frugal note of Gray.
WATSON
ODES
ON SEVERAL
_Descriptive_ and _Allegoric_
SUBJECTS.
* * * * *
By WILLIAM COLLINS.
* * * * *
----[Greek: Eiên
Heurêsiepês, anageisthai
Prosphoros en Moisan Diphrô;
Tolma de kai amphilaphês Dynamis
Espoito,---- Pindar. Olymp. Th.]
[Illustration]
_L O N D O N:_
Printed for A. MILLAR, in the _Strand_.
M.DCC.XLVII.
(Price One Shilling.)
The first book in the world for the
knowledge it displays of the human heart.
JOHNSON
CLARISSA.
OR, THE
HISTORY
OF A
YOUNG LADY:
Comprehending
_The most_ Important Concerns _of_ Private LIFE.
And particularly shewing,
The DISTRESSES that may attend the Misconduct
Both of PARENTS and CHILDREN,
In Relation to MARRIAGE.
* * * * *
_Published by the_ EDITOR _of_ PAMELA.
* * * * *
VOL. I.
* * * * *
[Illustration]
* * * * *
_L O N D O N:_
Printed for S. Richardson:
And Sold by A. MILLAR, over-against _Catharine-street_ in the _Strand_:
J. and JA. RIVINGTON, in _St. Paul's Church-yard_:
JOHN OSBORN, in _Pater-noster Row_;
And by J. LEAKE, at _Bath_.
M.DCC.XLVIII.
Upon my word I think the _oedipus
Tyrannus_, the _Alchymist_, and _Tom
Jones_ the three most perfect plots ever
planned.
COLERIDGE
THE
HISTORY
OF
_TOM JONES_,
A
FOUNDLING.
* * * * *
In SIX VOLUMES.
* * * * *
By HENRY FIELDING, Esq.
* * * * *
----_Mores hominum multorum vidit_----
* * * * *
_L O N D O N:_
Printed for A. MILLAR, over-against
_Catharine-street_ in the _Strand_.
MDCCXLIX.
Now, gentlemen, I would rather be the
author of that poem than take Quebec.
WOLFE
AN
ELEGY
WROTE IN A
Country Church Yard.
* * * * *
_LONDON:_
Printed for R. DODSLEY in _Pall-mall_;
And sold by M. COOPER in _Pater-noster-Row_. 1751.
[Price Six-pence.]
Reduced Leaf in original, 7.37 × 9.81 inches
I have devoted this book, the labour of
years, to the honour of my country, that
we may no longer yield the palm of
philology without a contest to the
nations of the Continent.
JOHNSON
A
DICTIONARY
OF THE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE:
IN WHICH
The WORDS are deduced from their ORIGINALS,
AND
ILLUSTRATED in their DIFFERENT SIGNIFICATIONS
BY
EXAMPLES from the best WRITERS.
TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED,
A HISTORY of the LANGUAGE,
AND
AN ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
BY SAMUEL JOHNSON, A. M.
IN TWO VOLUMES
VOL. I.
Cum tabulis animum censoris sumet honesti:
Audebit quæcunque parum splendoris habebunt,
Et sine pondere erunt, et honore indigna serentur.
Verba movere loco; quamvis invita recedant,
Et versentur adhuc intra penetralia Vestæ:
Obscurata diu populo bonus eruet, atque
Proferet in lucem speciosa vocabula rerum,
Quæ priscis memorata Catonibus atque Cethegis,
Nunc situs informis premit et deserta vetustas. HOR.
L O N D O N,
Printed by W. STRAHAN,
For J. and P. KNAPTON; T. and T. LONGMAN; C. HITCH and L. HAWES;
A. MILLAR; and R. and J. DODSLEY.
MDCCLV.
Reduced Leaf in original, 10 × 16.18 inches.
Eripuit coelo fulmen sceptrumque tyrannis
TURGOT
Poor RICHARD improved:
* * * * *
BEING AN
ALMANACK
AND
_EPHEMERIS_
OF THE
MOTIONS of the SUN and MOON;
THE TRUE
PLACES and ASPECTS of the PLANETS;
THE
_RISING_ and _SETTING_ of the _SUN_;
AND THE
Rising, Setting _and_ Southing _of the_ Moon,
FOR THE
YEAR of our LORD 1758:
Being the Second after LEAP-YEAR.
Containing also,
The Lunations, Conjunctions, Eclipses,
Judgment of the Weather, Rising and
Setting of the Planets, Length of Days
and Nights, Fairs, Courts, Roads, &c.
Together with useful Tables,
chronological Observations, and
entertaining Remarks.
* * * * *
Fitted to the Latitude of Forty Degrees,
and a Meridian of near five Hours West
from _London_; but may, without feasible
Error, serve all the NORTHERN COLONIES.
* * * * *
By _RICHARD SAUNDERS_, Philom.
* * * * *
_PHILADELPEIA:_
Printed and Sold by B. FRANKLIN, and D. HALL.
There your son will find analytical
reasoning diffused in a pleasing and
perspicuous style. There he may imbibe,
imperceptibly, the first principles on
which our excellent laws are founded;
and there he may become acquainted with
an uncouth crabbed author, Coke upon
Lytleton, who has disappointed and
disheartened many a tyro, but who cannot
fail to please in a modern dress.
MANSFIELD
COMMENTARIES
ON THE
LAWS
OF
ENGLAND.
BOOK THE FIRST.
BY
WILLIAM BLACKSTONE, ESQ.
VINERIAN PROFESSOR OF LAW,
AND
SOLICITOR GENERAL TO HER MAJESTY.
O X F O R D,
PRINTED AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.
M. DCC. LXV.
Reduced Leaf in original, 8.37 × 13.37 inches.
I received one morning a message from
poor Goldsmith that he was in great
distress, and, as it was not in his
power to come to me, begging that I
would come to him as soon as possible. I
sent him a guinea, and promised to come
to him directly. I accordingly went as
soon as I was dressed, and found that
his landlady had arrested him for his
rent, at which he was in a violent
passion. I perceived that he had already
changed my guinea, and had got a bottle
of madeira and a glass before him. I put
the cork into the bottle, desired he
would be calm, and began to talk to him
of the means by which he might be
extricated. He then told me he had a
novel (_The Vicar of Wakefield_) ready
for the press, which he produced to me.
I looked into it, and saw its merit;
told the landlady I should soon return;
and, having gone to a bookseller, sold
it for sixty pounds. I brought Goldsmith
the money, and he discharged his rent,
not without rating his landlady in a
high tone for having used him so ill.
JOHNSON
THE
V I C A R
OF
WAKEFIELD:
A T A L E.
Supposed to be written by HIMSELF.
* * * * *
_Sperate miseri, cavete fælices._
* * * * *
VOL. I.
* * * * *
SALISBURY:
Printed by B. COLLINS,
For F. NEWBERY, in Pater-Noster-Row, London.
MDCCLXVI.
His exquisite sensibility is ever
counteracted by his perception of the
ludicrous and his ambition after the
strange.
TALFOURD
A
SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY
THROUGH
FRANCE AND ITALY.
BY
MR. YORICK.
* * * * *
VOL. I.
* * * * *
L O N D O N:
Printed for T. BECKET and P. A. DE HONDT,
in the Strand. MDCCLXVIII.
I know not indeed of any work on the
principles of free government that is to
be compared, in instruction, and
intrinsic value, to this small and
unpretending volume of _The Federalist_,
not even if we resort to Aristotle,
Cicero, Machiavel, Montesquieu, Milton,
Locke, or Burke. It is equally admirable
in the depth of its wisdom, the
comprehensiveness of its views, the
sagacity of its reflections, and the
fearlessness, patriotism, candor,
simplicity, and elegance with which its
truths are uttered and recommended.
CHANCELLOR KENT
T H E
FEDERALIST:
A COLLECTION
OF
E S S A Y S,
WRITTEN IN FAVOUR OF THE
NEW CONSTITUTION,
AS AGREED UPON BY THE FEDERAL CONVENTION,
SEPTEMBER 17, 1787.
IN TWO VOLUMES
VOL. I.
NEW-YORK:
PRINTED AND SOLD BY J. AND A. M'LEAN,
No. 41, HANOVER-SQUARE,
M,DCC,LXXXVIII.
The novel of _Humphrey Clinker_ is, I do
think, the most laughable story that has
ever been written since the goodly art
of novel-writing began. Winifred Jenkins
and Tabitha Bramble must keep Englishmen
on the grin for ages to come; and in
their letters and the story of their
loves there is a perpetual fount of
sparkling laughter, as inexhaustible as
Bladud's well.
THACKERAY
THE
EXPEDITION
OF
HUMPHRY CLINKER.
By the AUTHOR of
RODERICK RANDOM.
* * * * *
IN THREE VOLUMES.
V O L. I.
* * * * *
----Quorsum hæc tam putida tendunt,
Furcifer? ad te, inquam---- HOR.
* * * * *
L O N D O N,
Printed for W. JOHNSTON, in Ludgate-Street;
and B. COLLINS, in Salisbury.
MDCLXXI.
Adam Smith contributed more by the
publication of this single work towards
the happiness of men than has been
effected by the united abilities of all
the statesmen and legislators of whom
history has preserved an authentic
account.
BUCKLE
AN
I N Q U I R Y
INTO THE
Nature and Causes
OF THE
WEALTH of NATIONS.
By ADAM SMITH, LL. D. and F. R. S.
Formerly Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Glasgow.
IN TWO VOLUMES
VOL. I.
* * * * *
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR W. STRAHAN; AND T. CADELL, IN THE STRAND.
MDCCLXXVI.
Reduced Leaf in original, 8.62 × 10.87 inches.
Sapping a solemn creed with solemn sneer;
The lord of irony--
BYRON
THE
HISTORY
OF THE
DECLINE AND FALL
OF THE
ROMAN EMPIRE,
By EDWARD GIBBON, Esq;
VOLUME THE FIRST.
Jam provideo animo, velut qui, proximis littori vadis inducti,
mare pedibus ingrediuntur, quicquid progredior, in vastiorem me
altitudinem, ac velut profundum invehi; et crescere pene opus,
quod prima quæque perficiendo minui videbatur.
* * * * *
L O N D O N:
PRINTED FOR W. STRAHAN; AND T. CADELL, IN THE STRAND.
MDCCLXXVI.
Reduced Leaf in original, 8.25-10.31 inches
Whatever Sheridan has done, or chosen to
do, has been _par excellence_ always the
best of its kind. He has written the
best comedy (_School for Scandal_), the
best drama (in my mind far beyond that
St. Giles lampoon, the _Beggar's
Opera_), the best farce (the
_Critic_,--and it is only too good for a
farce), and the best address (_Monologue
on Garrick_), and, to crown all,
delivered the very best oration (the
famous Begum speech) ever conceived or
heard in this country.
BYRON
THE
_SCHOOL_
FOR
_SCANDAL._
A
COMEDY.
* * * * *
Satire has always shone among the rest,
And is the boldest way, if not the best,
To tell men freely of their foulest faults,
To laugh at their vain deeds, and vainer thoughts.
In satire, too, the wise took diff'rent ways,
To each deserving its peculiar praise.
DRYDEN.
* * * * *
_DUBLIN:_
Printed for J. EWLING.
Of all the verses that have been ever
devoted to the subject of domestic
happiness, those in his Winter Evening,
at the opening of the fourth book of the
_Task_, are perhaps the most beautiful.
CAMPBELL
THE
TASK,
A
POEM,
IN SIX BOOKS.
BY WILLIAM COWPER,
OF THE INNER TEMPLE, ESQ.
Fit surculus arbor.
ANONYM.
To which are added,
BY THE SAME AUTHOR,
AN EPISTLE TO JOSEPH HILL, Esq. TIROCINIUM, or a
REVIEW OF SCHOOLS, and the HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN.
* * * * *
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON, N^o 72, ST. PAUL'S
CHURCH-YARD.
1785.
Through busiest street and loneliest glen
Are felt the flashes of his pen:
He rules 'mid winter snows, and when
Bees fill their hives:
Deep in the general heart of men
His power survives.
WORDSWORTH
P O E M S,
CHIEFLY IN THE
SCOTTISH DIALECT,
BY
ROBERT BURNS.
* * * * *
THE Simple Bard, unbroke by rules of Art,
He pours the wild effusions of the heart:
And if inspir'd, 'tis Nature's pow'rs Inspire;
Her's all the melting thrill, and her's the kindling fire.
ANONYMOUS.
* * * * *
KILMARNOCK:
PRINTED BY JOHN WILSON.
M,DCC,LXXXVI.
Open the book where you will, it takes
you out-of-doors. In simplicity of taste
and natural refinement he reminds you of
Walton; in tenderness toward what he
would have called the brute creation, of
Cowper. He seems to have lived before
the Fall. His volumes are the journal of
Adam in Paradise.
LOWELL
THE
NATURAL HISTORY
AND
ANTIQUITIES
OF
SELBORNE,
IN THE
COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON:
WITH
ENGRAVINGS, AND AN APPENDIX.
* * * * *
-- -- -- "ego Apis Matinæ
"More modoque
Grata carpentis -- -- -- per laborem
Plurimum," -- -- -- -- -- HOR.
"Omnia benè describere, quæ in hoc mundo, a Deo facta, aut
Naturæ creatæ viribus elaborata fuerunt, opus est non unius
hominis, nec unius ævi. Hinc _Faunæ & Floræ_ utilissimæ; hine
_Monographi_ præstantissimi."
SCOPOLI ANN. HIST. NAT.
* * * * *
L O N D O N:
PRINTED BY T. BENSLEY;
FOR B. WHITE AND SON, AT HORACE'S HEAD, FLEET STREET.
M,DCC,LXXXIX,
Reduced Leaf in original, 7.43 × 9.5 inches.
He is without parallel in any age or
country, except perhaps Lord Bacon or
Cicero; and his works contain an ampler
store of political and moral wisdom than
can be found in any other writer
whatever.
MACKINTOSH
REFLECTIONS
ON THE
REVOLUTION IN FRANCE,
AND ON THE
PROCEEDINGS IN CERTAIN SOCIETIES
IN LONDON
RELATIVE TO THAT EVENT.
IN A
LETTER
INTENDED TO HAVE BEEN SENT TO A GENTLEMAN
_IN PARIS._
BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
_EDMUND BURKE._
* * * * *
L O N D O N:
PRINTED FOR J. DODSLEY, IN PALL-MALL.
M.DCC.XC.
The great Commoner of mankind
CONWAY
_RIGHTS OF MAN:_
BEING AN
ANSWER TO MR. BURKE'S ATTACK
ON THE
_FRENCH REVOLUTION._
BY
THOMAS PAINE,
SECRETARY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO CONGRESS IN THE
AMERICAN WAR, AND
AUTHOR OF THE WORK INTITLED _COMMON SENSE_.
* * * * *
L O N D O N:
PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON, ST PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD.
MDCCXCI.
Homer is not more decidedly the first of
heroic poets, Shakespeare is not more
decidedly the first of the dramatists,
Demosthenes is not more sensibly the
first of orators, than Boswell is the
first of biographers.
MACAULAY
THE
LIFE
OF
SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.
COMPREHENDING
AN ACCOUNT OF HIS STUDIES
AND NUMEROUS WORKS,
IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER;
A SERIES OF HIS EPISTOLARY CORRESPONDENCE
AND CONVERSATIONS WITH MANY EMINENT PERSONS;
AND
VARIOUS ORIGINAL PIECES OF HIS COMPOSITION,
NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED.
THE WHOLE EXHIBITING A VIEW OF LITERATURE AND LITERARY MEN
IN GREAT-BRITAIN, FOR NEAR HALF A CENTURY,
DURING WHICH HE FLOURISHED.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
BY JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ.
----_Quò fit ut_ OMNIS
_Votiva pateat veluti descripta tabella_
VITA SENIS.---- HORAT.
* * * * *
VOLUME THE FIRST.
* * * * *
_L O N D O N:_
PRINTED BY HENRY BALDWIN,
FOR CHARLES DILLY, IN THE POULTRY.
M DCC XCI.
Reduced Leaf in original, 8.18 × 10.68 inches.
He laid us as we lay at birth
On the cool flowery lap of earth;
Smiles broke from us and we had ease,
The hills were round us, and the breeze
Went o'er the sun-lit fields again;
Our foreheads felt the wind and rain.
Our youth return'd; for there was shed
On spirits that had long been dead,
Spirits dried up and closely furl'd,
The freshness of the early world.
ARNOLD
LYRICAL BALLADS,
WITH
_A FEW OTHER POEMS_.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR J. & A. ARCH, GRACECHURCH-STREET.
1798.
The history was hailed with delight as
the most witty and original production
from any American pen. The first foreign
critic was Scott, who read it aloud in
his family till their sides were sore
with laughing.
WARNER
A HISTORY
OF
NEW YORK,
FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD TO THE
END OF THE DUTCH DYNASTY.
CONTAINING
Among many Surprising and Curious Matters, the Unutterable
Ponderings of WALTER THE DOUBTER, the Disastrous Projects of
WILLIAM THE TESTY, and the Chivalric Achievments of PETER THE
HEADSTRONG, the three Dutch Governors of NEW AMSTERDAM; being
the only Authentic History of the Times that ever hath been, or
ever will be Published.
* * * * *
BY DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER.
* * * * *
=De waarheid die in duister lag,
Die komt met klaarheid aan den dag.=
* * * * *
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
* * * * *
PUBLISHED BY INSKEEP & BRADFORD, NEW YORK;
BRADFORD & INSKEEP, PHILADELPHIA; WM. M'ILHENNEY,
BOSTON; COALE & THOMAS, BALTIMORE;
AND MORFORD, WILLINGTON, & CO. CHARLESTON.
* * * * *
1809.
The Pilgrim of Eternity whose fame
Over his living head like heaven is bent.
SHELLEY
=Childe Harold's Pilgrimage.=
ROMAUNT.
BY
LORD BYRON.
* * * * *
L'univers est une espèce de livre, dont on n'a lu que la
première page quand on n'a vu que son pays. J'en ai feuilleté un
assez grand nombre, que j'ai trouvé également mauvaises. Cet
examen ne m'a point été infructueux. Je haïssais ma patrie.
Toutes les impertinences des peuples divers, parmi lesquels j'ai
vécu, m'ont réconcilié avec elle. Quand je n'aurais tiré d'autre
bénéfice de mes voyages que celui-là, je n'en regretterais ni
les frais, ni les fatigues.
LE COSMOPOLITE.
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_LONDON:_
PRINTED FOR JOHN MURRAY, 32, FLEET-STREET;
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH; AND JOHN CUMMING, DUBLIN.
_By Thomas Davison, White-Friars._
1812.
Reduced Leaf in original, 7.93 × 10.18 inches.
I read again, and for the third time,
Miss Austen's very finely written novel
of _Pride and Prejudice_. That young
lady had a talent for describing the
involvements, feelings, and characters
of ordinary life, which is to me the
most wonderful I have ever met with. The
big bow-wow I can do myself like any one
going; but the exquisite touch, which
renders commonplace things and
characters interesting from the truth of
the description and the sentiment, is
denied me. What a pity so gifted a
creature died so early!
SCOTT
PRIDE
AND
PREJUDICE:
A NOVEL.
_IN THREE VOLUMES._
* * * * *
BY THE
AUTHOR OF "SENSE AND SENSIBILITY."
* * * * *
VOL. I.
* * * * *
=London:=
PRINTED FOR T. EGERTON,
MILITARY LIBRARY, WHITEHALL.
1813.
A subtle-souled psychologist
SHELLEY
CHRISTABEL:
* * * * *
KUBLA KHAN,
A VISION;
* * * * *
THE PAINS OF SLEEP.
* * * * *
BY
S. T. COLERIDGE, ESQ.
* * * * *
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET,
BY WILLIAM BULMER AND CO. CLEVELAND-ROW,
ST. JAMES'S.
1816.
O great and gallant Scott,
True gentleman, heart, blood, and bone,
I would it had been my lot
To have seen thee, and heard thee, and known.
TENNYSON
IVANHOE;
A ROMANCE.
BY "THE AUTHOR OF WAVERLEY," &c.
* * * * *
Now fitted the halter, now traversed the cart,
And often took leave,--but seem'd loth to depart!
PRIOR.
* * * * *
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
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EDINBURGH:
PRINTED FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO. EDINBURGH.
AND HURST, ROBINSON, AND CO. 90, CHEAPSIDE, LONDON.
1820.
He is made one with Nature: there is heard
His voice in all her music, from the moan
Of thunder to the song of night's sweet bird;
He is a presence to be felt and known
In darkness and in light, from herb and stone,
Spreading itself where'er that Power may move
Which has withdrawn his being to its own;
Which wields the world with never-wearied love,
Sustains it from beneath, and kindles it above.
SHELLEY
LAMIA,
ISABELLA,
THE EVE OF ST. AGNES,
AND
OTHER POEMS.
* * * * *
BY JOHN KEATS,
AUTHOR OF ENDYMION.
* * * * *
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR TAYLOR AND HESSEY,
FLEET-STREET.
1820.
Cor cordium
EPITAPH
ADONAIS
* * * * *
AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF JOHN KEATS,
AUTHOR OF ENDYMION, HYPERION ETC.
BY
PERCY. B. SHELLEY
[Greek: Astêr prin men elampes eni zôoisin heôos.
Nun de thanôn, lampeis hesperos en phthimenois.]
PLATO.
PISA
WITH THE TYPES OF DIDOT
MDCCCXXI.
Reduced Leaf in original, 7.43 × 10.06 inches.
And the more we walk around his image,
and the closer we look, the more nearly
we arrive at this conclusion, that the
_Elia_ on our shelves is all but the
same being as the pleasant Charles who
was so loved by his friends, who
ransomed from the stalls, to use old
Richard of Bury's phrase, his Thomas
Browne and the "dear silly old angel"
Fuller, and who stammered out such
quaint jests and puns--"Saint Charles,"
as Thackeray once called him, while
looking at one of his half-mad letters,
and remembering his devotion to that
quite mad sister.
FITZGERALD
ELIA.
ESSAYS WHICH HAVE APPEARED UNDER THAT SIGNATURE
IN THE
LONDON MAGAZINE.
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LONDON:
PRINTED FOR TAYLOR AND HESSEY,
FLEET-STREET.
1823.