Best of
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IV (of X)—Great Britain and Ireland II
作者：Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924 [Editor]; Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting), 1851-1919 [Editor]
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共 170 题- RESTRICTED TO PROSE
- In Ten Volumes
- Vol. IV
- GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND--II
- The Best of the World's Classics
- VOL. IV
- GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND--II
- CONTENTS
- VOL. IV--GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND--II
- SIR RICHARD STEELE--(Born in 1672, died in 1729.)
- I Of Companions and Flatterers
- LORD BOLINGBROKE--(Born in 1678, died in 1751.)
- I Of the Shortness of Human Life
- ALEXANDER POPE--(Born in 1688, died in 1744.)
- LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU--(Born in 1689, died in 1762.)
- LORD CHESTERFIELD--(Born in 1694, died in 1773.)
- HENRY FIELDING--(Born in 1707, died in 1754.)
- SAMUEL JOHNSON--(Born in 1709, died in 1784.)
- DAVID HUME--(Born in 1711, died in 1776.)
- III The First Principles of Government
- LAURENCE STERNE--(Born in 1713, died in 1768.)
- THOMAS GRAY--(Born in 1716, died in 1771.)
- II To His Friend Mason on the Death of Mason's Mother
- HORACE WALPOLE--(Born in 1717, died in 1797.)
- GILBERT WHITE--(Born in 1720, died in 1793.)
- ADAM SMITH--(Born in 1723, died in 1790.)
- SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE--(Born in 1723, died in 1780.)
- OLIVER GOLDSMITH--(Born in 1728, died in 1774.)
- EDMUND BURKE--(Born in 1729, died in 1797.)
- II A Letter to a Noble Lord
- III On the Death of His Son
- WILLIAM COWPER--(Born in 1731, died in 1800.)
- EDWARD GIBBON--(Born in 1737, died in 1794.)
- GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND--II
- SIR RICHARD STEELE
- OF COMPANIONS AND FLATTERERS
- II
- THE STORY-TELLER AND HIS ART[1]
- III
- SIR ROGER AND THE WIDOW[2]
- IV
- THE COVERLEY FAMILY PORTRAITS[3]
- ON CERTAIN SYMPTOMS OF GREATNESS[4]
- VI
- HOW TO BE HAPPY THO MARRIED[5]
- FOOTNOTES:
- LORD BOLINGBROKE
- OF THE SHORTNESS OF HUMAN LIFE
- II
- RULES FOR THE STUDY OF HISTORY[7]
- FOOTNOTES:
- ALEXANDER POPE
- AN ANCIENT ENGLISH COUNTRY SEAT[8]
- I beg Mr. Wortley to believe me his most humble servant.
- II
- HIS COMPLIMENTS TO LADY MARY[9]
- III
- HOW TO MAKE AN EPIC POEM[11]
- FOOTNOTES:
- LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU
- ON HAPPINESS IN THE MATRIMONIAL STATE[14]
- II
- INOCULATION FOR THE SMALLPOX[15]
- FOOTNOTES:
- LORD CHESTERFIELD
- OF GOOD MANNERS, DRESS AND THE WORLD[16]
- II
- OF ATTENTIONS TO LADIES[17]
- FOOTNOTES:
- HENRY FIELDING
- TOM THE HERO ENTERS THE STAGE[18]
- II
- PARTRIDGE SEES GARRICK AT THE PLAY[19]
- III
- MR. ADAMS IN A POLITICAL LIGHT[21]
- FOOTNOTES:
- SAMUEL JOHNSON
- ON PUBLISHING HIS "DICTIONARY"[22]
- II
- POPE AND DRYDEN COMPARED[24]
- III
- LETTER TO CHESTERFIELD ON THE COMPLETION OF THE "DICTIONARY"[26]
- SAM. JOHNSON.
- IV
- ON THE ADVANTAGES OF LIVING IN A GARRET[27]
- FOOTNOTES:
- DAVID HUME
- THE CHARACTER OF QUEEN ELIZABETH[29]
- II
- THE DEFEAT OF THE ARMADA[30]
- III
- THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT
- FOOTNOTES:
- LAURENCE STERNE
- THE STARLING IN CAPTIVITY[33]
- II
- TO MOULINES WITH MARIA[34]
- She said, "To Moulines."
- III
- THE DEATH OF LE FEVRE[35]
- IV
- PASSAGES FROM THE ROMANCE OF MY UNCLE TOBY AND THE WIDOW[36]
- It was an eye--
- I would as soon set about making a black pudding by the same receipt.
- FOOTNOTES:
- THOMAS GRAY
- WARWICK CASTLE[37]
- II
- TO HIS FRIEND MASON ON THE DEATH OF MASON'S MOTHER[38]
- I have long understood how little you had to hope.
- III
- ON HIS OWN WRITINGS[39]
- IV
- HIS FRIENDSHIP FOR BONSTETTEN[41]
- FOOTNOTES:
- HORACE WALPOLE
- HOGARTH[42]
- II
- THE WAR IN AMERICA[43]
- III
- THE DEATH OF GEORGE II[44]
- FOOTNOTES:
- GILBERT WHITE
- THE CHIMNEY-SWALLOW[45]
- FOOTNOTES:
- ADAM SMITH
- OF AMBITION MISDIRECTED[46]
- II
- THE ADVANTAGES OF A DIVISION OF LABOR[47]
- FOOTNOTES:
- SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE
- PROFESSIONAL SOLDIERS IN FREE COUNTRIES[48]
- FOOTNOTES:
- OLIVER GOLDSMITH
- THE AMBITIONS OF THE VICAR'S FAMILY[51]
- II
- SAGACITY IN INSECTS[52]
- III
- A CHINAMAN'S VIEW OF LONDON[53]
- FOOTNOTES:
- EDMUND BURKE
- THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD TASTE[54]
- II
- THE LETTER TO A NOBLE LORD[55]
- III
- ON THE DEATH OF HIS SON[56]
- IV
- MARIE ANTOINETTE[57]
- FOOTNOTES:
- WILLIAM COWPER
- OF KEEPING ONE'S SELF EMPLOYED[58]
- II
- ON JOHNSON'S TREATMENT OF MILTON[59]
- III
- ON THE PUBLICATION OF HIS BOOKS[60]
- I have not been without thoughts of adding
- FOOTNOTES:
- EDWARD GIBBON
- THE ROMANCE OF HIS YOUTH[64]
- II
- THE INCEPTION AND COMPLETION OF HIS "DECLINE AND FALL"[66]
- III
- THE FALL OF ZENOBIA[67]
- IV
- ALARIC'S ENTRY INTO ROME[71]
- THE DEATH OF HOSEIN[72]
- VI
- THE CAUSES OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE CITY OF ROME[77]
- FOOTNOTES:
- END OF VOLUME IV.