The Sarcastical, Florid and other Styles How the Paffions are beft expreis'd Of the different SPECIES of Poetry PRECEPTS for the EPIGRAM, with occafional Remarks Epigram written by Mr. Pope with the Earl of Chesterfield's On a Flower painted by Varelft, by Mr. Prior On a Man who hired People to make Verses for him On Prometheus drawn by a bad Painter, by Mr. Cowley 60 On a bad Writer, by Mr. Prior ibid On a reasonable Affliction, by Mr. Prior On the erecting of a Monument to the Memory of Mr. 6i ibid. On Apollo and Daphne, by Mr. Smart marks, from On Mary Countess Dowa. of Pembroke, by Ben Johnson 63 On a beautiful and virtuous Lady, by the fame On Dr. Francis Atterbury, Bp. of Rochefter, by Mr. Pope 64 On Mafter----who died of a lingering Illness, by Mr. ibid. ibid. On Signior Fido, a Greyhound, by Mr. Pope PRECEPTS for the ELEGY,with occafional Remarks 70 to 84 Elegy to the memory of an unfortunate Lady,byMr.Pope70 Written in a Country Church-yard, by Mr. Grey The Tears of Scotland, written in 1746, by Dr. Smollet 76 PRECEPTS for the PASTORAL, with occafional Remarks Mr. Pope's Eclogue, infcribed to Mr. Wycherly Mr. Gay's firft Paftoral, entitled the Squabble Eafe and Elegance the true Charecteristic of the Epistle 116 To Mr. Pope, by the Rt. Hon. Lord Littleton To the Earl of Dorfet, by Mr. Philips PRECEPTS for DESCRIPTIVE POETRY, with occafional L'Allegro or the lively Pleafures of Mirth, by Milton 129 Il Penforofo, or the gloomy Pleasures of Melancholy, by Defcription of the four SEASONS, by Mr. Thomson 137 Addrefs to Heaven in favour of the Farmer Reflections on the Wants and Miseries of Mankind 154 Winter compared to old Age, with fuitable Reflections 155 PRECEPTS for DIDACTIC or PRECEPTIVE POETRY, 156 to 2 Of the Nature and State of Man with respect to the Univerfe ibid. That Happiness depends upon our Ignorance of future has denied us 160 The madness of Man's defiring to be other than what he is 161 Abfolute Submiffion due to Providence ibid. Of the Nature and State of Man with refpect to himself as an individual ibid. Of Self-love, and Reason, with their use 163, 164 Of the Nature and State of Man with refpect to Society 165 That no Creature fubfifts wholly for itfelf, nor wholly for another, the happiness of Animals therefore is mutual 165 Reafon inftructed by Instinct in inventing of Arts, and in forming Societies 166 The true end of Government, and the ufe of Self-love to Society 167 Of the Nature and State of Man, with respect to Happiness ibid. Happiness balanced among Mankind by the two Paffions of Hope and Fear 168 ibid. But that good Men have the Advantage Eternal Goods are fo far from being the Rewards of Virtue that they are often destructive of it That Virtue only conftitutes Happiness Of the Universe, a Poem, by Mr. Baker Of Virgil's Georgics 170 173 The Prodigies fuppofed to have preceded the death of Cafar The manner of grafting Trees A beautiful defcription of Italy 169 ibid. Of Gay's Rural Sports of Angling 177 ibid. Of training upCalves to the Yoke, and breaking of Horfes 178 Defcription of a War Horse 180 ibid. Defcription of a Diftemper among the Cattle 182 185 ibid. Of Gay's Trivia, or Art of walking the Streets 174 175 176 187 188 189 190 ibid. 192 195 That a Critic fhould study his own Abilities ibid. 198 199 200 Pride and imperfect Learning the fource of Error ibid. ibid. 201 197 ibid. the Numbers Of being too hard to please, or too apt to admire 203 Characters of an incorrigable Poet, an impertinent Critic and a good one An Admonition to the Critics Of Dr. Armstrong's Art of preferving Health Of Air, and particularly of that breathed in London 204 205 206 207 ibid. ibid. 208 Of the choice of Air, and of a Country Situation 210 The neceffity of a free Circulation of Air, and of draining Bogs, and clearing away Trees ibid. Of the regard which ought to be paid to Diet and Exercise, by those who live in Countries that are very dry or very marthy ibid. Advice to those who would avoid an over moift Air 211 That gratifying the Fancy contributes to Health The Effect which running Water has on the Air The benefit of funny Situations, with a House rather airy than warm, proved from the languishing state Plants are in when confined to the Shade 212 ibid. ibid. of Diet 213 Of the Circulation of the Blood, its wafte, and how fuly'd ibid. Of the ufe of Labour in concocting the Food into Chyle and then into Blood ibid. Of the choice of Food; liquid Food, Vegetables, and young Animals, eafieft of Digeftion; but not thofe made fat by unnatural means ibid. Every Brute is directed by Instinct to its proper Aliment, but voluptuous Man feeds with all the Commoners of Nature, and is led in purfuit of Pleasure to his own Deftruction. Eating to excefs, of any Aliment, dangerous, and especially after long Abstinence 214 215 The use of fometimes indulging the Appetite, and of Fasting occafionally to unload the Wheels of Life 216 The Regimen to be obferved in the feveral Seafons of the Year. That each Month and each Clime produces the Food which is moft proper, but Winter demands more generous Liquors than the other Seafons ibid. 217 Of the Choice and proper ufe of Water The only Liquors drank in the first Ages of the World ibid. That which is moft pure, which is fooneft evaporated, and which generally falls from the Sides of Mountains, or rifes from a fandy Spring is beft 218 itid. Of fermented Liquors, and their use. When drank unmixed with Water they retard Concoction, as appears by their Property of preferving Reptiles, and animal Food from Putrefaction ibid. That Generous Liquors may fometimes be drank freely and to good purpose, tho' but feldom ; for whatever too much accelerates the motion of the Fluids, whether it be Wine, high seafon'd Meats, or laborious Exercife long continued, impairs the Conftitution ibid. Of Exercise 219 220 The Importance of Exercise to those of a delicate Frame ib. 221 ibid. 222 That in all our Exercifes we should begin and end leisurely; avoiding the ufe of cold Liquors while we are hot, and taking care to cool by degrees Of Bathing, and of the ufe of the Cold Bath (to fortify the Body against inclement Weather) to thofe whofe Con. ftitutions will admit of it The warm Bath recommended to thofe who dwell in fultry climes, and fometimes to the Inhabitants of our own, when the Skin is parched, the Pores obftructed, and Perfpiration imperfectly performed ibid. The Seafons for Exercife fhould be adapted to the Conftitution. Labour, when fafting, is beft for the corpulent Frame; but thofe of a lean habit should defer it until a Meal has been digefted ibid. No Labour either of Body or Mind is to be admitted when the Stomach is full, and the Spirits are required to promote Digeftion; for it is dangerous to hurry an half concocted Chyle into the Blood ibid. The corpulent Frame requires much Exercife, the lean lefs ibid. No Labours are too hard in the Winter; but in the Summer milder Exercises are beft, and those are moft proper in the Morning and Evening, avoiding the noxious Dews of the Night 222 |