THE

SPECTATOR;

A NEW EDITION:

CORRECTED FROM THE ORIGINALS.

WITH

A PREFACE,

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL,

BY ALEX. CHALMERS, F. S. A.

VOL. VI.

NEW-YORK:

PUBLISHED BY E. SARGEANT, AND M. & W. WARD;
AND MUNROE, FRANCIS & PARKER, AND

EDWARD COTTON, BOSTON.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY 050*120

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CONTENTS.

VOL. VI.

No.

311. LETTER on Fortune-stealers•••

Remarks on them-on Widows

312. On Sorrow-Power of bearing Calamities
-Letter on the Prayers of Clergymen be-
fore Sermon
313. Comparative Advantages of public and pri-
vate Education

314. Letters from a Lover and Answer-from
John Trott on his Courtship-Qualifica-
tion of a Poet-Encoring in the Theatres
-Female Education..

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320. Court of Inquisition on Maids and Bache-
lors-Letter from an Idler...

321. Criticism on Paradise Lost.

322. Letter from Octavia complaining of the In-

gratitude of her Husband..

323. Clarindas' Journal of a week

324. Account of the Mohock Club-Letter
from a Countryman to his Mistress

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315. Criticism on Paradise Lost.

316. Letters on Idleness-From a Lover...... UNKNOWN

317. On waste of time-Journal of a Citizen.. ADDISON.

318,Amours of Escalus, an old Beau..........

319. Letters from Dorinda, complaining of the

Spectator's Partiality-From a Man of

Fashion

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HUGHES

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