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THE

SPECTATOR;

A NEW EDITION':

CORRECTED FROM THE ORIGINALS.

WITH

A PREFACE,

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL,

BY ALEX. CHALMERS, F. S. A.

VOL. VIII.

NEW-YORK:

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

EDWARD COTTON, BOSTON.

1810.

D. & G. BRUCE, Printers,
Slate Lane

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CONTENTS.

453. ON pious Gratitude-Poem on it.

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454. Advantages of being so easily pleased
different Characters, in a Tour through
the Metropolis

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455. Letters on Education-from the Husband
of a Scold-on Money-the Use of Si-
milies..

456. Miseries of Debt and Bankruptcy-Letter

from a Bankrupt and Answer...

457. Proposal for a Newspaper of Whispers

458. On true and false Modesty

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Complimentary Letter to the Spectator

462. On pleasant Fellows-Pleasant Character

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467. On the Love of Praise-Character of Ma-

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472. Proposal that the rich Sick should assist the
poor on the Loss of Sight

473. Letters, on Affectation of Ignorance-

from a Poetical Lover-Specimen of the

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474. Letter complaining of Country Manners and
Conversation-Dumb Conjuror. . . . . . .

HUGHES.

STEELE

STEELE.

475. On asking Advice in affairs of Love...... Addison.
476. On Method in Writing and Conversation

Characters of Tom Puzzle and Will

480. Letters from a country Gentleman to Pha-
ramond

From a Lawyer's Clerk··

HARPER.

481. Opinions on the Dispute between Count
Rechteren and M. Mesnager

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ADDISON.

482. Letters from Hen-peckt Husbands-from a

woman married to a Cotquean ·

483. On attributing our Neighbours' Misfor-

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484. Letter and Reflections on Modesty

485. On the Power of insignificant Objects-

Character of a Templar in Love-
Equestrian Lady

486. Letter on Hen-peckt Keepers.

STEELE.

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