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Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, description of
Home
Hoonga,
Human glory
Ideas of happiness
Impromptu

the cavern of,

Interment of Sir John Moore
Jenner, Dr.

Kenilworth Castle, description of
Ladies' evening dresses, on,
Lambeth Palace, description of

Lamentation

Lark, a captive
Last Day, the
Last Farewell, the

Lawyer's, the, Farewell to his muse
Laziness of Authors

Lea, the banks of the

Lines

Linlithgow Palace, Scotland, description of
London, a fashionable day in

a Lady's parting address to
Manners

Lord Mayors of

Love, On

---and Friendship
Lucky People

Madeira, account of the inhabitants of

Man's Asylum

Superiority

Margaret Sleeping

Marks Hall, Essex, description of
Mary, Queen of Scots, the tragical death of

Masquerades

Matrimonial Lottery

Maturin, Ode on the death of

Melody

Mermaid, the

Merton College, Oxford, description of

Mississippa Scheme, the

of

Moore, Mr Thomas
Music, eloquence
My old coat
Napoleon
Newspaper Writers
Newton, Sir Isaac
Night

Norham Castle, description of

Nocturnal contrast

Ode to a Singing Bird

to Religion

Colian Harp, on an

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Poets, State of

Poetry and Wisdom.

Pont y cysslite, Llangollen, description of
Pooley Bridge, Ullswater, description of
Poor Lovely the Maniac

Pope's Villa and Grotto

Popular Diversions at Vienna

Literature in 1824.

Posthumous Grief

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Pride of the village, the

Primrose, on a

Quartetto

Queen Elizabeth

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Salt, the desert of

Saint Albans, the Abbey church of, description of
Saint John's College, Cambridge, description of

Saint Saviour's Church, Southwark, description of
Savoy Palace, description of the ruins of
Scene near Nether Stowey, Somerset

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Solitary Philosopher, the
Solitude

Songs 48, 76, 167, 178, 200, 210, 239, 240, 261, 262, 310, 319,322

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Surgeon's College

Swallows, the return of the
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To Cupid
To Jessy
To my Dog
To Mr.

Translation

Sympathy

Tamworth, description of the Mount and Castle of

Taverns

Ten years ago

Tillingbourne, Dorking, Surrey, description of
Tiranna
Thought on Wisdom

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Truth
Turkish Funerals

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Two Graves, the

Vanity
Verses

of a Greek Fragment of Simonides

Vicarage, a visit to the

Vines

Virtue

Vow, the

Wager decided, the
Wailer the Poet
Watts, Dr.

What is Love?

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Whittington's Alms Houses, description of
Wife, the

Woman,

Young Poet, the heart of a

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Arliss's Literary Collections.

-FOR contemplation, and to nurse

03 The growing seeds of wisdom; that suggest,
By every pleasing image they present.
Reflections such as meliorate the heart,
Compose the passions and exalt the mind."

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THE PHILOSOPHY OF CONTENTMENT.

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BY W. HOLLOWAY.

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'Earth disappears, I mount to brighter skies." Parish Priest.

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HAT disconteut seems to be compounded with our natures, and inseparable from our very existence, is a just, though common, observation. If we take the philosopher's lauthorn in our hand, on a close and impartial survey of mankind, we shall hardly find a heart untainted with this evil. Ruminating on this subject, of late, I felt my spirits so depressed, that nature gave way to repose, when, methought, I was employed by some superior power to seek out a contented man. My commission was of unbounded latitude, and it authorised me to interrogate all ranks and degrees, from the throne to the cottage.

With all due observance to the rules of precedence, I repaired to the palace, and announced my embassy to the monarch, dignified with the insignia of royalty, and surrounded by guards and attendants innumerable. He informed me that happiness and contentment were not his; that, as the father of his people, he participated in their sorrows, while he felt his own inability to alleviate all No. 1.

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