Dramatic and Prose Miscellanies. Edited by William Beattie ... A new edition

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DRAMATIC AND PROSE MISCELLANIES. VOL. LONDON I R. CLAY, PRINTER, BREAD-STREET-HILL, DRAMATIC AND PROSE MISCELLANIES. BY ANDREW BECKET, AUTHOR OF "SHAKSPEARE'S HIMSELF AGAIN," ETC. EDITED BY WILLIAM BEATTIE, M.D. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. A NEW EDITION. LONDON : GEORGE VIRTUE, 26, IVY LANE. 1838. CONTENTS OF VOL. II. Lucianus Redivivus : or, Dialogues concerning Men and Manners. Hae iter Elysium nobis. dialogue Pace I. Frederick of Prussia and Machiavel 5 II. Misanthopos and Leviculus 19 III. Mercury, Charon, and a Materialist S3 IV. M. de Voltaire and J. J. Rousseau 38 V. Mercury and a Lady of Fashion 44 VI. Generosus and Philanthropos 49 VII. Mercury and a Coquette 55 VIII. Scarron and La Fontaine 58 IX. Mercury and an Old Man 63 X. Statius and Juvenal 66 XI. Frederick II. King of Prussia, and Voltaire .... 72 XII.

Mercury and a Father 78 XIII. Rabelais, Cervantes, and Sterne 82 XIV. Warburton, Theobald, Edwards, and Heath .... 89 XV. Samuel Johnson and Richard Savage 96 XVI. Pope and Churchill 102 XVII. Mercury and a Sportsman 107 XVIII. Furax and Rapax 109 XIX. Comicus, Tragicus, and Mimus 123 XX. Merchant and Soldier CONTENTS. VI Page Trip to Holland : containing Sketches of Character, with cursory Observations on the Manners and Customs of the Dutch A in 1770.— Part I. 141 Introduction 142 Advertisement Packet at Sea 143 Helvoetsluys "* The Commissary 1™ La Bourgeoise **' The Resolution 149 The Farewell 151 The Treckschute 152 Preface: in the Treckschute 153 The Apology 155 The Author 156 The Maitre d'Hotel 159 The Compliment 160 The Parade 162 The Theatre 164 The Proverb and the Bon- Mot 165 The Man in Power 166 The Supplication 167 -l lie ouppiiuatiun iui The Connoisseur 169 The Man of Sorrows 170 LTnsensible 172 The Ruffles 173 Chagrin 174 Remorse 175 The Repulse 176 Civility 177 Advice 178 The Organ 180 The Travelling Tutor 181 The Prodigy 183 The Female Wit 184 Part.

II. — With Observations on the Dutch. Advertisement 189 Exordium 191 The Traveller 193 Disappointment 195 The Declaration ig**** The Dutch Commentator 19g CONTENTS. VLL Page Dress 200 A Reflection 201 Gravity 202 Curiosity 204 The Comparison 205 The Proposal 206 Friendship 207 The Literary Club 208 Opinion 211 Obstinacy 212 Benevolence 213 The Address 215 The Hobby-Horse ibid. Taste 216 Foppery 218 Prudery 219 Man of the World 220 Philanthropy 221 Veracity . 222 Political Virtue 223 The Englishman ibid. Education 225 Police 226 The Adieu ibid Public Prosperity ; or, Arguments in Support of a Plan for raising Six Millions Sterling, and for employing that Sum in Loans to Necessitous and Industrious Persons (Third Edition) . 229 Saturnian Times ; or, a Plan for Abolishing the National Religion in favour of the Hero-Worship of Antiquity, addressed to the enlightened Heathens of the British Empire (Second Edition, 1770) . , LUCIANUS REDIVIVUS VOL. II B