learning and genius lately deceased he is obliged for several papers composed at his desire, which, if not the most numerous, are the most valuable of the series. For the fate of those which remain, the writer cannot suppress his solicitude: for from them it will probably hereafter be determined, whether he has justly aspired to some qualities of the minds of which the deficiency will hereafter cloud the recol. lection of him which he is so anxious should survive the grave. May 21, 1809. POSTSCRIPT. This Paper has been suffered to stand in the words in which it appeared at the close of the Essays, on their first publication in the CENSURA LITERARIA. This reprint has been augmented in its papers at least a fourth, principally by the kind and delightful contributions of my eloquent and highly valued friend, the truly poetical author of CHILDE Alarique. July 12, 1813. THE END. T. Hensley Printer, Bet-Court, Fleet Street, London INDEX OF SUBJECTS. ADULATION of the great, i. 186. Allegorical style of poetry, ii. 45. Apparitions, on, ii. 186. Armorial bearing on the shields of the Grecian chiefs, ii. 31. Biography, on the proper objects of, i. 47. lives of literary men abundant in materials for, ii. 224. Birth, on, ii. 81. Bloomfield, lines by, on his mother's spindle, ii. 89. Books, on, i. 140. Books,-see Genius. Book-making, on, ii. 57. Browne, W.'s Pastorals, ii. 116. Carter, Mrs. Eliz. on her letters, i. 144. Censura Literaria, on the conduct of, i. 123. Christian morality,-see Heathens. Collins, his allegories, ii. 37. Cotemporaries, their envy and prejudice cannot suppress well-founded fame, ii. 111. Cowley, on the Latin poems of, i. 272, 280. Criticism, fashionable, on the severity of, i. 183, Delight of books of genius, ii. 1. Dreams, on, i. 136. Eccentric character, story of, i. 223, 232, 240, 245, 255. Emblems,-see Quarles. ii. 178. Endowments, high, unfit for ordinary society, ii. 215. Expectations, inordinate in life, on, ii. 245. Fame, on the love of, ii. 69. Fame,- posthumous, on the passion for, ii. 234, on posthumous, ii. 249. -see Literature. Families, ancient English, i. 111. Fancy, on the pleasures and uses of, ii. 169, Farewell of the Ruminator, ii. 314. Fragments, poetical, i. 266. Fugitive, see Poetry. --- Genius, when properly exerted, how far it brings its own i. 87. poetical, on the traits and concomitants of, few books animated by, ii. 1. on the maladies of, ii. 191. Genius,-see Taste. Gray, the poet, traits in the character of, i. 177. Grotius, on the theological writings of, i. 216. Habingdon's Castara, character of, with extracts, i. 190. Habington, Wm. memoir of, ii. 92. Happiness, human, on the state best adapted to, i. 23. Heathens, on the imperfect morality of, i. 290. History, how far it is true, i. 157. Historians of Civil Wars,- -see Warburton. Homer, passage of, elucidated, i. 102. translations by Pope and Cowper, ii. 138. Honour, on false, ii. 133. Hope, deceitfulness of, ii. 314. Hugo, Herman, his emblems, ii. 124. Hutchinson, Colonel, on the memoirs of, ii. 287. Imagination and Taste, on the culture of, ii. 196. Intellectual exertion,-see Rank. Johnson,-see Rambler. Jones, Sir William, eulogium on, ii. 263. Latin poems-see Cowley. Literature, the only permanent vehicle of fame, i. 31. Literary man, complaint of, i. 262. Lofft, Capel, original poems by, ii. 7. ode on Eton College, ii. 14. Macbeth, on the scenic representation of, i. 78. Marmion by Scott, on, i. 166. Martial's Epigram on Happiness, new translation of, ii. 74. Mary Queen of Scots, on, ii. 239. Melancholy, private, poetical description of, i. 202. Milton, on the sonnets of, i. 131. Mind, the difficulty of a genuine transcript of the, ii. 18. |