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XXVII. Mr. Harris, of Salisbury, to Fielding's Parson
Adams
XXVIII. Dr. Stuart to James Cummyng, Esq. Secretary
of the Antiquarian Society at Edinburgh,
concerning Mary Queen of Scots
XXIX. Letters relative to the Corporation of the Sons
of the Clergy
XXX. Sir Isaac Newton to Dr. Maddock
XXXI. Mr. Gray to Mr. T. Warton, on the History of
English Poetry
of her Son
XXXII. Mr. Williams to Mrs. West, on the Education
XXXIII. The Rev. G. Costard, of Twickenham, to his
Sister, containing Reflections on the Lan-
guage of Tragedy, &c.
XXXIV. Two letters from the Rev. Dr. Nathaniel Lan-
caster
XXXV. Mr. Rogers to Dean Milles, on two ancient
Pictures
79
XXXVI. Letters from Dr. Johnson, relative to the Lives
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84
of the Poets
XXXVII. Sir William Herbert, of St. Julian's, in Mon-
mouthshire, (father-in-law to the famous
Lord Herbert, of Cherbury,) to a gentleman
of the name of Morgan, in the same county
XXXVIII. Dr. Johnson to the Rev. Mr. Wilson, and a
Dedication to his late Majesty
XLII. Dr. Johnson to the Rev. Thomas Warton
XLIII. A Noble Lord to a Young Lady on the eve of
Marriage
XLIV. To Springett Penn
XLV. From Bishop Atterbury
XLVI. From Dr. Johnson to a young Clergyman, a
Fellow of a College in Cambridge
XLVII. Dr. Johnson to Warren Hastings, Esq. Governor-
General in Bengal
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104
L
XLVIII. Letters from Dr. Johnson and Dr. Adams
XLIX. Letters to and from Dr. Johnson on Suicide
L. Letters from Addison to Lord Wharton
LI. The Rev. Mr. Hearne, Rector of the United Pa-
rishes of St. Alphage, and St. Mary North-
gate, Canterbury, to the Rev. George Horne,
Dean of Canterbury
105
107
110
115
LII. Dr. Timothy Neve to the Rev. Littleton Brown,
LV. The Earl of Buchan's Address to his learned
LVI. Letters from Sir Richard Steele to his second
Lady, (Mrs. Mary Scurlocke,) before Marriage
LVII. Letters from Ephraim Chambers
LVIII. Letters from Dr. Young to Mr. Williams
LIX. Letters from Mr. Pope and the Earl of Oxford
LX. Letters from Zachary Williams, on the Longi-
tude, some of them corrected, and others
written, by Dr. Samuel Johnson
LXI. Letters from Cowley and Dryden to Dr. Busby
LXII. Extracts of Letters from Dr. Arbuthnot to Mr.
127
129
138
140
142
150
Watkins
153
LXIII. Letters from Richard Savage, a few weeks before
his death
154
LXIV. Thomas Hearne to Lord Harley, on the Alex-
157
andrian MS. of the New Testament
LXV. David Hume to Sir John Pringle, M. D. on the
Pretender's being in London in 1753
LXVII. The Rev. S. Pegge to the Rev. Charles Hope,
Minister of All Saints, Derby, relative to
the subscription for the reparation, &c. of
the Cathedral Church of Lichfield
LXVIII. Letters from Mr. Henderson to Dr. Priestley
LXIX. From Dr. Johnson
LXX. Bishop Newton to a Gentleman at Lichfield
LXXI. Dr. Benjamin Franklin to John Alleyn, Esq.
LXXII. Bishop Sherlock to Dr. R. Grey
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167
171
172
174
175
LXXVI. From Dean Stanhope, containing advice to a
LXXX. Letters from Charles II. and Lord Lauder-
dale to the Earl of Northesk, relative to
the Marriage of Lord Northesk's Daugh-
ter
LXXXI. From Dr. Johnson on the Death of his Wife
LXXXII. Dr. Benjamin Franklin to the Earl of Buchan
LXXXIII. Dr. Doddridge to Bishop Hildesley
LXXXIV. Letters from Doctors Hildesley, Hales, Le-
land, and Mr. Samuel Richardson
LXXXV. Dean Swift to Mr. Windar
LXXXVI. Dean Tillotson, afterwards Archbishop of
Canterbury, to Mr. Nicholas Hunt, of that
City, while labouring under a Cancer, of
which he died, A.D. 1687
LXXXVII. Lewis Morris, Esq. to his Brother William
Morris, Comptroller of the Customs, Holy-
head, on Mine-knockers
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190
192
194
198
209
213
215
LXXXVIII. Dr. Young to the Rev. Thomas Newcombe
LXXXIX. Letter from John Locke
XC. From John Evelyn, on the Culture and Improve-
ment of the English Tongue
XCI. From the Rev. Thomas Seward
XCII. Letter written at Paris by Dr. Benjamin Franklin.
Communicated by the Gentleman who received
221
225
it
XCIII. Letters from the Earl of Orford to Governor Pownall
XCIV. Letters from Bishops Hoadly and Butler, and the
229
230
Duchess of Marlborough, to Sir Robert Walpole
XCV. The Rev. Dr. Stephen Hales to Nathaniel Booth,
Esq. afterwards Lord Delamer
234
239
III. An invention in Architecture, communicated by a
person of distinction in Switzerland to an Italian
Merchant
249
IV. Wonderful memory of William Lyon
250
V. Method of increasing the Solidity, Strength, and
Duration of Timber
251
VI. Method of preserving Books from the Depredations
of Worms and Insects
VII. The Uncertainty of Human Testimony
255
IX. Account of Robert Hill, the learned Tailor of
Buckingham
264
X. Account of Henry Wild, the learned Tailor of Nor-