Essays, Moral and Literary, المجلد 1

J. Mawman, 1808

No Page	1

On Entrance into Life and the Conduct	8

Classical Learning vindicated	14

On the Wisdom of aiming at Perfection	20

On the Injustice and Cruelty of the Public	31

On forming a Taste for simple Pleasures	38

An Idea of a Patriot	50

The respectable Character of the Clergy	57

On the Manner of writing Voyages and Travels	144

On the Folly of being anxiously curious to inquire what is said of us in our Ab sence	151

On the Efficacy of moral Instruction	158

On modern Criticism	164

On the periodical Essayists	168

A cultivated Mind is reccesary to render Retirement agreeable	176

On Affectation of the Vices and Follies of Men of Eminence	179

On the Inequalities of Genius	182

On the Tendency of moral Profligacy	67

On that Kind of Wisdom which consists	74

A prudent and elegant Character exempli	82

No Page XIV On Novel Reading	87

On Simplicity of Style in prosaic Composi tion	92

On the Prevalence of religious Scepticism	97

Family Disagreements the frequent Cause of immoral Conduct	104

Hints to young Men who are designed for Orders	110

a military or naval Life	116

On the Amusements of Sunday	122

On the Complaints of Men of Learning	129

On the superficial Nature and pernicious Tendency of Modern Ethics	132

XXIII On the Style of History	138

Men of Genius do not always excel in com	186

Hints to those who are designed for the Life	198

The want of Personal Beauty a frequent	204

On an excessive and indiscriminate Love	211

On the Means of rendering Old Age	228

On the Happiness of Domestic Life	235

On the ill Effects of Ridicule when	241

On the ill Effects of proving by Argument	249

On the Necessity of Temperunce to	255

On the Character and Style of Pliny	262

On the Impropriety of publicly adopting	284

On the Excellence of Lord Bacon as	295

men	305

العنوان	Essays, Moral and Literary, المجلد 1 Essays, Moral and Literary, Vicesimus Knox
المؤلف	Vicesimus Knox
الإصدار	16, معاد طباعته
الناشر	J. Mawman, 1808
أصلي من	جامعة مينيسوتا
الكتب ذات التنسيق الرقمي	16 أيار (مايو) 2012

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