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CONTENTS

OF THE

SECOND VOLUME.

ANCIENT AND MODERN LITERATURE,

CRITICISM, AND PHILOLOGY.

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I ON the Acta Diurna of the Romans

II. On the Catalogue of the Harleian Library

III. Account of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts,

in the British Musæum. - -

IV. The signification of Words how varied

V. The sense of IMPROBUS as used in Virgil

VI. On the Rebus and Ænigma -

VII. Text and Gloss, whence derived -

VIII. On the ancient Syrinx as described in Virgil's

Eclogues · · · · · ·

IX. On the Eikon Basiliké -

X. New method of modelling the Tenses of Verbs ..

XI. Proverbial Saying explained

XII. A Proverbial Saying explained

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XIII. The Proverb—At Latter-Lammas-explained -

XIV. On the Propriety of language in the Lord's

Prayer - - -

XV. The Author of the Whole Duty of Man

XVI. Sir Isaac Newton on the Ancient Year

XVII. Classic Authors perverted - .

XVIII. Obscure Phrases explained - - -

XIX. Critical Explanations of the word Earing

XX. Biblical Difficulty obviated - -

XXI. Ancient and Fabulous History not always alle-

gorical - - -

XXII. Virgil illustrated

XXIII. Comment on the old play of ALBUMAZAR

XXIV. A Passage in Juvenal explained

XXV. Criticism on a Passage in Virgil -,

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XXVI. Critical Remarks on HORACE

XXVII. Critique on a Passage in Paradise Lost

XXVIII. Chaucer’s Description of the Sleep of Plants - 110

XXIX. Critique on a Passage in Horace

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XXX. Observations on an obsolete Latin word

XXXI. A Passage in Virgil explained

XXXII. A brief account of the various Translations of

the Bible into English . . 116

XXXIII. Account of the Translators of the BIBLE

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XXXIV. A Passage in Cicero de SENECTUTE corrected

from a MS. - - - .

XXXV. The pretended power of Witchcraft over the

winds . - - - . 126

XXXVI. A Passage in P. Mela considered - - 131

XXXVII. Critical Remarks on a Passage in SHAKESPEARE's.

OTHELLO

XXXVIII. On the Conversion of St. Paul . .

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XXXIX. On the Ellipsis

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XL. Origin of some common Phrases -

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XLI. Derivation of the phrase-to Run a Muck 143

XLII. Origin of the word Assassin -

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XLIII. Account of the Collation and Revision of the

English Bible by Dr. BLAYNEY

XLIV. Remarks on the Huetiana and a Passage in

VIRGIL - - -

XLV. On Translation. Mickle's Lusind -

XLVI. On the Mistakes of eminent Authors - -

XLVII. Martial and Statius on the Bath of CLAUDIUS

ETRUSCUS

XLVIII. Greek Inscription to be read backwards as well

as forwards - - - -

XLIX. The Adage-Quem Jupiter vult perdere, &c. illus.

trated - - - - -

L. Critique on Virgil, and an Inquiry into the pro-

priety of some passages in Silius Italicus:

LI. Critique on SHAKESPEARE - - - -

LII. Critical Remarks on the Tragedies of SENECA -

LIII. Critical Remarks on some passages in V. PATER-

CULUS and PETRONIUS

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LIV. Inquiry as to the real author of the book De Imi-

tatione Christi - - - -

LV. Superiority of SHAKESPEARE's Description of

Night

LVI. Objections to Pope's Translation of Homer's De-

scription of Night -

LVII. Various Descriptions of Night compared

LVIII. Critical Illustrations of obsolete Passages in

SHAKESPEARE .

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LIX. The Latin Adage— Incidis in Scyllam, &c. whence

taken . . . .

LX. Of names retained when their origin is disused -

LXI. NUGÆ VENALES. Pugna PORCORUM -

LXII. Conjecture on an obscure Passage in SHAKESPEARE

I.XIII. On the introduction of Letters into Greece

LXIV. Origin of Old Nick . . .

LXV. On the Crasis, a Grammatical Figure -

LXVI. On the word ORMESTA - -

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I.XVII. Sameness of certain dissimilar words

LXVIII. Criticism on Gray's Bard - ,

LXIX. On the word Bleak .

LXX. Nine Love at Cards, or other Games, ex-

plained

LXXI. THEOBALD and POPE

LXXII. An Emendation of a Passage in Virgil

LXXIII. Pope's Epitaph on Gay borrowed-HAMMOND'S

Elegies - - ,

LXXIV. Addition to Gray's Church-yard Elegy .

LXXV. Origin of the word Firm -

LXXVI. Observations on Warron's Essay on Pope

LXXVII. Bentham and Gray on Saxon and Gothic

Architecture - - - -

LXXVIII. Anecdotes of Literature, by Dr. JOHNSON -

LXXIX. Remarks on Webb’s “ Inquiry into the Beau-

ties of Painting," &c. - - -

LXXX. Strictures on Walpole's Anecdotes of Painting

LXXXI. Mixed Passions sometimes not improperly

expressed

LXXXII. Critique on the word purpureus -

LXXXIII. Critical Remarks on Pope's HOMER -

LXXXIV. Virgilian Account of the Separation of Sicily

from Italy

LXXXV. Astle on Writing - - - -

LXXXVI. Parallel Passages and Remarks on SHAKESPEARE

LXXXVII. Imitations and accidental Resemblances of

MILTON, &c. - - - -

1.XXXVIII. Remarks on Wartor's Edition of Milton's

Juvenile Poems - -

LXXXIX. Critical Remarks on MILTON . .

XC. Parallel Passages in Authors of Note

XCI. On Pope's Imitations of our early Poets

XCII. Critique on a Passage in Virgil

XCIII. Strictures on Dr. Johnson's Criticism on Mil-

ton's Latinity - - - -

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XCIV. Strictures on the promiscuous use of the Arti-

cles a and AN - - - -

XCV. Melancholy, Despair, and Grief, as described by

the Poets - - -

XCVI. Strictures on the use of the Interjection on -

XCVII. LANGELAND, Author of Pierce Plowman's Visions :

XCVIII. Remarks on Dryden's Ode in Memory of Mrs.

KILLIGREW - - - -

XCIX. Union of Imagination and Judgment indispensa-

bly required in Poetry .

C. Bourn, whence probably derived

CI. On Imitation and Originality - :

CII. Turl at Oxford, whence so named

CIII. An Emendation in Milton's Paradise Lost

CIV. On the Particle UN -

CV. Pope's Imitation of a passage in Silius ITALICUS

CVI. Pen and Pın defined .

CVII. Etymology of PontiFEX

CVIII. A List of Local Expressions, with Illustrations -

CIX. Critique on Virgil

CX. Solecisms in the Works of English Authors

CXI. Addison's Observations on Virgil's ACHATES

CXII. Latin Preface intended by Burton for his History

of LEICESTERSHIRE

CXIII. On the Authenticity of the Arabian Tales, by Dr.

RUSSELL

CXIV. Dissertation on Accents

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