Goldsmith's essays
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE.3. I. DESCRIPTION OF VARIOUS CLUBS.4. II. SPECIMEN OF A MAGAZINE IN MINIATURE.5. III. ASEM, AN EASTERN TALE.6. IV. ON THE ENGLISH CLERGY, AND POPULAR PREACHERS.7. V. A REVERIE AT THE BOAR’S-HEAD TAVERN, EASTCHEAP.8. VI. ADVENTURES OF A STROLLING PLAYER.9. VII. RULES ENJOINED TO BE OBSERVED AT A RUSSIAN ASSEMBLY.10. VIII. BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR, SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BY THE ORDINARY OF NEWGATE.11. IX. ON NATIONAL CONCORD.12. X. FEMALE WARRIORS.13. XI. ON NATIONAL PREJUDICE.14. XII. ON TASTE.15. XIII. CULTIVATION OF TASTE.16. XIV. ORIGIN OF POETRY.17. XV. POETRY DISTINGUISHED FROM OTHER WRITING.18. XVI. ON METAPHOR.19. XVII. ON HYPERBOLE.20. XVIII. ON VERSIFICATION.21. XIX. SCHOOLS OF MUSIC, OBJECTIONS THERETO, AND ANSWERS.22. XX. ON CAROLAN, THE IRISH BARD.23. XXI. ON THE TENANTS OF THE LEASOWES.24. XXII. ON SENTIMENTAL COMEDY.25. XXIII. SCOTCH MARRIAGES.26. XXIV. ON THE DIGNITY OF HUMAN NATURE.27. INDEX.