OF

OLIVER GOLDSMITH, M B.

WITH

A LIFE AND NOTES.

SIVE RISUS ESSENT MOVENDI, SIVE LACRYME AFFECTUM POTENS,

AT LENIS DOMINATOR.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. III.

LONDON:

THOMAS TEGG & SON, CHEAPSIDE; R. GRIFFIN & Co.

GLASGOW; TEGG, WISE & CO. DUBLIN.

1835.

ENGLISH

OXFORD

LIBRARY

1. Introduction- A character of the Chinese Philosopher,

2. The arrival of the Chinese in London- His motives for the

journey-Some description of the streets and houses,

3. The description of London continued -The luxury of the English

Its benefits The fine gentleman - The fine lady,

4. English pride-Liberty- An instance of both - Newspapers

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Politeness,

5. English passion for politics-A specimen of a newspaper.

Characteristic of the manners of different countries,

6. Happiness lost by seeking after refinement - The Chinese philo-

sopher's disgraces,

7. The tie of wisdom only to make us happy-The benefits of

travelling upon the morals of a philosopher,

8. The Chinese deceived by a prostitute in the streets of London,

9. The licentiousness of the English with regard to women- A

character of a woman's man,

10. The journey of the Chinese from Pekin to Moscow-The customs

of the Daures,

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11. The benefits of luxury, in making a people more wise and happy, 29

12. The funeral solemnities of the English Their passion for flat-

tering epitaphs,

13. An account of Westminster Abbey,

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14. The reception of the Chinese from a lady of distinction

15. Against cruelty to animals- A story from the Zendevest of

16. Of falsehood, propagated by books, seemingly sincere,

Zoroaster,

17. Of the war now carried on between France and England, with

its frivolous motives,

18. The story of the Chinese matron,

19. The English method of treating women caught in adultery.

The Russian method,

20. Some account of the republic of letters in England,

21. The Chinese goes to see a play,

22. The Chinese philosopher's son made a slave in Persia,

23. The English subscription, in favour of the French prisoners,

commended,