Story of Tidelia

XXI

“the hateful gift of Existence

Published by Silvefter Doig Royal Exchange Edin. 1793.

M. Scoll

THE.

ADVENTURER.

VOLUME THE THIRD.

-Tentanda via est; quâ me quoque poffim
Tollere humo, victorque virûm volitare per ora. VIRG.
On vent'rous wing in quest of praise I go.
And leave the gazing multitude below.

A NEW EDITION,

ILLUSTRATED WITH FRONTISPIECES,

Ex Libris
Flexis Y. Gorman
St. Louis, Mo.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR SILVESTER DOIG, ROYAL EXCHANGE, EDINBURGH.

1793CARDED

MARILLAC COLDEGE LIBRARY

OFF NORMA

NORMANDY, MO.

A24

1793

V3

CONTENTS

OF THE

THIRD VOLUME.

No.

1 Letters from fix characters

72 The folly of human wishes and schemes to cor-

rect the moral government of the world.

The history of Nouraddin and Amana

73 The history of Nouraddin and Amana conclud-

74 Apology for neglecting officious advice

75 Observations on the Odyssey of Homer

76 The mercy of affliction: an Eastern story

77 The mischiefs of superstition and infidelity.

The history of Fidelia

78 The history of Fidelia continued

79 The history of Fidelia concluded

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80 Observations on the Odyssey continued

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15

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37

43

52

73

80

87

93

84 Folly

81 Incitement to enterprise and emulation. Some

account of the admirable Crichton

82 Personal beauty produced by moral sentiment

83 Observations on the Odyssey concluded

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CONTENTS.

No.

Page

84 Folly of false pretences to importance. A jour-

ney in a stage coach

:

98

85 Study, composition, and converse, equally ne-

cessary to intellectual accomplishment

105

86 The life of Agamus, an old debauchee

87 Politeness a necessary auxiliary to knowledge

112

and virtue

120

125

88 Observations on dreaming and madness. Re-

markable lunacy of Mr. Simon Browne

89 A fragment of Simonides, and an imitation of it 133

90 Literary offerings in the temple of fame: A

91 No universal rule of moral conduct, as it re-

fpects fociety. Story of Yamoddin and Ta-

mira

139

147

153

92 Criticism on the Pastorals of Virgil

93 Observations on the Tempest of Shakespeare 163

94 Idleness, however fortunate, incapable of feli-

97 Observations on the tempeft concluded

188

98 Account of Tim. Wildgoose by himself. Pro-

ject to prevent the disappointment of mo-

dern ambition

195

99 Projectors injudiciously cenfured and applauded 201

100 Gradation from a Greenhorn to a Blood: the

life of Nomentanus

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208

101 Blemishes in the Paradise Lost

215