Printed at the Chiswick Press,

BY C. WHITTINGHAM;
FOR J. CARPENTER, OLD BOND STREET, LONDON.

1812.

CONTENTS.

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LIFE OF THE AUTHOR

Prefatory Epistles

Of Truth

Death

Unity in Religion

Revenge

Adversity

Simulation and Dissimulation

Parents and Children

Marriage and Single Life

Envy

Love

Great Place

Boldness

Goodness, and Goodness of Nature

A King

Nobility

Seditions and Troubles

Atheism

Superstition

Travel

Empire

Counsel

Delays

Cunning

Wisdom for a Man's Self

Innovations

Dispatch

Seeming Wise

Friendship

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Of Expense

The True Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates

Regimen of Health

Suspicion

Discourse

Plantations

Riches

Prophecies

Ambition

Masks and Triumphs

Nature in Men

Custom and Education

Fortune

Usury

Youth and Age

Beauty

Deformity

Building

Gardens

Negociating

Followers and Friends

Suitors

Studies

Faction

Ceremonies and Respects

Praise

Vain Glory

Honour and Reputation

Judicature

Anger

Vicissitude of Things

A Fragment of an Essay on Fame

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