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CONTENTS.

VOL. XIII.

No.

453. ON pious Gratitude-Poem on it...... ADDISON
454. Advantages of being so easily pleased

-different Characters, in a Tour
through the Metropolis...........

455. Letters on Education—from the Hus
band of a Scold-on Money--the
Use of Similies ........

456. Miseries of Debt and Bankruptcy
Letter from a Bankrupt and Answer:

STEELE

457. Proposal for a Newspaper of Whispers ADDISON
458. On true and false Modesty......

459. On religious Faith and Practice

460. Paradise of Fools, a Vision..........

Letter on Bowing and Curtsying at

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PARNELL

STEELE

461. Version of the CXIVth Psalm............ WATTS

Complimentary Letter to the Spectator STEELE

462. On pleasant Fellows-pleasant Charac-

ter of Charles II.

463. Weight of Wisdom and Riches, a Vision ADDISON
464. Mediocrity of Fortune to be preferred

465. Means of strengthening Faith

466. On the Advantages of Dancing

467. On the Love of Praise-Character of

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472. Proposal that the rich Sick should assist
the poor-on the Loss of Sight

473. Letters, on Affectation of Ignorance-

.from a Poetical Lover-Specimen of

the Familiar...................

474. Letter complaining of Country Man-
ners and Conversation-Dumb Con-

juror

STEELE

480. Letters from a country Gentleman to

Pharamond

From a Lawyer's Clerk..................... HARPER
481. Opinions on the Dispute between Count

Rechteren and M. Mesnager

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482. Letters from Hen-peckt Husbands--

ADDISON

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484. Letter and Reflexions on Modesty...... STEELE
485. On the Power of insignificant Objects
-Character of a Templar in Love

tator..........

Epigram on the same..

...... TATE

489. Meditations on the Wonders of the

Deep, with a Hymn..............

ADDISON

490. On Marriage-excessive Fondness...... STEELE
491. Story of Rhynsault and Sapphira .................
492. Advantages of Levity over grave Beha-
viour in young Ladies

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496. Letters on the Conduct of gay and fop-
pish Fathers-on Swinging.

497. On bestowing Favours on the deserving
Anecdote of a Portuguese Minister-
of Pope Leo X.

498. Letter on young Templars turning
Hackney-coachmen

STEELE

499. Will Honeycomb's Account of the Siege

of Hersberg, and his Dream

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500. Defence and Happiness of a married
Life............

501. Patience, an Allegory...............
502. On the Taste of a Roman and English

theatrical Audience..........

503. Ralph Wonder's Account of the Phan-

tom at Church..........................................

504. Substitutes for Conversation-Trick of

ADDISON

STEELE

PARNELL

STEELE

505. On Conjurors and Revealers of Dreams ADDISON
506. Reflexions on Errors in Marriage-

Characters of Erastus, Letitia, Taw-

dry, and Flavilla.........

507. On party Lies ·

BUDGELL

ADDISON

508. Description of a Tavern-tyrant-Com-
plaint against a Coxcomb.............................

599. On Abuses at the Royal Exchange-

Maxims of Thrift

510. On the irresistible Power of Beauty..............
511. Will Honeycomb's Proposal of a Fair
for Marriage-Sale of unmarried
Women......

512. On giving Advice

STEELE

ADDISON

THE

SPECTATOR.

N° 453. SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1712.

Non usitatâ nec tenui ferar
Penna

HOR. 2 Od. xx. I.

CREECH.

No weak, no common wing shall bear
My rising body through the air.

THERE is not a more pleasing exercise of the mind than gratitude. It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction, that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance. It is not like the practice of many other virtues, difficult and painful, but attended with so much pleasure, that were there no positive command which enjoined it, nor any recompence laid up for it hereafter, a generous mind would indulge in it, for the natural gratification that accompanies it.

If gratitude is due from man to man, how much more from man to his Maker! The Supreme Being does not only confer upon us those bounties, which proceed more immediately from his hand, but even those benefits which are conveyed to us by others. Every blessing we enjoy, by what means soever it may be derived upon us, is the gift of Him who is the great Author of good, and Father of mercies. If gratitude, when exerted towards one another,

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