The Moral Miscellany: Or, a Collection of Select Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the Instruction and Entertainment of Youth

T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, 1765 - Christian fiction, English - 376 pages

CONTENTS	5

The prefent Life to be confidered only as it may conduce	14

On the Animal World and Scale of Beings	20

The Atheist inexcufable in endeavouring to make Con	28

On the Advantages of a chearful Temper	35

A Parallel between Alexander and a HighwayMan	46

On Chastity	52

The Obfervance of Sunday recommended An	60

Reflections upon the Jews	204

Virtue in Diftres reprefented in the Story	207

On Bets and the Cuftom of Pitting as practifed	215

Qu Cleanliness	224

On Deconomy	240

An allegorical Letter from Today	246

Benevolence urged from the Mifery of Solitude	256

The Advantages of reprefenting Human Nature in	262

On Lying	69

Rules for Converfation	79

On the Defire of Gain	88

Idlenefs incapable of Felicity Story of Ned Froth	95

Adverfity useful to the Acquifition of Knowledge	103

The Pleafures and Advantages of Induftry	111

On the Antiquity of Fables with the Fable of Plea	120

The importance of Punctuality	127

Temperance the best Prefervative of Health	135

The Duty of Secrefy	144

Rules for the Knowledge of ones Self	151

Perfonal Beauty produced by Moral Sentiment	159

The Vifion of Mirza	166

On Female Gamefters	175

Gradation from a Greenhorn to a Blood 180	186

Singularity cenfured	193

Praife and Blame to be regarded only as relating	269

Letter of Advice to a young Academic	278

Profperity and Adverfity An Allegory	287

The Natural Hiftory of Ants 291	296

The fame Subject continued	303

Qa Calumny	312

The active and fpeculative Parts of Mankind com Pare	314

On the Pursuit of Fame	320

The fame Subject continued	329

The Countryman and Jupiter	337

The PackHorfe and the Carrier	343

The Story of Palemon and Lavinia	350

Song for Ranelagh	357

A Paftoral Ballad in four Parts	364

Virtue alone conftitutes Happiness	370

Copyright

Title	The Moral Miscellany: Or, a Collection of Select Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the Instruction and Entertainment of Youth
Contributor	Samuel Johnson
Edition	2
Publisher	T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, 1765
Original from	Indiana University
Digitized	11 Jul 2023
Length	376 pages

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