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LETTERS VIII, IX., X.-Correspondence between Sir Isaac Newton and John Locke.-
Noble Acknowledgment by Newton of Wrong done by him to Locke, and magnani-
mous Forgiveness by Locke. Note.-Explanation, in the Influence of disordered
Health on Newton's Mind,
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LETTER XI.—Thomas Gray to Dr. Wharton.-Gardening-Froissart, Credulity of his

Ago-Tristram Shandy-Sterne's Sermons,

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LETTER XVII.-Horace Walpole to Rev. William Mason.-Visit of Dr. Robertson to
London-His Disposition to write the History of William III.-Walpole's Opinion
of his Unfitness-Anecdote of William and Marlborough,
LETTER XVIII-Miss Burney to Samuel Crisp.-Dinner at Sir Joshua Reynolds's-In-
troduction to Mr. Gibbon-Fat and awkward-Mr. Burke-His Appearance and
Conversation-Opinion of Dr. Franklin-Cardinal Ximenes-Sincerity in the House
of Commons-Exception as to Lord Chatham-Compliments,
LETTER XIX.-Hannah More to her Sister.-Party Proscription-Dinner at the Bishop
of Chester's-Conversation with Dr. Johnson-Lord Monboddo-Devotion to his
Theory, that Men were born with Tails, .
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LETTER L-Oliver Cromwell to Col. Valentine Wallon.-Announces the Death of his
Son, a Christian Soldier, and the Success of their Arms-Reflections on those
Events,
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LETTER III-Alexander Pope to Richard Steele.-Moral uses of Sickness,
LETTER IV.- William Cowper to Rev. John Newton.-Sounds of Nature in the Country
all Musical-Gratitude owing to God for the Pleasure thus derived,'

LETTER V.-Hannah More to her Sister.-Three Requests made by Dr. Johnson on his

Death-bed of Sir Joshua Reynolds,

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LETTER XX.-Hannah More to Sir W. W. Pepys.-Severity of the Season-Corinne-

Trials arising out of her School-Thankfulness,

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LETTER XXI.-Hannah More to Mr. and Mrs. Huber.-No Dispensation to Genius
from the Duties of Religion-Criticism on some Sentiments in Madame Necker's
Biography of Madame de Staël,

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BOOK THE FIRST.

Gossip, Society, and Manners in Letters.

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