A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 3

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John Walker
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811

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Contents

Dr Stuart to James Cummyng Esq Secretary of the Antiquarian Society at Edinburgh concerning Mary Queen of Scots
60
Letters relative to the Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy
62
Sir Isaac Newton to Dr Maddock
63
Mr Gray to Mr T Warton on the History of English Poetry
64
of her
66
The Rev G Costard of Twickenham to his Sister containing Reflections on the Lan guage of Tragedy
71
Two letters from the Rev Dr Nathaniel Lan caster
76
Mr Rogers to Dean Milles on two ancient Page 58 00 60 39 62 63 64 66 114 71 76 Pictures
79
Letters from Dr Johnson relative to the Lives
84
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Sir William Herbert of St Julians in Mon mouthshire fatherinlaw to the famous Lord Herbert of Cherbury to a gentleman of the name of Morgan in t...
89
Dr Johnson to the Rev Mr Wilson and a Dedication to his late Majesty
90
Letters relative to Handel
93
From Partridge the AlmanackMaker XLI David Hume to Dr Campbell
95
Dr Johnson to the Rev Thomas Warton
96
A Noble Lord to a Young Lady on the eve of Marriage
97
To Springett Penn
100
From Bishop Atterbury
101
From Dr Johnson to a young Clergyman a Fellow of a College in Cambridge
103
Dr Johnson to Warren Hastings Esq Governor General in Bengal
104
Letters from Dr Johnson and Dr Adams
105
Letters to and from Dr Johnson on Suicide
107
Letters from Addison to Lord Wharton
110
The Rev Mr Hearne Rector of the United Pa L rishes of St Alphage and St Mary North gate Canterbury to the Rev George Horne Dean of Canterbury
115
Dr Timothy Neve to the Rev Littleton Brown at Bishops Castle Shropshire
119
Letters from Mr Howard
122
Sir Dudley Carlton to Mr Winwood
123
The Earl of Buchans Address to his learned Correspondents
125
Letters from Sir Richard Steele to his second Lady Mrs Mary Scurlocke before Marriage
127
Letters from Ephraim Chambers
129
Letters from Dr Young to Mr Williams
138
Letters from Mr Pope and the Earl of Oxford
140
Letters from Zachary Williams on the Longi tude some of them corrected and others written by Dr Samuel Johnson
142
Letters from Cowley and Dryden to Dr Busby
150
Extracts of Letters from Dr Arbuthnot to Mr Watkins
153
Letters from Richard Savage a few weeks before his death
154
Thomas Hearne to Lord Harley on the Alex andrian MS of the New Testament
157
David Hume to Sir John Pringle M D on the Pretenders being in London in 1753
159
The Rev Dr Free to Archbishop Moore
162
The Rev S Pegge to the Rev Charles Hope Minister of All Saints Derby relative to the subscription for the reparation c of the Cathedral Church of Lic...
165
Letters from Mr Henderson to Dr Priestley
167
From Dr Johnson
171
Bishop Newton to a Gentleman at Lichfield
172
Dr Benjamin Franklin to John Alleyn Esq
174
Bishop Sherlock to Dr R Grey
175
From General Wolfe
176
From Dr Kennicott to Mr Daddo
178
Bp Horne a Letter of Consolation
179
From Dean Stanhope containing advice to a Young Clergyman
181
Bp Horne to a Young Clergyman
183
From Bp Horne
185
Col Stedman to his Son
187
Letters from Charles II and Lord Lauder dale to the Earl of Northesk relative to the Marriage of Lord Northesks Daugh ter
188
From Dr Johnson on the Death of his Wife
190
Dr Benjamin Franklin to the Earl of Buchan
192
Dr Doddridge to Bishop Hildesley
194
Letters from Doctors Hildesley Hales Le land and Mr Samuel Richardson
198
Dean Swift to Mr Windar
209
Dean Tillotson afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury to Mr Nicholas Hunt of that City while labouring under a Cancer of which he died A D 1687
213
Lewis Morris Esq to his Brother William Morris Comptroller of the Customs Holy head on Mineknockers
215
Stomach by Mr James Pringle late Surgeon
292
Account of a threatening Letter sent to
322
On the unlikeness of Shakespeares Busts
329
Harveys Discovery of the Circulation of
342
On the Sheep Walks in Spain
351
Observations on Parish Registers
365
Want of CHARACTER a common defect
382
Method of taking Impressions from Medals
388
On Avarice in Old
397
Effects of Salt in fattening Cattle
416
Particulars relative to large Diamonds
418
Sermon in praise of Derbyshire
420
Dr Beatties Account of Second Sight
423
Useful Hints for learning to swim By Ben jamin Franklin LL D F R S In a letter to a friend
425
Account of the burning of a Gentoo Woman with her deceased Husband
428
Bergamot Pears recommended for the Stone and Gravel
430
Account of Valentine Greatrakes the Stroker
431
Lord Mansfields Opinion of Patents
433
Rough Water calmed by Oil
434
Some account of a Musical Prodigy
435
Names of those who first constituted the Anti quarian Society
440
Writers in the Controversy on the Confes sional
442
Origin of the Mayor of Garrat
445
On Apparitions
447
On swallowing Pins or Fish Bones By W Turnbull M D
449
On salting Meat and purifying Water
450
Cost of the fifty new Churches built by Sir Christopher Wren
451
Strictures on the present state of our Convict Laws
452
The effect of Music on the Nerves and on the singing of Birds
455
Inquiry into the Effects of Spirituous
456
On the Ventilation of Prisons
464
A Provincial dislike to Game how to be ac counted for
469
Instance of a singular Dream and correspond ing Event
470
Influence of particular Studies with respect to Longevity
476
Dr Stukeley on the Gout
477
Hops not so good as formerly and a remedy proposed
478
Origin of Tontines
481
On catching Cold
482
Method of using the Cold Bath to most ad vantage
484
Sufferings of Lieut George Spearing in a Coal Pit
488
Against shooting Swallows Martens c
494
A curious Story of an Apparition
495
Proposal for lending small sums to the In dustrious Poor
497
Cold Water recommended for a Scald
500
Sir Ashton Levers Directions for preserving Birds c
502
A Royal HawkKing Jamess Hawking Sir Anthony Weldon Weldons Court of King James
503
On the progressive Introduction of News papers
506
Curious Chirurgical Operation
510
The word PREMISES improperly applied
511
Observations of a Youth who had just re covered his Sight
512
Feasting on Live Flesh
514
Useful method of flooring at Bengal
515
Principal Cause of Smoky Chimnies with a remedy
516
Scurvy caused by common culinary salt
519
The efficacy of Yeast in Putrid Fevers
524
Singular Predilection for the Term of Forty
530
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