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The Spectator

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Derby & Jackson, 1859

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Contents

IN SIX VOLUMES	9

Story of Cleantheon Happiness exemplified in Aurelia	15

THE SPECTATOR Continued	21

THE SPECTATOR Continued	69

25	75

Project of an Office for the Regulation of Signsa Mon	83

Project of a new Opera	92

False Wit and HumourGenealogy of Humour	104

Ladies Headdresses	268

Uncertainty of Fame Specimen of a History of	275

105	283

108	291

Immateriality of the Soul	301

Labour and Exercise	312

Instinct in Animals	324

123	334

THE SPECTATOR Continued	121

The Spectators Paper of Hints droppedGospelgossip	136

THE SPECTATOR Continued	184

On the Whims of LotteryAdventurers	191

The same subject continued	197

Character of the SalamandersStory of a Castilian	198

Description of a Female Panderaffected Method	205

Transmigration of SoulsLetters on Simonidess Satire	211

198	214

60	219

Dream of a Picture Gallery	230

On Physiognomy	239

Simplicity of CharacterLetters on innocent Diversions	245

Books for a Ladys Library	253

The Subject continuedSir Rogers Principles	350

Fashions in DressHow imitated in the Country	358

Blessing of Being born an EnglishmanThe English	372

On great natural Geniuses	384

Story of Theodosius and Constantia	403

173	427

Various Dispositions of ReadersAccount of a Whist	436

183	446

Account of Sappho	528

Letter on the Lovers Leap	534

Reflections on Modesty	547

On the Ways of Providence	556

Letter on the Absence of LoversRemedies proposed	564

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The Spectator
Joseph Addison
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Joseph Addison
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Joseph Addison
Full view - 1856

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Bibliographic information

Title	The Spectator Volume 5 of The Works of Joseph Addison: Including the Whole Contents of Bp. Hurd's Ed., with Letters and Other Pieces Not Found in Any Previous Collection : and Macaulay's Essay on His Life and Works, George Washington Greene
Author	Joseph Addison
Editor	George Washington Greene
Publisher	Derby & Jackson, 1859
Original from	UC Southern Regional Library Facility
Digitized	1 Feb 2016

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