PLEASURES OF HUMAN LIFE, EXAMINED AND ENUMERATED. WITH AN ENTERTAINING TREATISE ON MISTAKES RESPECTING PLEASURE AND HAPPINESS, AND ON The Objects which are opposed to the pleasures of Life, USUALLY DENOMINATED ITS MISERIES. BY THE REV. J. PLATTS. LONDON: PRINTED AT THE CAXTON PRESS, BY HENRY FISHER, (Printer to this Majesty.) CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. The Pleasures of Childbood and Youth, II. The Pleasures' of Manhood, 0 .. V. The same subject, continued, VI. The same subject, concluded, . VII. The Pleasures of Married Life,. VIII. The samo subject, continued, IX. The same subject, continued,. X. The same subject, continued,. XI. The same subject, continued, XII. The same subject, continued, XIII. The samo subjeet, concluded,. XIV. The Pleasures of Single Life, XV. The Pleasures of Society, XVI. The Pleasures of Friendship, XVII. The Pleasures of Sense, XVIII. The Pleasures of Business and Employment, XIX. The same subject, concluded, XX. The Pleasures of Sleep, XXI. The Pleasures of the Town, XXII. The Pleasures of the Country and Retirement, XXJIL. The same subject, continued,. XXIV. The same subject, concluded,. XXV. The Pleasures of the Garden, XXVI. The Pleasures of Ignorance, XXVII. The Pleasures of Knowledge, XXVIII. The Pleasures of Literature, XXIX. The Pleasures of History, XXX. The Pleasures of Biography, XXXI. The Pleasures of the Study of Nature,. XXXII. The same subjcct, continued,.. XXXIII. The same subject, concluded,. XXXIV. The Pleasures of Botany, XXXV. The Pleasures of Astronomy, XXXVI. The Pleasures of Taste, 38 49 72 84 97 111 125 139 146 163 160 172 179 191 211 224 234 245 257 269 281 289 302 310 325 335 338 340 346 355 369 377 385 . . . |