That bears diftinction on its lucid face, And proud distinction, with the fons of earth TO LACKINGTON! that praise we may afcribo, That fills with envy all the fordid tribe;: His efforts fanction'd by the Public voice, Supply'd our wishes, and improv'd our choice: Hence, gen'rous Fortune gave the ample store, Which the charm'd fight is almost tir'd t' explore. The fplendid volumes that fo much delight Would but perplex, and pain the aching fight, Did not the elegant arrangement tend Their num'rous lights with proper fhades to blend But I, too weak, the TEMPLE's praise decline, And, to its merits, leave the grand design, Still, when I read its favour'd patron's Life, Joy and fuprize produce an equal strife :Tho' Methodism produc'd the thickest gloom, Increasing moft, when falsely said t’illume ; Denouncing vengeance from th' Almighty's throne To Justice, and each attribute unknown : Yet from each fetter, burft his active mind, Who all this intellectual treat defign'd! Even where this TEMPLE rears its stately head, The ftool has been for th' Enthusiast spread; Here fuch have rav'd, and dealt dam nation's day, To gaping crowds, lefs ignorant than they But, happy change! fince Providence is feen Her brawls, no more, the favour'd spot can reach, And bland Amusement's unexhauftlefs fpring: Beauty, and thefe, the Mufes' conftant friend! Oh, friend to Learning ! may thy well-earn'd fame Long as your merits in this TEMPLE live, INDE X. AUTHOR'S HOR's motives for publishing his life" Author's gratitude to his cuftomers Author's thanks to fome bookfellers Additions fince the first edition, why not printed feparately 17 All alive, alive O, in W. Cathedral Author's birth not predicted, nor his nativity calculated bound 'prentice to a fhoemaker learns to read, is born again his rigid application to study of divinity at leaps out of a two story window to hear a methodist. fermon 25 45 52 62 64. lives on bread and tea only 103 travels to Bridgewater, Taunton, Exeter, and Kings bridge 105 teaches himself to write 106 leaves Kingsbridge, returns to Briftol *108 falls in love with a dairy-maid, his fpiritual court is fhocked at the wickedness of London; his confo lation 126 goes to receive his legacy, lofes part, commits a faux pas 128 modefty Author's mode of ftating his profits and expences vifits his old mafters Armstrong on reading Ariftotle s opinion of love Amorous gentleman and blundering oftler, a ftory, An old buck tempted by his maid and the devil Page 280 315 246 A man to speak lefs of himself than he really is, is folly, not 72 282 A man believes himself to be the Holy Ghoft 198 Anecdotes (very curious) of very spiritual ladies 141 Anecdotes of very carnal and very spiritual ladies 147 anfwers Anecdote of an author's great expectations Authors publishing and felling their own books never Authors fhould be careful in choofing their publishers Birth and genealogy of the author Bay-horfe, a story Black and white devil, a ftory Bowdon family, characters of; their library Bookfellers are benefited by our author's felling cheap 285 Baldwin (Mr.) a firange ftory of 84 Bookfelling fucceeds with our hero 135 Bottomley, Shaw, and Wheeler fave the author from ruin 157 164 Bookfeller kas kis bair dreffed on Saturday, and fleeps all night in bis 169 Biggs (John) a perfect man; his curious hand-bill 169 Bakers threatened with damnation for baking meat on Sun- 168 Bookfeller's deftroy large numbers of books to fell fome, 230 Books preferved by our hero, and fold cheap 230 Bookfellers often prevent the fale of books fold by authors 237 Bookfeller's fhop an excellent school for knowledge 254 257 Books, fale of extremely encreafed of late years 257 Bank-notes faid to be found by our author in an old book Brank, a remedy for fcolds, defcribed 276 297 Barrows, camps, fortifications, &c. - 335 Buchanites, a curious fect of fanatics, near Dumfries 194 Buchan |