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The Life and Poetical Works of James Woodhouse

(1735-1820): Edited by the Rev. R. I. Woodhouse
Woodhouse, James (1735-1820)

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VOL: I., II.
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The Life and Lucubrations of Crispinus Scriblerus.
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CHAPTER 1st.
  
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DUDLEY.
  
HIMLEY.
  
DISTANT PROSPECT.
  
OBSERVATIVE REFLECTIONS.
  
MORE REMARKS.
  
SHROPSHIRE.
  
ENVILLE.
  
STOURBRIDGE AND OLD SWINFORD.
  
HAGLEY.
  
LESSOWES.
  
MORE GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
  
RECAPITULATION.
  
GENERAL.
  
BIRMINGHAM AND WOLVERHAMPTON.
  
GENERAL.
  
CRISPINUS' BIRTH, EDUCATION, &c.
  
REFLECTIONS ON EDUCATION.
  
GENERAL REFLECTIONS.
  
GENERAL REMARKS.
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CHAPTER 2nd.
  
GENERAL VIEWS OF NATURE.
  
DEPRECATION.
  
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS.
  
CALM ADVICE.
  
MORE SERIOUS REMARKS.
  
PURSUITS OF LOVE.
  
LOVE'S RESOLVE.
  
REFLECTIONS ON TASTE.
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CHAPTER 3rd.
  
NARRATIVE CONTINUED.
  
GENERAL REFLECTIONS.
  
GENERAL REFLECTIONS.
  
SOCIAL REFLECTIONS.
  
FRIENDLY PROPOSAL PROVED ABORTIVE.
  
CALM REFLECTIONS!
  
AT HOME.
  
FURTHER SERIOUS REFLECTIONS.
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CHAPTER 4th.
  
HISTORIC AND DOMESTIC REMARKS.
  
NEW SCHEME.
  
PATRONESS.
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CHAPTER 5th.
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CHAPTER 6th.
  
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INVOCATION.
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CHAPTER 7th.
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CHAPTER 8th.
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CHAPTER 9th.
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CHAPTER 10th.
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CHAPTER 11th.
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CHAPTER 12th.
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CHAPTER 13th.
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CHAPTER 14th.
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CHAPTER 15th.
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CHAPTER 16th.
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CHAPTER 17th.
  
CORONATION OF GEORGE III. AND QUEEN CHARLOTTE.
  
TO WILLIAM SHENSTONE, Esq., IN HIS SICKNESS, By Mr. WOODHOUSE.
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POEMS ON Several Occasions
  
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AN ELEGY TO WILLIAM SHENSTONE, Esq., OF THE LESSOWES.
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ELEGY II. WRITTEN TO WILLIAM SHENSTONE, Esq., OF THE LESSOWES.
  
BENEVOLENCE.
  
SPRING.
  
THE LESSOWES.
  
WROTE AT THE LESSOWES, AFTER Mr. SHENSTONE'S DEATH.
  
PALEMON AND COLINET.
  
TO THE Right Honourable LORD LYTTLETON.
  
TO THE Right Honourable LORD LYTTLETON.
  
VERSES Addressed to ------ On receiving some valuable Books.
  
GRATITUDE.
  
TO THE Right Honourable the Countess of ------ On the Death of a Daughter.
  
ODE TO APOLLO.
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POEMS ON Several Occasions ... WITH An Address to the Public.
  
RIDICULE.
  
ELEGY ON A FAVOURITE CHILD WHO DIED OF THE SMALL-POX.
  
ELEGY Written in 1784, from the Country.
  
ODE TO THE LILY.
  
A MORNING RHAPSODY.
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Norbury Park, A Poem; With several others, written on various occasions.
  
NORBURY PARK.
  
EPISTLE TO A YOUNG LADY OF TITLE, ON SEEING HER, OFTEN, AT DIVINE ORDINANCES.
  
EPISTLE to the Rev. Mr. SELLON, ON HIS WEEPING IN AN ADDRESS TO YOUTH.
  
EPISTLE TO A FRIEND, In Answer to this Question— Why do Trees Shoot Strongest Upwards?
  
ODE TO A FRIEND, On his Marriage.
  
EPISTLE TO THE SAME, On his desiring the Author to point out the striking Passages in Cowper's poems.
  
EPISTLE TO SHENSTONE, In the Shades; .
  
TO MY WIFE AND CHILDREN, Under a severe affliction in my Eyes.
  
TO MY WIFE, ON HER WISHING TO SEE ME HALF AN HOUR.
  
THE BOY AND BUTTERFLY.
  
AUTUMN AND THE REDBREAST.
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LOVE LETTERS TO MY WIFE;
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LETTER II.
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LETTER III.
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LETTER IV.
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LETTER V.
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LETTER VI.
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LETTER VII.
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LETTER VIII.
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LETTER IX.

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REFLECTIONS ON EDUCATION.

Are not such moral studies more sublime
Than fitting Pupils for mere sports of Time?
Are not such simple Maxims far more wise,
That plainly prove Man's genuine mental joys,
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Than wasting wealth, with cares, and pains immense,
To purchase pleasures lost with loss of Sense?
Ought Man, in Scenes of sorrow—toil—and strife,
Consume, on fruitless Love, one fourth of Life?
On carnal Knowledge, and on useless Arts,
Expend another of its precious parts;
Then let the love of Fame, or graceless Gains,
Monopolize the whole of what remains?
Uncertain, every point, that passes o'er,
Whether that Life shall last one moment more—
Whether such Wisdom will procure them Wealth—
That Wealth, if won, ensure them Strength and Health,
Or Fame, acquir'd, by casual, breezey, blasts,
Yield Peace, and Love, and Comfort, while it lasts.
Were it not wiser, far, the risks to rate
With changes, sure, that shock this churlish State;
And, while the precious moments pass away,
Prepare for Death, and God's great Judgment Day!
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