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The complete works, poetry and prose, of the Rev. Edward Young prefixed, a life of the author, by John Doran ... With eight illustrations on steel, and a portrait. In two volumes

Young, Edward (1683-1765)

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1.

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NIGHT THOUGHTS ON LIFE, DEATH, AND IMMORTALITY:

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I.

NIGHT I. ON LIFE, DEATH, AND IMMORTALITY.

II.

NIGHT II. ON TIME, DEATH, AND FRIENDSHIP.

III.

NIGHT III. NARCISSA.

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IV.

NIGHT IV. THE CHRISTIAN TRIUMPH.

V.

NIGHT V. THE RELAPSE.

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VI.

NIGHT VI. THE INFIDEL RECLAIMED. IN TWO PARTS. CONTAINING THE NATURE, PROOF, AND IMPORTANCE OF IMMORTALITY. PART I.

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VII.

NIGHT VII. BEING THE SECOND PART OF THE INFIDEL RECLAIMED: CONTAINING THE NATURE, PROOF, AND IMPORTANCE OF IMMORTALITY.

CONTENTS OF NIGHT VII.

VIII.

NIGHT VIII. VIRTUE'S APOLOGY; OR, THE MAN OF THE WORLD ANSWERED.

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THE CONSOLATION.

IX.

NIGHT IX. CONTAINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, 1.—A MORAL SURVEY OF THE NOCTURNAL HEAVENS. 2.—A NIGHT ADDRESS TO THE DEITY.

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A PARAPHRASE ON PART OF THE BOOK OF JOB.

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A POEM ON THE LAST DAY.

I.

II.

III.

VERSES TO THE AUTHOR.

TO A LADY, WITH “THE LAST DAY.”

TO THE AUTHOR, ON HIS “LAST DAY” AND “UNIVERSAL PASSION.”

SOME THOUGHTS ON READING MR. YOUNG'S POEM ON THE LAST DAY;

AN EPISTLE TO THE RIGHT HON. GEORGE LORD LANSDOWNE.

TO MR. ADDISON, ON THE TRAGEDY OF CATO.

ON MICHAEL ANGELO'S FAMOUS PIECE OF THE CRUCIFIXION;

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THE FORCE OF RELIGION;

I.

II.

ON THE LATE QUEEN'S DEATH, AND HIS MAJESTY'S ACCESSION TO THE THRONE.

A LETTER TO MR. TICKELL,

THE INSTALMENT.

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LOVE OF FAME, THE UNIVERSAL PASSION.

I.

SATIRE I. TO HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF DORSET.

II.

III.

SATIRE III. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE MR. DODINGTON.

IV.

SATIRE IV. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR SPENCER COMPTON.

V.

SATIRE V. ON WOMEN.

VI.

SATIRE VI. ON WOMEN.

VII.

SATIRE VII. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR ROBERT WALPOLE.

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ODES OCCASIONED BY HIS MAJESTY'S ROYAL ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE SEA-SERVICE.

I.

I.—ODE TO THE KING.

III.

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II.

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IMPERIUM PELAGI.

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1.

STRAIN THE FIRST.

II.

STRAIN THE SECOND.

III.

STRAIN THE THIRD

IV.

STRAIN THE FOURTH.

V.

STRAIN THE FIFTH.

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EPISTLES TO MR. POPE CONCERNING THE AUTHORS OF THE AGE.

I.

EPISTLE I. TO MR. POPE.

II.

EPISTLE II. FROM OXFORD.

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SEA-PIECE: MDCCXXXIII.

THE DEDICATION. TO MR. VOLTAIRE.

1.

ODE THE FIRST. THE BRITISH SAILOR'S EXULTATION.

2.

ODE THE SECOND: IN WHICH IS THE SAILOR'S PRAYER BEFORE ENGAGEMENT.

THE FOREIGN ADDRESS:

EPITAPH ON LORD AUBREY BEAUCLERK,

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REFLECTIONS ON THE PUBLIC SITUATION OF THE KINGDOM,

“THE STATESMAN'S CREED.

AN EPISTLE TO THE RIGHT HON. SIR ROBERT WALPOLE.

THE OLD MAN'S RELAPSE.

VERSES SENT BY LORD MELCOMBE TO DR. YOUNG, NOT LONG BEFORE HIS DEATH.

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