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The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IV (of X)—Great Britain and Ireland II

by Anonymous

Chapters (78)
  1. THE BEST 0:00
  2. THE BEST 0:07
  3. World's Classics 0:11
  4. GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND—II 0:34
  5. GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND—II: CONTENTS Vol. IV—Great Britain and Ireland—II: GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND—II 1672-1800: SIR RICHARD STEELE 0:53
  6. I OF COMPANIONS AND FLATTERERS 1:36
  7. II THE STORY-TELLER AND HIS ART[1] 7:26
  8. III SIR ROGER AND THE WIDOW[2] 11:11
  9. IV THE COVERLEY FAMILY PORTRAITS[3] 19:53
  10. V ON CERTAIN SYMPTOMS OF GREATNESS[4] 26:50
  11. VI HOW TO BE HAPPY THO MARRIED[5] 33:49
  12. LORD BOLINGBROKE 41:55
  13. I OF THE SHORTNESS OF HUMAN LIFE 42:34
  14. II RULES FOR THE STUDY OF HISTORY[7] 48:39
  15. ALEXANDER POPE 54:50
  16. I AN ANCIENT ENGLISH COUNTRY SEAT[8] 55:23
  17. II HIS COMPLIMENTS TO LADY MARY[9] 1:03:30
  18. III HOW TO MAKE AN EPIC POEM[11] 1:09:27
  19. LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU 1:17:19
  20. I ON HAPPINESS IN THE MATRIMONIAL STATE[14] 1:17:58
  21. II INOCULATION FOR THE SMALLPOX[15] 1:24:58
  22. LORD CHESTERFIELD 1:27:40
  23. I OF GOOD MANNERS, DRESS AND THE WORLD[16] 1:28:03
  24. II OF ATTENTIONS TO LADIES[17] 1:35:54
  25. HENRY FIELDING 1:40:35
  26. I TOM THE HERO ENTERS THE STAGE[18] 1:41:10
  27. II PARTRIDGE SEES GARRICK AT THE PLAY[19] 1:51:49
  28. III MR. ADAMS IN A POLITICAL LIGHT[21] 2:00:39
  29. SAMUEL JOHNSON 2:06:40
  30. I ON PUBLISHING HIS "DICTIONARY"[22] 2:07:26
  31. II POPE AND DRYDEN COMPARED[24] 2:12:05
  32. III LETTER TO CHESTERFIELD ON THE COMPLETION OF THE "DICTIONARY"[26] 2:17:15
  33. IV ON THE ADVANTAGES OF LIVING IN A GARRET[27] 2:19:45
  34. DAVID HUME 2:27:51
  35. I THE CHARACTER OF QUEEN ELIZABETH[29] 2:28:28
  36. II THE DEFEAT OF THE ARMADA[30] 2:32:37
  37. III THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT 2:38:47
  38. LAURENCE STERNE 2:45:52
  39. I THE STARLING IN CAPTIVITY[33] 2:46:22
  40. II TO MOULINES WITH MARIA[34] 2:52:01
  41. III THE DEATH OF LE FEVRE[35] 2:54:48
  42. IV PASSAGES FROM THE ROMANCE OF MY UNCLE TOBY AND THE WIDOW[36] 2:58:18
  43. THOMAS GRAY 3:12:07
  44. I WARWICK CASTLE[37] 3:12:38
  45. II TO HIS FRIEND MASON ON THE DEATH OF MASON'S MOTHER[38] 3:15:57
  46. III ON HIS OWN WRITINGS[39] 3:16:45
  47. IV HIS FRIENDSHIP FOR BONSTETTEN[41] 3:19:41
  48. HORACE WALPOLE 3:22:47
  49. I HOGARTH[42] 3:23:16
  50. II THE WAR IN AMERICA[43] 3:31:25
  51. III THE DEATH OF GEORGE II[44] 3:32:29
  52. GILBERT WHITE 3:35:59
  53. THE CHIMNEY-SWALLOW 3:36:17
  54. ADAM SMITH 3:43:19
  55. I OF AMBITION MISDIRECTED[46] 3:43:58
  56. II THE ADVANTAGES OF A DIVISION OF LABOR[47] 3:47:35
  57. SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE 3:51:05
  58. PROFESSIONAL SOLDIERS IN FREE COUNTRIES 3:51:29
  59. OLIVER GOLDSMITH 4:03:06
  60. I THE AMBITIONS OF THE VICAR'S FAMILY[51] 4:03:41
  61. II SAGACITY IN INSECTS[52] 4:11:18
  62. III A CHINAMAN'S VIEW OF LONDON[53] 4:20:03
  63. EDMUND BURKE 4:27:20
  64. I THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD TASTE[54] 4:27:58
  65. II THE LETTER TO A NOBLE LORD[55] 4:46:35
  66. III ON THE DEATH OF HIS SON[56] 4:53:38
  67. IV MARIE ANTOINETTE[57] 4:56:51
  68. WILLIAM COWPER 4:59:22
  69. I OF KEEPING ONE'S SELF EMPLOYED[58] 4:59:57
  70. II ON JOHNSON'S TREATMENT OF MILTON[59] 5:03:00
  71. III ON THE PUBLICATION OF HIS BOOKS[60] 5:05:17
  72. EDWARD GIBBON 5:11:51
  73. I THE ROMANCE OF HIS YOUTH[64] 5:12:36
  74. II THE INCEPTION AND COMPLETION OF HIS "DECLINE AND FALL"[66] 5:16:11
  75. III THE FALL OF ZENOBIA[67] 5:18:08
  76. IV ALARIC'S ENTRY INTO ROME[71] 5:28:09
  77. V THE DEATH OF HOSEIN[72] 5:35:02
  78. VI THE CAUSES OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE CITY OF ROME[77] 5:39:41
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Narrator
Howard — Erudite New England Antiquarian (en-US)
Length
5 hr 56 min
Language
English
Added
October 24, 2026
Source ebook
Project Gutenberg
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