CONTENTS.

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INTRODUCTION[11]
BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR[26]
PREFACE[i]
OF WORKS OF THE MIND[7]
OF PERSONAL MERIT[39]
OF WOMEN[58]
OF THE AFFECTIONS[86]
OF SOCIETY AND OF CONVERSATION[100]
OF THE GIFTS OF FORTUNE[132]
OF THE TOWN[164]
OF THE COURT[183]
OF THE GREAT[221]
OF THE SOVEREIGN AND THE STATE[245]
OF MANKIND[271]
OF OPINIONS[328]
OF FASHION[377]
OF CERTAIN CUSTOMS[403]
OF THE PULPIT[442]
OF FREETHINKERS[459]

LIST OF EMBELLISHMENTS.

Etchings—Portraits.

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JEAN DE LA BRUYÈRE[Frontispiece]
MONTAIGNE[23]
DESCARTES[151]
LE BRUN[236]
LOUIS XIV.[270]
WILLIAM III.[374]
BOSSUET[453]