Dogmatism not confined to lars, 169. Doubt, a vestibule, 251. Doubt, a serious one, 324. scho- Gamester doubly ruined, how, 200. Drafts drawn by genius on posteri-God will excuse our prayers, when, ty always paid, 36. 149. Dreams prove nothing but the cre- Good unalloyed, a rare thing, 7. dulity of mankind, 446. Duels the fault of seconds as often Efforts profusely rewarded, when, 416. Egotism awkward, 104. Elizabeth, Queen, her life preserv 17. Envious, their censure does us cre- Error differs from ignorance, 1. Errors, little ones to be pardoned, Estate, a very large one, and pays Evils remediless, two, 55. Fame, an undertaker, 527. Female improvement, 137. Fine houses, finest when, 30. Governments give national charac- Half measures, 174. Hatred differs from pity, in what, 478. Head, the seat of contentment, 163. Heaven, the road to it too narrow Hesitation, a weakness, 401. Horace, a sycophantic satyrist, 413. of vice, 271. Imitators of princes numerous, 199. living ones, more flattered, but less praised than they de serve, 545. Knowledge, 50. How attained, 155. Opinions, when they may be changed without suspicion, 102. 213. The clearest the most Opponents best answered, how, simple, 187. Labour, a good, 67. Law and equity, 381. Laws and arms, 162. Learned blunders, 408. Letters, laboured ones, 195. Life a theatre, 18. 119. Opportunities often overlooked, 46. 581. Patriots, modern, 176. its ills how to bear them, 95. Pedantry wrong by rules, 48. Logic, 302, 548. London audience, 309. of power, 156. Man both social and selfih, 327. Martyrs, modern, scarce, 201. Men every where the same, 91. 112. Persecutors often hypocrites, 206. People, remarks on enlightening, 494. Philip, King, 505. Philosophy a jack of all trades, 205. Physiognomists, pickpockets the best, $37. Physic most despised by physicians, 338. Pitt, William, a neat manœuvre of Plans best executed, when, 61. Posthumous charity, 341. Property, the only real, 52. Private vices public benefits, false, 350: Prating coxcombs, 373. LACON: OR MANY THINGS IN FEW WORDS; ADDRESSED TO THOSE WHO THINK. BY THE REV. C. C. COLTON, A. M. LATE FELLOW OF KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE; AUTHOR OF HYPOCRISY, A SATIRE;''MOSCOW, A POEM ;' CRITICAL REMARKS ON LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, BROWN, AND GREEN, PATERNOSTER-ROW. 1825. INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND VOLUME. I KNOW not that I should have attempted a Second Volume of LACON, if the first had not met with some encouragement; Its reception has proved that my book has been purchased at least by the many, and I have testimonies far more gratifying, that it has not been disapproved of by the few. He that aspires to produce a work that shall instruct and amuse the unlearned, without displeasing or disgusting the scholar, proposes to himself an object more attainable perhaps on any other theme, than on that which I have adopted; for on this subject all men are critics, although very few are connoisseurs; the man of the world is indig nant at being supposed to stand in need of information, and the philosopher feels that he is above it; the old will not quit the school of their own experience, and hope is the only moralist that has any weight with the young. There are many things on which even a coxcomb will receive instruction with gratitude, as for instance a knowledge of the languages, or of the mathematics, |