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5 Proposal for a female army
6 Lady's performance on horseback
7 Scheme for news-writers
8 Plan of military discipline
9 Progress of idleness.
10 Political credulity
11 Discourses on the weather
12 Marriages why advertised
13 The imaginary housewife
14 Robbery of time
15 Treacle's complaint of his wife
16 Drugget's retirement
17 Expedients of Idlers
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18 Drugget vindicated
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30 Corruption of news-writers
31 Disguises of idleness. Sober's character
32 Sleep
33 Journal of a fellow of a college
34 Punch and conversation
35 Auction hunter
36 The terrifick diction
37 Iron and gold
38 Debtors in prison
39 The bracelet
40 Art of advertising
41. On the death of a friend
42 Perdita's complaint of her father
43 Monitions on the flight of time
44 Use of memory
45 Portraits defended
46 Molly Quick's complaint of her mistress
47 Debora Ginger's account of city wits
48 The bustles of idleness
49 Marvel's journey
50 Marvel paralleled
51 Domestick greatness unattainable
52 Self-denial necessary
53 Mischiefs of good company
54 Mes. Savecharge's complaint
55 Author's mortifications
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57 Character of Sophron the prudent
58 Expectations of pleasure frustrated
59 Books fall into neglect
60 Minim the critick
61 Minim the critick
62 Ranger's account of the vanity of riches
63 Progress of arts and language
64 Ranger's complaint concluded
65 Fate of posthumous works
66 Loss of ancient writings -
67 Scholar's journal
68 History of translations
69 History of translations
70 Hard words defended
71 Dick Shifter's rural excursion
72 Regulation of memory
73 Tranquil's use of riches
78 Steady, Snug, Startle, Solid, and Misty
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92 Nature of cunning
93 Sam Softly's History
94 Obstructions of learning
95 Tim Wainscot's son a fine gentleman
96 Hacho of Lapland
97 Narratives of travellers considered
98 Sophia Heedful
99 Ortogral of Basra
100 The good sort of woman
101 Omar's plan of life
102 Authors inattentive to themselves
103 Horror of the last