241 Countess of Shrewsbury 243 Puritanic Zeal ib, Charles Macklin Mr. Tavernier Marshal Saxe Bertrand du Guesclin ib. Monkish Superstition 252 Bishop Maule 254 The African Duel 256 Ignoramus Comcedia 258 Murder of Dr. Sharpe, Archbishop of St. Andrew's 260 Miss Ambrose 268 Medical Character of Dr. Warren 270 Humorous Dialogue 273 New-England Duel 276 Congreve 277 Remarkable Suicide 279 Suicide 284 M. Boissy 286 Henry Letter written by John Locke to Ant. Collins Letter from Mr. Pope to Mr. Prior The Chaplet, a Poem, by Edmond Swift, Esq. pher Calthrop Nicholas Hart, the great Sleeper Queen Elizabeth's Speech at the Dissolution of her Parliament in 1566 Letter to the Vice-chancellor of Cambridge Letter written by Cardinal Norfolk ANECDOTES, As I heard several of the peasants in the western quarter of the county of Cavan, talk of Dr. Swift, Dr. Sheridan, &c. it raised my curiosity to know if there was any person living, who had seen either of them; or who could give me any anecdotes of them that could be depended on. After several inquiries, I was at last told by a young man, that Mr. Con, Sheridan of Vaghteraghy, in the county of Cavan, had not only seen, but was very familiar with Dr. Sheridan, as he was related to him; adding at the same time, that the said Mr. Con. Sheridan “ was no dis “ grace to the name, as he was once in good circumstances, kept a hospitable board, spoke Latin with fluency, and had read all the books in the world; but that time had impaired his memory; VOL. 1: and |