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&c. &c. &c.

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THE EDITOR.

NEW COLLEGE, OXFORD,

July, 1811.

A

CONTENTS

OF THE

FOURTH VOLUME.

BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS, LITERARY ANECDOTES,

AND CHARACTERS.

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1. ACCOUNT of the Life of EDWARD CAVE

II. Memoirs of Professor SAUNDERSON

III. Some Account of the Right Rev. Doctor THOMAS

SHERLOCK, who died July 18, 1761, aged 84.

Extracted from his Funeral Sermon, preached

by Doctor Nichols, Master of the Temple

IV. Some Account of Doctor STUKELEY, communicated

by Mr. P. Collinson

V. Anecdotes relative to OTWAY and LEE

VI. Particulars of the Life of Sir ISAAC NEWTON

VII. Anecdotes of Bishop SHERLOCK, Bishop MADOX, Sir

JOSEPH JEKYL, Archbishop POTTER, Doctor CON-

YERS MIDDLETON, Doctor JOHN JORTIN, and Arch-

bishop GILBERT

VIII. Anecdotes of ATTERBURY, BENTLEY, POPE, and

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IX. Anecdotes of MATTHEW PRIOR, and JOHN, DUKE

of MARLBOROUGH

X. Memoirs relative to CALEB THRELKELD, M. D.

XI. Anecdotes of the Rev. JEREMIAH MARKLAND

XII. Anecdotes, Literary and Biographical, of Mr.

BOWYER

XIII. Anecdotes of the SACHEVERELL Family

XIV. Hints towards a Life of Doctor BENTLEY

XV. Anecdotes of Mr. MAITTAIRE, with an Account

of his Publications

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XVI. Anecdotes of Mr. ROBERT SCOTT, and Observa-

tions on the Booksellers of Little Britain, at

the latter end of the Seventeenth Century

XVII. Brief Memoirs of THOMAS COXETER

XVIII. Biographical Memoirs of Sir SIMON Basker-

VILLE, M. D. and GEORGE BATE, M.D.

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XIX. Biographical Memoirs of ABRAHAM SHARP

XX. Character of DEAN SWIFT. From the MSS. of

a Gentleman lately deceased, at Dublin

XXI. Anecdotes of GILBERT WEST, Bishop BURNET,

Bishop ATTERBURY, Archbishop HERRING,

Doctor DODDRIDGE, and Mr. JAMES HERVEY

XXII. Anecdotes relative to Doctor SAMUEL CLARKE

XXIII. Particulars in the early Life of ATTERBURY

XXIV. Anecdotes of Bishop THOMAS, Doctor YARBO.

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ROUGH, Archbishop TILLOTSON, Bishop LLOYD,

Doctor SouтH, Mr. WHISTON, and Mr. GUY

XXV. Anecdotes of Doctor RICHARD NEWTON, Doctor

ROGER LONG, and Mr. SAMUEL RICHARDSON

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XXVI. Anecdotes of ARTHUR COLLINS

XXVII. Anecdotes of the Rev. Doctor JOHN FOSTER, of

XXX. A short Account of CHARLES ROGERS, Esq.