Conversations moral and entertaining, between an English gentleman and a Knight of Malta. Containing a lively picture of the heart of man; his passions, and sources of action: interspersed with real, curious, and select histories on a variety of the most important and affecting subjects; particularly, I. Reflections on the passions in general; and the remarkable history of a certain young counsellor; ... II. On love, its use and abuse; illustrated by the tragical history of a young lady in Essex. III. Reflections on anger, revenge, and duelling; with an instanc of uncommon moderation in Sir William Temple. IV. Observations on enthusiasm; with a digression on Mr. Whitefield and his followers. V. Reflections on avarice, with surprising instances of it in the Mississippi and the South-Sea years; ... VI. Reflections on ambition, pride, and luxury, in persons of quality, and tradesmen, and the fatal effects of it in the fall of a corrupt prime minister. VII. The unhappy effects of gaming, and th

People / Organizations

• Jacob Robinson ("printed for")

Imprint

London: printed for Jacob Robinson, at the Golden-Lion in Ludgate-street, M.DCC.XLIII. [1743]

Publication year

1743

ESTC No.

N71239

Grub Street ID

51545

Description

[6], 312 p. ; 12°.

Note

Lasf A4 is cancelled.