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ELACION de la Navegacion de Juan de Grijalva,
facada de la Hiftoria de Antonio de Solis,
Capitulo fegundo del Libro fegundo de la Hiftoria del fa-
mofo Precicador Fray Gerundio *,
46

Defcripcion de la efpantable y jamas imaginada Aventura

de los Molinos de Viento, facada de la Hiftoria de Don

Quixote,

146

Difcurfo de la Paftora Marcela; facada de la Hiftoria de

Don Quixote,

158

Confejos que dio Don Quixote a Sancho Panza antes que

fueffe a Governar la Infula,

174

A Differtation upon Poetry, from the Prince of Abiffinia,

by Samuel Johnson,

188

The Difference between advifing and doing; from the

Prince of Abiffinia,

198

208

Obfervations on Life; from the Prince of Abiffinia,

Discorso tratto dall' Offervatore Veneto di Gasparo Gozzi,

256

268

Altro Discorso dello fteffo Gafparo Gozzi, tratto dallo fteffo

Libro,

Discorso terzo, tratto dal medefimo Offervatore, &c. 284

Description de la Démeure de Calypfo, tireé du prémier

Livre du Telemaque,

296

de l'Ile de Crete, tireé du cinquème Livre de

Télémaque,

302

Caractére d'Eurimaque, tiré du feizième Livre de Téléma-

310

que,

Description des Armes données par Minerve à Télémaque,

312

du Paffage aux Enfers tirée du Télémaque, 320

Pluton fur fon Trône, Defcription tirée du Télémaque, 330

* This celebrated work has been lately tranflated into English, and
published in two vols. 8vo.

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