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CONTENTS.

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PREFACE

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LECTURE I.

THREE EPOCHS IN THE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE

ANCIENT GREEKS. By Rev. John P. Mahaffy, A.M.,

Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College, Dublin

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LECTURE II.

THE POETRY OF SIR WALTER Scott. By Rev.

7. H. Jellett, B.D., Fellow of Trinity College, and

Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of

Dublin

51

LECTURE III.

THE MYSTERY OF LIFE AND ITS. Arts. By John

Ruskin, Esq., D.C.L.

91

LECTURE IV.

MR. TENNYSON AND MR. BROWNING. By Edward

Dowden, A.M., Professor of English Literature, Trinity

College, Dublin

139

LECTURE V.

By

THE PECULIARITIES OF POPULAR ORATORY.

David Sherlock, Esq., Q.C., M.P.

181
LECTURE VI,

RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN, By D. C. Heron,

Esq., Q.C.

213

LECTURE VII.

ROMEO AND JULIET. By Rev. E. Whately, A.M.

LECTURE VIII.

RECOLLECTIONS OF WORDSWORTH AND THE LAKE

COUNTRY. By Robert Perceval Graves, A.M., Sub-

Dean of the Chapel Royal

275

LECTURE IX.

SPECIMEN OF A TRANSLATION OF VIRGIL. By the

Right Rev. William Alexander, D.D., Lord Bishop of

Derry and Raphoe

325

THREE EPOCHS

IN THE

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE ANCIENT

GREEKS.

BY

JOHN P. MAHAFFY, A. M.,

FELLOW AND TUTOR OF TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN.

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