POLITE LITERATURE. 



CONTENTS. 



I. iHE comparative Authenticity of Tacitus and Suetonius, 

 illujirated by the i^uejlion, " Whether Nero was the Author 



~ " of the memorable Conflagration at Rome f By Arthur 

 Browne, LL.D. S.F.T.C.D. and M.RJ.A. - Page 3 



II. An EJfay on the Origin and Nature of our Idea of the 

 Sublime. By the Rev. George Miller, F. T. C. D. and 

 M.R.I.A.- - - - - - 17 



III. EJfay on the following SubjeEl, propofed by the Academy, 

 viz. " On Style in Writing, conftdered with refpeEl to 

 " Thoughts and Sentiments as "well as Words, and itidicating 

 *' the Writer s peculiar and chara&erijlic Difpojition, Habits 

 " and Powers of Mind." By the Rev. Robert Burrowes, 

 D. D. F. T. C. D. and Secretary to the Royal Iri/h Aca-. 



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(A I) 



