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The pursuit of the pleasures of imagination ought to be regulated by the precepts of benevolence, piety, and the moral sense 475

Practical rules concerning the elegancies and amusements of life 477

Practical rules concerning mirth, wit, and humour 479

Practical rules concerning the polite arts, and particularly of painting, music, and poetry 480

Practical rules concerning the pursuit of science 481

Practical rules concerning the ignorance, difficulties, and perplexities in which we find ourselves involved 482

Sect. IV.

The Regard due to the Pleasures of Honour, and the Pains of Shame, in forming the Rule of Life.

The pleasures of honour ought not to be made a primary pursuit 483

The pleasures of honour may be obtained in their greatest degree, and highest perfection, by paying a strict regard to the precepts of benevolence, piety, and the moral sense 485

Practical observations on the nature of humility, and the methods of attaining it 487

Sect. V.

The Regard due to the Pleasures and Pains of Self-interest in forming the Rule of Life.

The pleasures of self-interest ought not to be made a primary pursuit 491

A strict regard to the precepts of benevolence, piety, and the moral sense, favours even gross self-interest, and is the only method by which the refined and rational can be secured 496

Practical observations on self-interest and self-annihilation 497