is, to me, a congenial thought, with an echoed turn of expression of the lines from the School-Mistress.

I shall now restore the ludicrous INDEX, and adapt it to the stanzas of the later edition.

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sp;                                                     Stanza
     Introduction 1
     The subject proposed 2
     A circumstance in the situation of the MANSION OF EARLY
        DISCIPLINE, discovering the surprising influence of the
        connexions of ideas 3
     A simile; introducing a deprecation of the joyless effects
        of BIGOTRY and SUPERSTITION 4
     Some peculiarities indicative of a COUNTRY SCHOOL, with a
        short sketch of the SOVEREIGN presiding over it 5
     Some account of her NIGHTCAP, APRON, and a tremendous
        description of her BIRCHEN SCEPTER 6
     A parallel instance of the advantages of LEGAL GOVERNMENT
        with regard to children and the wind 7
     Her gown 8
     Her TITLES, and punctilious nicety in the ceremonious
        assertion of them
     A digression concerning her HEN’S presumptuous behaviour, with
        a circumstance tending to give the cautious reader a more
        accurate idea of the officious diligence and economy
        of an old woman. 10
     A view of this RURAL POTENTATE as seated in her chair of state,
        conferring HONOURS, distributing BOUNTIES, and dispersing
        PROCLAMATIONS 16
     Her POLICIES 17
     The ACTION of the poem commences with a general summons,
        follows a particular description of the artful structure,
        decoration, and fortifications of an HORN-BIBLE 18
     A surprising picture of sisterly affection
        by way of episode 20, 21
     A short list of the methods now in use to avoid a
        whipping—­which nevertheless follows 22
     The force of example 23
     A sketch of the particular symptoms of obstinacy as they
        discover themselves in a child, with a simile illustrating
        a blubbered face 24, 25, 26
     A hint of great importance 27
     The piety of the poet in relation to that school-dame’s memory,
        who had the first formation of a CERTAIN patriot.
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