The Independent Reflector : : Or, Weekly Essays on Sundry Important Subjects, More Particularly Adapted to the Province of New-York / / William Livingston; ed. by Milton M. Klein.

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• VerfasserIn: Livingston, William,
• HerausgeberIn: Klein, Milton M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1963
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Series: The John Harvard Library ; 7
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (460 p.) :; 1 Faks.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; INTRODUCTION --; NOTE ON THE TEXT --; Number I. The INTRODUCTION, or Design of this Paper --; Number II. Remarks on the EXCISE; and the Farming it, shewn to be injurious to the Province --; Number III. The Abuses of the ROAD, and CITY-WATCH --; Number IV. The different Effects of an absolute and a limited Monarchy: The Glory of a Prince ruling according to Law, superior to that of an arbitrary Sovereign; with the peculiar Happiness of the BRITISH Nation --; Number V. On the Importation of MENDICANT Foreigners --; Number VI. A Vindication of the MORAVIANS, against the Aspersions of their Enemies --; Number VII. A Proposal of some farther Regulations, for the speedier and more effectual Extinguishing of FIRES, that may happen in this City --; Number VIII. A brief Consideration of NEW-YORK, with respect to its natural Advantages: Its Superiority in several Instances, over some of the neighbouring Colonies --; Number IX. Public Virtue to be distinguished by public Honours: The Selling of Offices, which require Skill and Confidence, a dismal Omen of the Declension of a State --; Number X. Remarks on a Petition, preferred to the Corporation in the Year 1748; lately revived, and now under Consultation --; Number XI. The Authors Vindication of himself: The Treatment he has met with, scurrilous and unreasonable; with his Resolution to proceed; and the Disinterestedness of his Labours --; Number XII. The Use and Importance of the Practice of PHYSIC; together with the Difficulty of the Science, and the dismal Havock made by Quacks and Pretenders --; Number XIII. Of PARTY-DIVISIONS --; Number XIV. [Remarks on the Water Lots, continued] --; Number XV. The Controversy between the Independent Reflector, and his Adversaries, truly stated, and considered --; Number XVI. Of the Transportation of Felons --; Number XVII. Remarks on Our Intended COLLEGE --; Number XVIII. A Continuation of the same Subject --; Number XIX. The same Subject continued --; Number XX. A farther Prosecution of the same Subject --; Number XXI. Remarks on the COLLEGE continued --; Number XXII. The same Subject continued and concluded in An ADDRESS to the Inhabitants of this Province --; Number XXIII. Of PATRIOTISM --; Number XXIV. Reasons for the farther regulating of Beef and Pork; together with the Necessity of an Act for the Inspection of Butter --; Number XXV. Remarks on the EXCISE, resumed --; Number XXVI. Remarks on our BILLS OF CREDIT, and COPPER-PENCE --; Number XXVII. A PRAYER --; Number XXVIII. On the Delays in CHANCERY --; Number XXIX. Of the Extravagance of our FUNERALS --; Number XXX. The Multiplicity of OATHS, and the Levity and Indecorum wherewith they are administered and taken, pernicious to Society --; Number XXXI. Primitive CHRISTIANITY short and intelligible, modern CHRISTIANITY voluminous and incomprehensible --; Number XXXII. Of ELECTIONS, and ELECTION-JOBBERS --; Number XXXIII. A Discant on the Origin, Nature, Use and Abuse of Civil Government --; Number XXXIV. Of the Veneration and Contempt of the CLERGY --; Number XXXV. Of Abuses in the Practice of the LAW --; Number XXXVI. The Absurdity of the civil Magistrate's interfering in Matters of Religion --; Number XXXVIII. Of Passive Obedience and Non-Resistance --; Number XXXIX. Further Reflections on the Doctrines of PASSIVE OBEDIENCE and NON-RESISTANCE, drawn from a Consideration of the Rights and Privileges of human Nature, and the due End and Extent of Government --; Number XL. Of the Use, Abuse, and LIBERTY OF THE PRESS --; Number XLI. A Defence of RIDICULE --; Number XLII. The Importance of the Office of a Justice of Peace, with the Qualifications necessary for its due Discharge --; Number XLIII. The Vanity of Birth and Titles; with the Absurdity of claiming Respect without Merit --; Number XLIV. The Arguments in support of an ecclesiastical Establishment in this Province, impartially considered, and refuted --; Number XLV. A Catalogue of sundry Grievances, which require immediate Redress --; Number XLVl. Of CREEDS and SYSTEMS, together with the Author's own Creed --; Number XLVII. Of CREDULITY --; Number XLVIII. Of the WASTE of LIFE --; Number XLIΧ. Of human Nature, the Immortality of the Soul, and whether it can exist without thinking --; Number L. The Advantages of Education, with the Necessity of instituting Grammar Schools for the Instruction of Youth, preparatory to their Admission into our intended COLLEGE --; Number LI. [On the College and the Clergy] --; Number LII. The Consideration of the natural Advantages of New-York, resumed and concluded --; APPENDIX I. PLANNED ADDITIONAL NUMBERS OF THE INDEPENDENT REFLECTOR --; APPENDIX II. THE PROBLEM OF AUTHORSHIP OF THE INDEPENDENT REFLECTOR --; APPENDIX III. THE INDEPENDENT REFLECTOR AND THE INDEPENDENT WHIG --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674184923; 9783110353488; 9783110353563; 9783110442212
• DOI: 10.4159/harvard.9780674184923
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: William Livingston; ed. by Milton M. Klein.