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ARGUMENT.

This not a Time favourable to Poetical Composition; and why.—Newspapers enemies to Literature, and their general Influence;—their Numbers.—The Sunday Monitor.—Their general Character.—Their Effect upon Individuals;—upon Society,—in the Country.—The Village-Freeholder.—What kind of Composition a Newspaper is, and the Amusement it affords:—Of what Parts it is chiefly composed.—Articles of Intelligence.—Advertisements:—The Stage:—Quacks:—Puffing.—The Correspondents to a Newspaper, Political and Poetical:—Advice to the latter.—Conclusion.