4. The close of life,

5. Exalted society and the renewal of virtuous connexions, &c.:
6. The clemency and amiable character of the patriarch Joseph,
⚫ Altamont,

CHAPTER VII-Dialogues.

1 Democritus and Heraclitus,

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CHAPTER VIII-Public Speeches.

Cices against Verres,

114

1. Speech of Adherbal to the Roman Senate, imploring protection,

J. The Apostle Faul's noble defence before Festus and Agrippa,. 117

Lord Mansfeld's speech: in the House of Lords, 1770, on the bill

for proven ing the delays of justice, &c.

4. An Address to young persons,

CHAPTER IX-Promiscuous Picces.

3. Letter from Pliny to M. rcellinus, on the death of an amiable

young woman,

4. On Discretion,

5. On the government of our thoughts,

6. On the evils which flow from: Lurestrained passion,.

7. On the proper state of our temper, with respect to one another,

8. Excellence of the Holy Stripes,

9. Reflections occasioned by a review of the blessings pronounced

by Christ, ou his discipios, in his sermon on the mount,

10. Schemes of lite often illusory,.

11. The pleasures of virtuous sensibility,

12. On the true honour of man,

13. The influence of devotion on the happiness of life,.

14. The planetary and terrestrial worl la comparatively considered, 147

15. On the power of custom, and the uses to which it may be applied, 149

16. The pleasure resulting from a proper use of our faculties, .

7. Description of Candour,.

19. What are the real and solid enjoyments of human life,

20. Scale of beings,

21. Trust in the care of Providence rras ma ended,

150

151

18. Un the imperfection of that happiness which rests solely on
worldly pleasures..

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22. Piety and gratitude enliven prosperity, -

161

23. Virtue, deeply rooted, is not subject to the influence of fortune,

24. The speech of Fabricius, to king Pyrrhus, who attempted to

bribe him to his interests, by the offer of a large sum of money, 164

25. Character of James I. king of England, -

26. Charles V. Emp. of (iermany, resigns his dominions, &c.

27. The same subject continued,

CHAPTER I. Select Sentences and Paragraphs.

1. Short and easy sentences,

2. Verses in which the lines are of different length,

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173

3. Verses containing exclamations, interrogations, parentheses, & 174

4. Verses in various forins,

5. Verses in which sound corresponds to signification,

2 The nightingale and the glow-worm,

182

3. The trials of virtue,

183

4. The youth and the philosopher,

185

5. Discourse between Adam and Eve retiring to rest,

186

3. The Rose,

4. Care of birds for their young,

5. Liberty and slavery contrasted,

8. The pleasures of retirement,

5. A paraphrase on the latter part of the 6th chapter of Matthew,

6. The death of a good man a strong incentive to virtue,

7. Reflections on the future state, from a review of winter,.

8. Adam's advice to Eve, to avoid temptation,

9. On procrastination,

10. That philosophy which stops at secondary causes, reproved,

11. Indignant sentiments on national prejudice, siavery, &c.

1. The morning in summer,

2. Rural sounds, as well as rural sights, delightful,

6. Charity. A paraphrase on the 13th chap. to the Corinthians,

7. Picture of a good man,

9. The pleasures and benefit of an improved imagination,

1. The Hermit,

2. The Beggar's Petition,

3. Unhappy close of life,

4. Elegy to Pity,.

5. Verses by Alex. Selkirk, in the island of Juan Fernandez,

6. Gratitude,

7. A man perishing in the snow, with reflections, &c. &c.

8. A morning hymn,

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ib.

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CHAPTER V.-Pathetic Pieces.

CHAPTER VI.-Promiscuous Pieces.

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7. The pursuit of happiness often ill-directed,

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8. The fire-side, -

227

9. Providence vindicated in the present state of man,

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