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On the beauties of the Psalms
9
Character of Alfred king of England
10
Character of Queen Elizabeth
11
On the slavery of vice
12
The man of integrity
13
Gentleness CHAPTER VI Pathetic Pieces
14
The close of life
95
Exalted society and the renewal of virtuous connexions c
97
The clemency and amiable character of the patriarch Joseph
98
Altamont
100
Democritus and Heraclitus
102
Dionysius Pythias and Damon
104
Locke and Bayle
106
Cicero against Verres
111
Speech of Adherbal to the Roman Senate imploring protection
114
The Apostle Pauls noble defence before Festus and Agrippa
117
Lord Mansfields speech in the House of Lords 1770 on the bill for preventing the delays of justice c
119
An Address to young persons
123
Earthquake at Calabria in the year 1538
126
Letter from Pliny to Geminius
129
Letter from Pliny to Marcellinus on the death of an amiable young woman
130
On Discretion
131
On the government of our thoughts
133
On the evils which flow from unrestrained passion
135
On the proper state of our temper with respect to one another
136
Excellence of the Holy Scriptures
138
Reflections occasioned by a review of the blessings pronounced by Christ on his disciples in his sermon on the mount
139
Schemes of life often illusory
140
The pleasures of virtuous sensibility
142
On the true honour of man
144
The influence of devotion on the happiness of life
145
The planetary and terrestrial worlds comparatively considered
147
On the power of custom and the uses to which it may be applied
149
The pleasure resulting from a proper use of our faculties
150
Description of Candour
151
On the imperfection of that happiness which rests solely on worldly pleasures
152
What are the real and solid enjoyments of human life
155
Scale of beings
157
Trust in the care of Providence recommended
159
Piety and gratitude enliven prosperity
161
Virtue deeply rooted is not subject to the influence of fortune
163
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
Character of James I king of England
165
Charles V Emp of Germany resigns his dominions c
166
The same subject continued
168
The youth and the philosopher
185
Discourse between Adam and Eve retiring to rest
186
Religion and death
189
The vanity of wealth
191
Nothing formed in vain
192
On pride ib 4 Cruelty to brutes censured
193
A paraphrase on the latter part of the 6th chapter of Matthew
194
The death of a good man a strong incentive to virtue
195
Reflections on the future state from a review of winter ib 8 Adams adviceto Eve to avoid temptation
197
That philosophy which stops at secondary causes reproved
199
Indignant sentiments on national prejudice slavery c
200
Rural sounds as well as rural sights delightful
202
The Rose ib 4 Care of birds for their young
203
Liberty and slavery contrasted ib 6 Charity A paraphrase on the 13th chap to the Corinthians
204
Picture of a good man
206
The pleasures of retirement
207
The pleasures and benefit of an improved imagination
208
The Hermit
210
The Beggars Petition
211
Unhappy close of life
212
Elegy to Pity
213
Verses by Alex Selkirk in the island of Juan Fernandez ib 6 Gratitude
215
A man perishing in the snow with reflections c c
216
A morning bymn
218
Ode to Content
219
The Shepherd and the Philosopher
221
The road to happiness open to all men
222
The goodness of Providence
223
The Creators works attest his greatness
224
Address to the Deity
225
The pursuit of happiness often illdirected
226
The fireside
227
Providence vindicated in the present state of man
229
Selfishness reproved
230
Human frailty
231
Ode to peace
232
Ode to adversity ib 14 The creation required to praise its Author
234
The universal prayer
235
Conscience
237
On an infant ib 18 The Cuckoo
238
Day A pastoral in three parts ib 20 The order of nature
241
Confidence in Divine protection
242
Hymn on a review of the Seasons
243
On Solitude
245
Trial and execution of the earl of Strafford 2 An eminent instance of true fortitude of mind The good mans comfort in affliction 92 3
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Pagina 214 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, , Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise Him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Pagina 183 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Pagina 219 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, •And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Pagina 173 - The Epitaph Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth A Youth, to Fortune and to Fame unknown; Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own.
Pagina 23 - A soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger.
Pagina 220 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The Moon takes up the wondrous tale; And nightly, to the listening Earth, Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets, in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Pagina 207 - And darkness and doubt are now flying away ; No longer I roam in conjecture forlorn. So breaks on the traveller, faint, and astray, The bright and the balmy effulgence of morn. See Truth, Love, and Mercy, in triumph descending, And nature all glowing in Eden's first bloom ! On the cold cheek of Death smiles and roses are blending, And Beauty immortal awakes from the tomb.
Pagina 232 - If I am right, Thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, oh, teach my heart To find that better way.
Pagina 225 - Hope humbly then ; with trembling pinions soar ; Wait the great teacher death, and God adore. What future bliss, he gives not thee to know, But gives that hope to be thy blessing now. Hope springs eternal in the human breast : Man never is, but always to be blest.
Pagina 238 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent ; Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect in a hair as heart ; As full, as perfect in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns. To Him no high, no low, no great, no small ; He fills, He bounds, connects and equals all.

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