T. 1. No rank or possessions can make the guilty mind 4. Motives to the practice of gentleness, 5. A suspicious temper the source of misery to l 6. Conforts of religion, 7. Diffidence of our abilities a mark of wisd 8. On the importance of order in the distribuuen of 9. The dignity of virtue amidst corrupt examples. 67 10. The mortifications of vice greater than those of 11. On contentment, 12. Rank and riches afford no ground for envy, as duty, - 14. Moderation in our wishes recommended, - 2 2. The cataract of Niagara, in Canada, N.America s S. The grotto of Antiparos, 4. The grotto of Antiparos, continued, 5. Earthquake at Catanea, 6. Creation, 7. On charity, 8. Prosperity is redoubled to a good man. 10. Character of Alfred, king of England, ger 1. Trial and execution of the earl of Stafford, 5. Exalted society and the renewal of virtuous con- 6. The clemency and amiable character of the pa- 143 CHAPTER IX. Promiscuous Pieces. T. 1 Eart quake at Calabria, in the year 1538, 2. Leer from Pliny to Geminius, 3. Leer from Pliny to Marcellinus, on the death of an amiable young woman, 4. n discretion, In the government of our thoughts, 132 135 136 137 139 6 on the evils that flow from a restrained passions, 14 L to one another, 8. Excellence of the holy scriptures, 142 144 9. Reflections occasioned by a review of the bles. in his sermon on the mount, 145 10. Schemes of life cften illusory, 146 11. The pleasures of virtuous sensibility, 148 12. On the true honour of man 150 13. The influence of devotion on the happiness of life, 15 E tively considered, 15. On the power of custom, and the uses to which 16 The pleasures resulting from a proper use of ov 17. Description of candour, 18. On the imperfection of that happiness which 20. Scale of beings, 21. Trust in the care of Providence recomme 24. The speech of Fabricius. a Roman 25. Character of James I. king of Engh 27. The same subject continu. d, 15 PART II. PIECES IN POETRY. CHAPTER I. SECT. 1. Short and easy sentences, Select Sentences and Paragraphs. 2. Verses in which the lines are of different length 4. Verses in various forms, 5. Verses in which sound corresponds to significa 6. Paragraphs of greater length, CHAPTER II. Narration Pieces, SECT. 1. The bears and the bees, 2. The nightingale and the glow-worm, 3. The trials of virtue, 4. The youth and the philosopher 5. Discourse between Adam and Eve, retiring to rest, 6. Religion and Death, CHAPTER III. Didactic Fieces. T. 1. The vanity of wealth, 2. Nothing formed in vain, 191 193 196 198 198 3. On pride, 199 4. Cruchy to brutes censured, 201 A paraphrase on the, latter part of the sixth 201 The death of a good man a strong incentive to virtue, 202 Reflections on a future state, froma review of 1 202 Adant's advice to Eve, to avoid temptation, On procrastination, that philosophy, which stops at secondary cau. ses, reproved, nant sentiments on national prejudices, CHAPTER IV. Descriptive Picces morning in-summer, 207 sounds, as well as rural sights, delightfuly 08 203 204 205 206 |