The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry

J. D. Bemis and Company, 1822 - Readers - 272 pages

PIECES IN PROSE CHAPTER I	23

No rank or possessions can make the guilty mind happy 2 Change of external condition often adverse to virtue 3 Haman or the misery of pride 4 La...	39

The journey of a day a picture of human life	51

Didactic Pieces SEC 1 The importance of a good education	54

On gratitude 3 On forgiveness	56

Motives to the practice of gentleness	57

A suspicious temper the source of misery to its posses sor	58

Comforts of religion 54 56	60

Liberty and slavery contrasted	224

Charity A paraphrase on the 13th chapter of the first Epistle to the Corinthians	225

Picture of a good man	226

The pleasures of retirement	228

The pleasure and berefit of an improved and well direc ted imagination	229

Pathetic Pieces SEC 1 The hermit	230

The beggars petition	232

The unhappy close of life	233

Diffidence of our abilities a mark of wisdom	61

On the importance of order in the distribution of our time	62

The dignity of virtue amidst corrupt examples	63

The mortifications of vice greater than those of virtue	65

On contentment	66

Rank and riches afford no ground for envy	69

Patience under provocations our interest as well as duty	70

Moderation in our wishes recommended	72

Omniscience and omnipresence of the Deity the source of consolation to good men N 88228 288 G 57 60 61 62 63 66 69 70 72	74

Happiness is founded in rectitude of conduct	77

Page	88

Character of Queen Elizabeth	98

Pathetic Pieces	105

Dialogues	116

Public Speeches	125

The Apostle Pauls noble defence before Festus	132

Page	134

Earthquake at Calabria in the year 1638	141

The speech of Fabricius a Roman ambassador to king	183

PIECES IN POETRY	191

Narrative Pieces	202

The vanity of wealth	211

Descriptive Pieces	221

Care of birds for their young	223

Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk during his solitary abode in the island of Juan Fer nandez	234

Gratitude	236

A man perishing in the snow from whence reflections are raised on the miseries of life	237

A morning hymn	239

Promiscuous Pieces SEC 1 Ode to content	240

The shepherd and the philosopher	242

The road to happiness open to all men	244

The goodness of Providence	245

Address to the Deity	246

The pursuit of happiness often ill directed	247

The fireside	249

Providence vindicated in the present state of man	251

Selfishness reproved	252

Human frailty	253

Ode to peace	254

The Creation required to praise its Author	256

The universal prayer	258

Conscience	259

On an infant	260

Day A pastoral in three parts	261

The order of nature 204	264

Hymn composed during sickness	265

Hymn on a review of the seasons	266

On solitude	268

Title	The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry
Contributor	Lindley Murray
Edition	3
Publisher	J. D. Bemis and Company, 1822
Original from	University of Minnesota
Digitized	Aug 3, 2010
Length	272 pages

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