10. But if a hermit you're resolv'd to dwell, God never made an independent man; He'd sigh, he'd murmur, that he was alone. The God (whate'er misanthropy may say,) What boots through space's furthest bourns to roam ? 14. Though man's ungrateful, or though fortune frown; Whom Heaven approves of most, must feel her rod. 16. But when old age has silver'd o'er thy head, * One of the accusers of Socrates. GRAINGER. FINIS. PART I. PIECES IN PROSE. CHAPTER I. Select Sentences and Paragraphs. CHAPTER II.. Narrative Pieces. Sect. 1. No rank or possessions can make the guilty mind happy, 3. Haman; or the misery of pride, 4. Lady Jane Gray, 5. Ortogrul; or the vanity of riches, 3. On forgiveness, 4. Motives to the practice of gentleness, 5. A suspicious temper the source of misery to its possessor, 7. Diffidence of our abilities a mark of wisdom, 8. On the importance of order in the distribution of our time, 9. The dignity of virtue amidst corrupt examples, 10. The mortifications of vice greater than those of virtue, 11. On contentment, 12. Rank and riches afford no ground for envy, 13. Patience under provocations our interest as well as duty, 14. Moderation in our wishes recommended, Pago 15. Omniscience and omnipresence of the Deity, the source of conso- lation to good men, CHAPTER IV. Sect. 1. Happiness is founded in rectitude of conduct, 2. Virtue man's highest interest, 3. The injustice of an uncharitable spirit, 4. The misfortunes of men mostly chargeable on themselves, 6. On the immortality of the soul, CHAPTER V. sct. 1. The seasons, 102 2. The cataract of Niagara, in Canada, North America, 104 CHAPTER VI. Pathetic Picces. Sect. 1. Trial and exccution of the Earl of Strafford, 2. An eminent instance of true fortitude of mind, 4. The close of Efe, 5. Exalted society, and the renewal of virtuous connections, two 6. The clemency and amiable character of the patriarch Joseph, CHAPTER VII. Sect. 1. Democritus and Heraclitus, 2. Dionysius, Pythias, and Dainon, CHAPTER VIII. Sect. 1. Cicero against Vorres, 122 124 125 126 128 129 132 135 - 137 140 2. Speech of Adherbal to the Roman Senate, imploring their protec- 146 150 3. The Apostle Paul's noble defence before Festus and Agrippa 154 Sect. 1. Earthquake at Calabria, in the year 1638, 2. Letter from Pliny to Geminius, 3. Letter from Pliny to Marcellinus, on the death of an amiable young 5. On the government of our thoughts, 6. On the evils which flow from unrestrained passions, 7. On the proper state of our temper, with respect to one another, - 9. Reflections occasioned by a review of the blessings, pronounced by 10. Schemes of life often illusory, 185 187 13. The influence of devotion on the happiness of life, 14. The planetary and terrestrial worlds comparatively considered, 189 191 194 196 197 - 18. On the imperfection of that happiness which rests solely on world- 198 19. What are the real and solid enjoyments of human life, 23. Virtue, when deeply rooted, is not subject to the influence of for- tane, 211 24 The speech of Fabricius, a Roman ambassador, to king Pyrrhus, 25 Character of James I. king of Engiand, 213 214 2. The same subject continued, PART II. PIECES IN POETRY. Select Sentences and Paragraphs. 3. The trials of virtue, Narrative Pieces. Sect. 1. The bears and the bees 2. The nightingale and the glow worm, ib. 5. A paraphrase on the latter part of the 6th chap. of Matthew, 10 That philosophy, which stops at secondary causes, reproved, 11. Indignant sentiments on national prejudice and hatred; and on sla- 259 2. Rural sounds, as well as rural sights, delightful, ib. 8. A morning hymn, 969 |