SECT. 1. No rank or possessions can make the guilty 2. Change of external condition often adverse 3. Haman; or the misery of pride, 5. Ortogrul ; or the vanity of riches, Page Sect. 8. On the importance of order in the distribution of our limne, 51 9. The dignity of virtue amidst corrupt examples, 53 10. The mortifications of vice greater than triose of virtue, 55 il On contentment, 56 12 Rank and riches afford no ground for envy, 60 13. Patience under provocations Our interest as well as duly, 62 14 Moderation in our wishes recommender, 64 15. Omniscience and omnipresence of the Deity, the source of consolation to good men, 66 to CHAPTER IV. Schen Argumentative Pieces. Sect. 1. Happiness is founded in rectitude of conduct, 71 2. Virtue man's highest interest, 72 3. The injustice of an uncharitable spirit, 73 4. The misfortunes of men mostly chargeable on ihemselves, 75 5. On disinterested friendship, 78 6. On the immortality of the soul, 81 . CHAPTER V. Descriptive Pieces, 85 86 87 Sect. 1. The seasons, 2. The cataract of Niagara, in Canada, North Ainerica, 89 91 92 93 94 95 97 98 . 1097 1 SECT. 1. Trial and execution of the Earl of Strafford, 106 2. An eminent instance of true fortitude of 107 110 5. Exalted society, and the renewal of virtuous connections, two sources of future felicity, 112 6. The clemency and amiable character of the patriarch Joseph, 114 7. Altamont, . 117 CHAPTER VII. Dialogues. SECT. 1. Democritus and Heraclitus, %. Dionysius, Pythias, and Damon, CHAPTER VIII. Public Speeches. Sect. !. Cicero against Verres, .. 135 2. Speech of Adherbal to the Roman Senate, im ploring their protection against Jugurtha, 139 3. The Apostle Paul's noble defence before Fes. tus and Agrippa, 143 4. Lord Mansfield's speech in the House of Lords, 1770, on the bill for preventing the 1 45 5. An address to young persons, 150 CHAPTER IX. Promiscuous Pieces. Page Sect. R Earthquake at Calabria, in the year 1688, 155 2. Retter from Pliny to Geminius, 159 8. better from Pliny to Marcellinus, on the death of an amiable young woman, 160 On Discretion, 161 3. On the government of our thoughts, 166 6. On the evils which flow from unrestrained passions, 167 nay. On the proper state of our temper, with res , pect to one another, 169 8. Excellence of the Holy Scriptures, 172 9. Reflections occasioned by a review of the blessings, pronounced by Christ on his dis ciples, in his sermon on the mount, 17S: 10. Schemes of life often illusory, . 174 il. The pleasures of virtuous sensibility, 177 12. On the true honour of man, 179 13. The influence of devotion on the happiness of life, 181 14. The planetary and terrestrial worlds comparatively considered, 184 15. On the power of custom, and the uses to which it may be applied, 186 16. The pleasures resulting from a proper use of our faculties, 189 17. Description of candour, 189 18. On the imperfection of that happiness which rests solely on worldly pleasures, 191 19. What are the real and solid enjoyments of human life, 195 20. Scale of beings, 197 21. Trust in the care of Providence recommenda eri, 201 22. Biety and gratitude enliven prosperity, 23. Virtue, when deeply rooted, is not subject to the influence of fortune, 206 . . • 203 Sect. 24. The speech of Fabricius, a Roman am. bassador, to king Pyrrhus, who attempted to bribe him to his interest, by the offer . 207 26. Charles V. emperor of Germany, resigns his dominions, and retires from the world, 210 Sect. 1. Short and easy sentences, Werses in which the lines are of different 3.Werses containing exclamations, interroga- 5.Verses in which sound corresponds to signifi- QHAPTER II. Narrative Benes. |