THE CONTENTS. I 22 26 Select Sentences. Various authors. pag. to The Dervise. Spectator. Turkish Tale. Idem. 24 Respect due to old age. Idem. Abdolonymus raised to the government of Sydon. Q. Curtius. 27 Good-natured Credulity. Percival. 30 Example of Veracity. Idem. 35 Modesty rewarded. Stretch. 35 Labour. World. The old man and his ass. Idem. Hercules's choice. Tatler. To Begin nothing , of which you have not well considered the end. Spectator. 45 Isadas , the Spartan. Idem. 47 The Story of Dionysius the Tyrant. Cic.Tusc. Quest. 48 Damon and Pythias. Brooke. 50 Androcles and the Lyon. Guardian. 55 A remarkable instance of filial Duty. Pliny.58 Another instance of filial Duty. Aikin. 60 Paternal Forgiveness. Idem. 37 39 40 75 95 Ingratitude punished. Gen. Mag. 86 The party-coloured Shield. Beaumont .103 On Aerial Castle-Building. Guardian 106 The Mountain of Miseries. A vision. Specta- On the English Language. Spectator. 134 Industry recommended. Chesterfield. 139 Character of Marius. Middleton. 158 Character of Julius Cæsar. Idem. A comparison of the political principles and Junius Brutus , over the dead body of Lu- C. Marius to the Romans their hesitat- ing to appoint him generalin the expedi- tion against Jugurtha , merely on account The Speech of Brutus on the death of Cæsar. The Scythian Ambassadors to Alexander. The Beggar and his Dog. The Man of feel- The disabled soldier. Goldsmith. 235 |