PART I. PIECES IN PROSE. CHAPTER I. Select Sentences and Paragraphs. CHAPTER II. Narrative Pieces. r. 1. No rank or possesions can make the guilty mind, 4. Motives to the a, P of gentleness, 5. A suspicious tempe. ne source of inisery to its pos- sessor, 7. Diffidence of our abilities a mark of wisdom, 9. The dignity of virtue amidst corrupt examples, 10. The mortifications of vice greater than those of virtue, 12. Rank and riches afford no ground for envy, 13. Patience under provocations our interest as well as 14. Moderation in our wishes recommended, Suct. 4 The misfortunes of men mostly chargeable on them- selves, 8. Prosperity is redoubled to a good man, 9. On the beauties of the Psalms, 10. Character of Alfred, king of England, SECT. 1. Trial and execution of the Earl of Strafford, 5. Exalted society, and the renewal of virtuous con- nexions, two sources of future felicity, Bacr. 4. Lord Mansfield's speech in the House of Lords, 1770, CHAPTER IX. Promiscuous Preces. Bicr. 1. Earthquake at Calabria, in the year 1638. 2. Letter from Pliny to Geminius, 143 8. Excellence of the Holy Scriptures, 9. Reflections occasioned by a review of the blessings, 13. The influence of devotion on the happiness of life, 15. On the power of custom, and the uses to which it 23. Virtue, when deeply rooted, is not subject to the in- 4. The speech of Fabricius, a Roman ambassador, to king Pyrrhus, who attempted to bribe him to his 176 · 179 PART II. PIECES IN POETRY. CHAPTER I Select Sentences and Paragraphs. r. 1. Short and easy sentences, 2. Verses in which the lines are of different length, 3. Verses containing exclamations, interrogations, and parentheses, 4. Verses in various forms, 5. Verses in which sound corresponds to signification. CHAPTER II. Narrative Pieces. ECT. 1. The bear 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, 2. Nothing formed in vain, 3. On pride, 4. Cruelty to brutes censured, 5. A paraphrase on the latter part of the 6th chapter 6. The death of a good man a strong incentive to 7. Reflections on a future state, from a review of winter, 8. Adams advice to Eve, to avoid temptation, 9. On procrastination, reproved, jo. That philosophy, which stops at secondary causes, 11 Indignant sentiments on national prejudices and ha- CHAPTER IV. Descriptive Pieces. Szer. 1. The morning in summer, 2. Rural sounds, as well as rural sights, delightful, scr. 4 Care of birds for their young, 5. Liberty and slavery contrasted, 6. Charity. A paraphrase on the 13th chapter of the 7. Picture of a good man, 8. The pleasures of retirement, 9. The pleasure and benefit of an improved and well- CHAPTER V. Patheric Pieces. BICT. 1. The hermit, 2. The beggar's petition, S. Unhappy close of life, 4. Elegy to pity, 5. Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk, 6. Gratitude, 227 7. A man perishing in the snow; from whence reflec- 228 8. A morning hymn, 230 CHAPTER VI. Promiscuous Pieces. Sac 1. Ode to Content, 2. The shepherd and the philosopher, 231 233 235 236 ib. 237 7. The pursuit of happiness often ill directed 238 6. The fire-side, 240 9. Providence vindicated in the present state of man, |