15. On the power of custom, and the uses to which it may be applied, 150 16. The pleasures resulting from a proper use of our faculties, 2. Verses in which the lines are of different length, 3. Verses containing exclamations, interrogations, and parentheses, 5. A paraphrase on the latter part of the 6th chapter of Matthew, 6. The death of a good man a strong incentive to virtuo CHAPTER IV. Descriptive Pieces. Sect. 1 The morning in summer 2. Rural sounds, as well as rural sights, delightful, 3. The rose, 4. Care of birds for their young, 5. Liberty and slavery contrasted, 204 205 207 203 6. Charity. A paraphrase on the 13th chapter of the First Epistle 7. Picture of a good man, 8 The pleasures of retirement, 9. The pleasure and benefit of an improved and well directed imagination CHAPTER V. Pathetic Pieces. 4. Elegy to pity, 5. Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk, during his 6. Gratitude 7. A man perishing in the snow; from whence reflections are 6. Address to the Deity, 8. The fire-side, 9. Providence vindicated in the present state of man, |