4 The close of life,

5. Exalted society and the renewal of virtuous connexions, &c. .

6. The clemency and amiable character of the patriarch Joseph,

7. Altamont,

: CHAPTER VIL-Dialogues.

1. Democritus and Heraclitus,

2. Dionysius, Pythias, and Damon,

3. Locke and Bayle,

CHAPTER VIII-Public Speeches.

1. Cicero against Verres,

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2. Speech of Adherbal to the Roman Senate, imploring protection, 114

3. The Apostle Paul's noble defence before Festus and Agrippa,.

4. Lord Mansfield's speech in the House of Lords, 1770, on the bill

for preventing the delays of justice, &c.

5. An Address to young persons,

CHAPTER IX-Promiscuous Pieces.

1. Earthquake at Calabria, in the year 1538,

2. Letter from Pliny to Geminius,

3. Letter from Pliny to Marcellinus, on the death of an amiable

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9. Reflections occasioned by a review of the blessings pronounced

by Christ, on his disciples, in his sermon on the mount,

13. The influence of devotion on the happiness of life, .

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14. The planetary and terrestrial worlds comparatively considered, 147

6. On the evils which flow from unrestrained passion,.

7. On the proper state of our temper, with respect to one another,

8. Excellence of the Holy Scriptures, .

15. On the power of custom, and the uses to which it may be applied, 149

16. The pleasure resulting from a proper use of our faculties, .

17. Description of Candour,.

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18. On the imperfection of that happiness which rests solely on

worldly pleasures,.

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19. What are the real and solid enjoyments of human life,

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20. Scale of beings,

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21. Trust in the care of Providence recommended,

22. Piety and gratitude enliven prosperity, -

23. Virtue, deeply rooted, is not subject to the influence of fortune,

24. The speech of Fabricius, to king Pyrrhus, who attempted to

bribe him to his interests, by the offer of a large sum of money,

25. Character of James I. king of England, -

26. Charles V. Emp. of Germany, resigns his dominions, &c.

27. The same subject continued,

CHAPTER I. Select Sentences and Paragraphs.

1. Short and easy sentences,

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2. Verses in which the lines are of different length,

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3. Verses containing exclamations, interrogations, parentheses, &c. 174

4. Verses in various forms,

4. The youth and the philosopher,

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5. Discourse between Adam and Eve retiring to rest,

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5. A paraphrase on the latter part of the 6th chapter of Matthew,

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6. The death of a good man a strong incentive to virtue,

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7. Reflections on the future state, from a review of winter,.

8. Adam's advice-to Eve, to avoid temptation,

ib.

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CHAPTER IV.-Descriptive Pies¿s.

2. Rural sounds, as well as rural sights, delightful,

3. The Rose,

4. Care of birds for their young,

5. Liberty and slavery contrasted,

9. On procrastination,

10. That philosophy which stops at secondary causes, reproved,

11. Indignant sentiments on national prejudice, slavery, &c.

1. The morning in summer,

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6. Charity. A paraphrase on the 13th chap. to the Corinthians,

7. Picture of a good man,

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8. The pleasures of retirement,

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9. The pleasures and benefit of an improved imagination,

5. Verses by Alex. Selkirk, in the island of Juan Fernandez,

ib.

6. Gratitude,

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7. A man perishing in the snow, with reflections, &c. &c.

8. A morning bymn,

9. Providence vindicated in the present state of man,

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19. Day. A pastoral, in three parts,

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20. The order of nature,

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21. Confidence in Divine protection,

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22. Hymn on a review of the Seasons,

23. On Solitude,

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