10. The mortifications of vice greater than those

of virtue,

11. On contentment,

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12. Rank and riches afford no ground for envy, 73
13. Patience under provocations our interest as
well as duty,

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14. Moderation in our wishes recommended,
15. Omniscience and omnipresence of the Deity,
the source of consolation to good men,

CHAPTER IV.

Argumentative Pieces.

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79

Sect. 1. Happiness is founded in rectitude of conduct, 82

2. Virtue and piety man's highest interest,

3. The injustice of an uncharitable spirit,

4. The misfortunes of men mostly chargeable

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2. The cataract of Niagara, in Canada, North

3. Prosperity is redoubled to a good man,

9. On the beauties of the Psalms,

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10. Character of Alfred, king of England,

11. Character of Queen Elizabeth,

12. The slavery of vice,

13. The man of integrity,

Sect. 1. Trial and execution of the Earl of Strafford, 110

2. An eminent instance of true fortitude of mind, 111

3. The good man's comfort in affliction,

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113

4. The close of life,
5. Exalted society, and the renewal of virtuous
connexions, two sources of future felicity, 115
6. The clemency and amiable character of the
patriarch Joseph,

7. Altamont,

CHAPTER VII.

Dialogues.

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Sect. 1. Democritus and Heraclitus,

2. Dionysius, Pythias, and Damon,

3. Locke and Bayle,

CHAPTER VIII.

Public Speeches.

Sect. 1. Cicero against Verres,

131

2. Speech of Adherbal to the Roman Senate,

imploring their protection against Jugurtha, 134

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, by claiming the pri-

vilege of parliament,

5. An address to young persons,

CHAPTER IX.

Promiscuous Pieces.

Sect. 1. Earthquake at Calabria, in the year 1638,

2. Letter from Pliny to Germinius,

3. Letter from Pliny to Marcellinus, on the

death of an amiable young woman,

4. On Discretion,

5. On the government of our thoughts,

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147

6. On the evils which flow from unrestrained

7. On the proper state of our temper with res-

8. Excellence of the Holy Scriptures,

9. Reflections occasioned by a review of the

blessings pronounced by Christ on his dis-

ciples, in his sermon on the mount,

161

10. Schemes of life often illusory,

11. The pleasures of virtuous sensibility,

12. On the true honour of man,

170

13. The influence of devotion on the happiness

of life,

14. The planetary and terrestrial worlds com-

paratively considered,

15. On the power of custom, and the uses to

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16. The pleasures 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,

19. What are the real and solid enjoyments of

human life,

20. Scale of beings,

21. Trust in the care of Providence recommended,

22. Piety and gratitude enliven prosperity,

23. Virtue, when deeply rooted, is not subject

to the influence of fortune,

24. The Speech of Fabricius, a Roman ambas-

sador, to king Pyrrhus,

25. Character of James I. king of England,

26. Charles V. emperor of Germany, resigns his

dominions, and retires from the world,

27. The same subject continued,

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3. Verses containing exclamations, interroga-
tions, and parentheses,

5. A paraphrase on the latter part of the 6th

chapter of Matthew,

220

6. The death of a good man a strong incen-

tive to virtue,

221

of winter,

7. Reflections on a future state, from a review

8. Adams advice to Eve, to avoid temptation,

9. On procrastination,

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10. That philosophy, which stops at secondary

causes, reproved,

11. Indignant sentiments on national prejudices

and hatred; and on slavery,

CHAPTER IV.

Descriptive Pieces.

Sect. 1. The morning in summer,

227

2. Rural sounds, as well as rural sights, delightful, 228

3. The rose,

4. Care of birds for their young,

5. Liberty and slavery contrasted,

6. Charity. A paraphrase on the 13th chapter of

the First Epistle to the Corinthians,

7. Picture of a good man,

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Sect. 1. The hermit,

CHAPTER V.
Pathetic Pieces.

2. The beggar's petition,

3. Unhappy close of life,

4. Elegy to pity,

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5. Verses supposed to be written by Alexan-

der Selkirk, during his solitary abode in

the Island of Juan Fernandez,

7. A man perishing in the snow; from whence

reflections are raised on the miseries of life,

8. A morning hymn,

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CHAPTER VI.

Promiscuous Pieces.

Sect. 1. Ode to content,

2. The shepherd and the philosopher,

3. The road to happiness open to all men,

4. The goodness of Providence,

6. Address to the Deity,

253

7. The pursuit of happiness often ill-directed,

14. The Creation required to praise its Author, 263

22. Hymn, on a review of the seasons,

23. On solitude.

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