CONTENTS. PART I. PIECES IN PROSE. CHAPTER I. Select Sentences and Paragraph. CHAPTER II. Narrative Pieces. Ser. 1. No rank or possessions can make the guilty mind happy, 2. Change of external condition often adverse to virtue, 3. Haman; or the misery of pride, 4. Ortugrul; or the vanity of riches, 5. Lady Jane Grey, 6. The hill of science, 7. The journey of a day; a picture of human life, CHAPTER IIT, Didactic Pieces. Str. 1. The importance of a good education, 2. On gratitude, page. 37 38 40 42 46 SECT. 3. On forgiveness, 4. Mtives to the practice of gentleness, 5. A suspicions temper the source of misery to its possessor, 6 Comforts of religion, 7. Diffidence of our abilities a mark of wis- dom, 8. On the importance of order in the distribu- 9. The dignity of virtue amidst corrupt exam- ples, : 10. The mortifications of vice greater than 11. On contentment, 55 56 57 59 60 63 64 12. Rank and riches afford no ground for envy, 68 14 Moderation in our wishes recommended, 70 72 74 CHAPTER IV. Argumentative Pieces. SECT. 1. Happiness is founded in rectitude of conduct, 78 2. Virtue man's highest interest, 3. The injustice of an uncharitable spirit, 4. The misfortunes of men mostly chargeable on themselves, 5. On disinterested friendship, . On the immortality of the soul, ibid. 80 81 84 97 CHAPTER V. Descriptive Pieces. SECT. 1. The seasons, 90- 2. The cataract of Niagara, in Canada, N. A. 91 92 8 Prosperity is redoubled to a good man, 9. On the beauties of the Psalms, CHAPTER VI.. Pathetic Preccs. CHAPTER VII. Dialogues. CHAPTER VIII. Public Speeches. SECT. 2. Speech of Adherbal to the Roman Senate, imploring protection against Jugurtha, 134 3. The Apostle Paul's noble defence before 4. Lord Mansfield's speech in the house of Lords, on the bill for preventing the CHAPTER IX. Promiscuous Pieces. 3. Letter from Pliny to Marcellinus on the s. Excellence of the Holy Scriptures, 9. Reflections occasioned by a review of the 2. Piety and gratitude enliven prosperity, 23. Virtue when deeply rooted, is not subject 24. The speech of Fabricius, a Roman ambassa- dor, to king Pyrrhus, who attempted to bribe him to his interests, by the of 25. Character of James 1. king of England, 26. Charles V. emperor of Germany, resigns |