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CHAPTER IL

Narrative Pieces.

Sect. 1. No rank or possessione can make the guilty mind happy,

2. Change of external condition often adverse to virtue,

3. Haman; or the misery of pride,

4. Lady Jane Gray,

5. Ortogrul; or the vanity of riches,

6. The hill of science,

7. The journey of a day; a picture of human life,

CHAPTER III.

Didactic Pieces.

Sect. 1. The importance of a good education,

2. Ou gratitude,

3. On forgiveness,

4. Motives to the practice of gentleness,

5. A suspicious temper the source of misery to its possessor,
6 Comforts of religion,

7. Diffidence of our abilities a mark of wisdom,

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8. On the importance of order in the distribution of our time,
9. The dignity of virtue amidst corrupt examples,

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10. The mortifications of vice greater than those of virtue,

11. On contentment,

12. Rank and riches afford no ground for envy,

13. Patience under provocations our interest as well as duty,

14. Moderation in our wishes recommended,

15. Omniscience and omnipresence of the Deity, the source of conso-

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

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,

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2. The cataract of Niagara, in Canada, North America,

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

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3. Verses containing exclamations, interrogations, and parentheses,

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4. Verses in various forms,

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5. Verses in which sound corresponds to signification,

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6. Paragraphs of greater length,

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4. The youth and the philosopher,

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5. Discourse between Adam and Eve retiring to rest,
6. Religion and death,

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

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

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

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

9. On procrastination,

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Sect. 1. The morning in summer,

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

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6. Charity. A paraphrase on the 13th chap. of the First Epistle to

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9. The pleasure and benefit of an improved and well directed imagi-

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5. Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk, during his
solitary abode in the island of Juan Fernandez,

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6. Gratitude,

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7. A man perishing in the snow; from whenco reflections are raised

on the miseries of life,

8. A morning hymn,

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8. The fire side,

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9. Providence vindicated in the present state of man,

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10. Selfishness reproved,

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