SECT. 1. Trial and execution of the Earl of Strafford, 2. An eminent instance of true fortitude of mind 97 98 99 4. The close of life, 100 5. Exalted society, and the renewal of virtuous connexions, 102 6. The clemency and amiable character of the patriarch, Joseph, 109 7. Altamont, 105 CHAPTER VII. SECT. 1. Democritus and Heraclitus, 2. Dionysius, Pythias, and Damon; - CHAPTER VIII. SECT. 1. Cicero against Verres, 2. Speech of Adherbal to the Roman Senate, imploring 3. The Apostle Paul's noble defence before Festus and 124 4. Lord Manfield's speech in the House of Lords, 1770, on 5. An address to young persons CHAPTER IX. Promiscuous Pieces. SECT. 1. Earthquake at Calabria, in the year 1638, 2. Letter from Pliny to Geminius, 3. Letter from Pliny to Marcellinus, on the death of an amiab'e young woman, 4. On Discretion, 6. On the evils which flow from unrestrained passions, 125 129 133 137 ib. 139 5. On the government of our thoughts, 141 143 7. On the proper state of our temper, with respect to one 144 8. Excellence of the Holy Scriptures, 147 9. Reflections occasioned by a review of the blessings, pro- 13. The influence of devotion on the happiness of life, 154 sidered, 156 15. On the power of custom, and the uses to which it may be applied, 158 Page.. SECT. 16. The pleasures resulting from a proper use of our faculties, 160 18. On the imperfection of that happiness which rests solely 19. What are the real and solid enjoyments of human life, 23. Virtue, when deeply rooted, is not subject to the influ- 24. The speech of Fabricus, a Roman ambassador, to king Pyrrhus, who attempted to bribe him to his interests, by the offer of a great sum of money, 25. Character of James 1. king of England, 6. The death of a good man, a strong incentive to virtue, |