Tietoja tästä kirjasta
Oma kirjastoni
Kirjat Google Playssa
*
PART I.
PIECES IN PROSE.
-
CHAPTER I.
Select Sentences and Paragraphs.
CHAPTER II.
Narrative Pieces.
SECT. 1. No rank or possessions can make the guilty
mind happy,
2. Change of external condition often adverse
22
7. The journey of a day; a picture of human
life,
37
CHAPTER III.
Didactic Pieces.
SECT. 1. The importance of a good education,
42
6. Comforts of Religion,
49
7. Diffidence of our abilities a mark of wisdom, 50
C
Page
SECT. 8. On the importance of order in the distribu-
tion of our time,
51
9. The dignity of virtue amidst corrupt examples, 53
10. The mortifications of vice greater than
those of virtue,
55
11 On contentment,
56
12. Rank and riches afford no ground for envy,
60
13. Patience under provocations our interest as
well as duty,
14 Moderation in our wishes recommended,
64
15. Omniscience and omnipresence of the Deity,
•
the source of consolation to good men, 66
CHAPTER IV.
Argumentative Pieces.
2. Virtue man's highest interest,
SECT. 1. Happiness is founded in rectitude of conduct, 71
3. The injustice of an uncharitable spirit, 73
4. The misfortunes of men mostly chargeable
2. The cataract of Niagara, in Canada, North
85
SECT. 1. Trial and execution of the Earl of Strafford, 106
2. An eminent instance of true fortitude of
SECT. 1. Democritus and Heraclitus,
2. Dionysius, Pythias, and Damon,
3. Locke and Bayle,
CHAPTER VIII.
Public Speeches.
SECT. 1. Cicero against Verres,
2. Speech of Adherbal to the Roman Senate, im-
ploring their protection against Jugurtha, 139
3. The Apostle Paul's noble defence before Fes-
tus 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 privilege
of Parliament,
5. An address to young persons,
143
145
150 CHAPTER IX
Promiscuous Pieces.
SECT. & Earthquake at Calabria, in the year 1638,
2. Retter from Pliny to Geminius,
6. Letter from Pliny to Marcellinus, on the
death of an amiable young woman,
160
On Discretion,
16V
5. On the government of our thoughts,
6. On the evils which flow from unrestrained
166
7. On the proper state of our temper, with res-
10. Schemes of life often illusory,.
11. The pleasures of virtuous sensibility,
12. On the true honour of man,
15. On the power of custom, and the uses
to
rests solely on worldly pleasures,
19. What are the real and solid enjoyments of
191
human life,
20. Scale of beings,
195
197
21. Trust in the care of Providence recommend-
ed,
201
22. Biety and gratitude enliven prosperity,
23. Virtue, when deeply rooted, is not subject to
203.
the influence of fortune,
206
1
SECT. 24. The speech of Fabricius, a Roman am-
bassador, to king Pyrrhus, who attempted
to bribe him to his interest, by the offer
of a great sum of money,
25. Character of James 1. King of England, 208
26. Charles V. emperor of Germany, resigns
207
his dominions, and retires from the world, 210
27. The same subject continued,
213
PART II.
PIECES IN POETRY.
SECT. 1. Short and easy sentences,
2 Verses in which the lines are of different
217
4. The youth and the philosopher,
5. Discourse between Adam and Eve, retiring
236