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Sect. 4. The misfortunes of men mostly chargeable on themselves,
5. On disinterested friendship,
6. On the immortality of the soul,
CHAPTER V.
Descriptive Pieces,
Sect. 1. The seasons,
2. The cataract of Niagara, in Canada, North America,
3. The grotto of Antiparos,
4. The grotto of Antiparos continued,
5. Earthquake at Catanea,
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ib.
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Pathetic Pieces.
Sect. 1. Trial and execution of the Earl of Strafford,
2. An eminent instance of true fortitude of mind,
3. The good man's comfort in affliction,
3. Exalted society, and the renewal of virtuous connexions,
two sources of future felicity,
2. Speach of Adherbal to the Roman Senate, imploring their
protection against Jugurtha,
124.
3. The Apostle Paul's noble defence before Festus and Agrippa, 126
Sect. 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,
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 amia-
5. On the government of our thoughts,
6. On the evils which flow from unrestrained passions,
Page.
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139
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145
7. On the proper state of our temper, with respect to one
another,
146
12. On the true honour of man,
8. Excellence of the Holy Scriptures,
9. Reflections occasioned by a review of the blessings, pronounced
by Christ on his disciples, in his sermon on the mount,
10. Schemes of life often illusory,
11. The pleasures of virtuous sensibility,
13. The influence of devotion on the happiness of life,
14. The planetary and terrestrial worlds comparatively consider-
ed,
15. On the power of custom, and the uses to which it may be ap-
plied,
16. The pleasures resulting from a proper use of our faculties,
17. Description of candour,
18. On the imperfection of that happiness which rests solely on
worldly pleasures,
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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,
19. What are the real and solid enjoyments of human life, 20. Scale of beings,
24. The speech of Fabricius, 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 I. king of England,
26. Charles V. emperor of Germany, resigns his dominions, and
PART II.
PIECES IN POETRY.
CHAPTER I.
Select Sentences and Paragraphs.
Sect. 1. Short and easy sentences,
182
2. Verses in which the lines are of different length,
184
3. Verses containing exclamations, interrogations, and paren-
theses,
185
4. The youth and the philosopher,
196
6. Discourse between Adam and Eve, retiring to rest,
6. Religion and death,
198
200
5. A paraphrase on the latter part of the 6th chapter of
Matthew,
205
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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10. That philosophy, which stops at secondary causes, reproved,
11. Indignant sentiments on national prejudices and hatred; and
2. Rural sounds, as well as rural sights, delightful,
6. Charity. A paraphrase on the 13th chapter of the First
Epistle to the Corinthians,
216
Sect. 7. Picture of a good man,
8. The pleasures of retirement,
9. The pleasure and benefit of an improved and well directed
imagination,
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220
Sect. 1. The hermit,
2. The beggar's petition,
3. Unhappy close of life,
4. Elegy to pity,
.
5. Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk, during
his solitary abode in the Island of Juan Fernandez,
225
6. Gratitude,
227
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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230
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,
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9. Providence vindicated in the present state of man,