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9. The partial judge,
ib.
65
10. The sick lion, the fox and the wolf,
11. Dishonesty punished,
12. The picture,
13. The two bees,
14. Beauty and deformity.
Percival's Tales,
15. Remarkable instance of friendship,
Art of Speaking, 68
16. Dionysius and Damocles,
69
17. Character of Cataline,
18. Avarice and Luxury,
Spectator,
71
19. Hercules' choice,
20. Will Honeycomb's Spectator,
75
21. On good breeding,
Chesterfieid,
78
22. Address to a young student,
81
23. Advantages of and motives to cheerfulness, Spectater, 84
SECTION II.
Page.
1. The bad reader,
89
2. Respect due to old age,
90
3. Piety to God recommended to the young, Blair,
4. Modesty and decility,
91
5. Sincerity,
6. Benevolence and humanity,
7. Industry and application,
8. Proper employment of time,
9. The true patriot,
Art of Thinking, 96
10. On contentment,
Spectator, 97
11. Needlework recommended to the Ladies, ib.
100
12. On pride,
Guardian.
102
13. Journal of the life of Alexander Severus,
Gibbon, 104
14. Character of Julius Cesar,
Miadleton, 105
15. On misspent time,
Guardian, 106
16. Character of Francis I,
Robertson, 110
17. The supper and grace,
Sterne, 113
18. Rustic felicity,
115
19. House of mourning,
116
3. The character of Mary, queen of Scots, Robertson,
4. The character of queen Elizabeth, Hume,
156
158
5. Charles V's resignation of his dominions, Robertson, 160
6. Importance of virtue,
Price,
164
7. Address to art,
Harris, 165
8. Flattery
Theophastrus, 167
9. The absent man,
168
10. The monk,
Sterne,
170
11. On the head dress of the Ladies,
172
13. Uncle Toby's benevolence,
12. On the present and future state,
14. Story of the seige of Calais,
175
SECTION V.
1. On grace in writing,
Fitzborne's letters,
184
2. On the structor of animals,
3. On natural and fantastical pleasures, Guardian, 189
Spectator.
185
9. On the death of Mre Mason,
10. Expanegyric on Great Britain,
12. Hymn to the Deity, on the seasons of
Pope,
226
16.
227
Parnel,
ιό.
Mason,
232
the temple of fame,
233
Thomson,
234
the year,
ib. 237
6. Caledonia and Amelia,
246
8. On the existence of a Deity,
9. Eveningin Paradise described,
11. Scipio restoring the captive lady to her
lover,
impertinence of scribblers,
13. Hymn to adversity,
7. Description of Mab, queen of the fairies, Shakespeare, 247
10. Elegy written in a country churchyard,
12. Humorous complaint to Dr. Arbuthnot
of the imper
14. The Passions. An ode,
SECTION VIII.
1. Lamentation for the loss of sight,
2. L'Allegro, or the merry man,
260
3. On the pursuits of mankind,
262
4. Adam and Eve's morning hymn,
Milton,
264
5. Parting of Hector and Adromache,
Homer,
265
6. Facetious history of John Gilpin,
-
Cowper,
268
7. The creation of the world,
273
8. Overthrow of the rebel angels,
ib. w
274
9: Alexander's feast, or the power of music, Dryden, 275
PART II-LESSONS IN SPEAKING.
SECTION I.
ELOQUENCE OF THE PULPIT.
2. On doing as we would be done unto, -
