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21. On good breeding,
Chesterfield, 77
22. Address to a young student,
Knox, 80
23. Advantages of, and motives to cheerful-
ness,
Spectator, 82
SECTION II.
1. The bad reader,
Percival's Tales, 87
2. Respect due to old age,
Spectator, 88
3. Piety to God recommended to the young, Blair, 88
4. Modesty and docility,
ib...89
5. Sincerity,
ib. 90
6. Benevolence and humanily,
ib.
7. Industry and application,
ib. 92
8. Proper employment of time,
ib. 93
9. The true patriot,
Art of Thinking, 93
10. On cuutentment,
Spectator, 94
11. Needle work recommended to the Ladies, ib. 97
12. Oo pride,
Guardian, 99
13. Journal of the life of Alexander Severus, Gibbon, 101
14. Character of Julias Cesar,
Middleton, 102
15. On mispent time,
Guardian, 103
16. Character of Francis I,
- Robertson, 107
17. The supper and grace,
Sterne,
110
18. Rustic felicity,
ib.
19. House of mourning,
ib. - 112
SECTION III.
1. The honour and advantage of a constant
adherence to truth, Percival's Tales, 115
2. Impertinence in discourse, Theophrastus, 115
3. Character of Addison as a writer, Johnson, 116
4, Pleasure and pain,
Spectator, 117
5. Sir Roger de Coverly's family,
ib. 118
6 The folly of inconsistent expectations, Aitkin, 121
7. Description of the vale of Keswick in
Cumberland,
Brown, 124
8. Pity, an allegory,
Aitkin,. 127
9. Advantages of commerce,
Spectator, 128
10. On public speaking,
ib. 130
11. Advantages of history,
Hume, 132
12. On the immortality of the soul, Spectator, 134
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Curiatii,
Livy, 136
14. On the power of custom,
Spectator, 138
15. On pedantry,
Mirror, 140
16. The journey of a day; a picture of
human life,
Rambler, 143
SECTION IV.
1. Description of the amphitheatre of
Titus,
Gibbon, 147
2. Reflections on Westminister abbey, Spectator, 148.
3. The character of Mary, queen of
Scotts,
Robertson, 150
4. The character of queen Elizabeth, Hume,
5. Charles V's resiguation of his do-
minions, .
Robertson, 154
6. Importance of virtues.
Price, 157
7. Address to Art,
Harris, 158
& Flattery,
Theophrastus,
9. The absent mang
Spectator, 161
10. The monk,
Sterne, 163
11. On the head dress of the ladies, Spectator, 165,
12. On the present and a future state,. ib. 168
13. Uncle Toby's benevolence,
Sterne, 171
14. Story of the Siege of Calais, Fool of Quality, 17,1
SECTION V...
1. On grace in writing, Fitzsborne's Letters, 176.
2. On the structure of animals,
Spectator, 177
3. On natural and fantastical pleasures, Guardian, 180
4. The folly and madness of ambition
illustrated,
World, 184
5. Battle of Pharsalia, and death of
Pompey,
Goldsmith, 188
6. Character of king. Alfred,
Hume, 193,
7. Awkardness in company,
Chesterfield, 194
8. Virtue, man's highest interest,
Harris, 195
9.. On the pleasure arising from objects.
of sight,
Spectator, 196
10. Liberty and slavery,,
Sterne, 1.99
1. The shepherd and the philosopher, Gay, 211
2. Ode to Leaven Water, -
Smollet. 213
3. Ode from the 19th psalm,
4. Rural charms,
Goldsmith, 214 ·
5. The painter who pleased nobody and
every body, /
Gay, 215
6. Diversity in the human character,
Pope, 217
7. The toilet,
ib. 218
8. The hermit,
Parnel, 219
9. On the death of Mrs. Mason,
Mason,
10. Extract from the temple of fame, Pope,
11. A panegyric on Great Britain, Thomson, 227
12. Hymn to the Deity, on the seasons
of the year,
{ ib. 230
SECTION VII.
1. The camelion,
| Merrick, 233
2. On the order of nature,
Pope, 234
3. Demeription of a country ale house, Goldsmith, 235
4. Character of a country schoolmaster, ib. 236
5. Story of Palemon and Lavinia, Thomson, 237
6. Celadon and Amelia,
ib. 240
7. Description of Mab, queen of tbe
fairies,
Shakespeare, 241
8. On the existence of a Deity,
242
9. Evening in paradise described. d Milton, 243
10. Elegy written in a country churchyard, Gray, 245
11. Scipio restoring the captive lady to her
lover,.
Thomson, 248
12. Humorous complaint to Dr. Arbuthnot of
the impertinence of scribblers, Pope, 250
18. Hymn to adversity,
Gray, 251
14. The passions. An ode,
Collins, 252
SECTION VII.
1. Lamentation for the loss of sight,
2. L'Allegro, or the merry man,
3. On the pursuits of mankind,
4. Adam and Eve's morning hymn,
5. Parting of Hector and Andromache
6. Facetious history of John Gilpin,
7. The creation of the world, !
8. Overthrow of the rebel angels,
9. Alexander's feast, or the power of
music,
SECTION IV.
SPEECHES ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS.
1. Romulus to the people of Rome, after build-
ing the city,
Hooke, 310
2. Hannibal to Scipio Africanus,
ib. 311
3. Scipio's reply,
ib. 312
4. Calisthenes' reproof of Cleon's flattery to
Alexander,
Q. Curtius, 313
5. Caius Marius to the Romans,
Hooke, 313
6. Publius Scipio to the Roman army, ib. 316
7. Hannibal to the Carthagenian army, ib. 819
8. Adherbal to the Roman senators, Sallust, 321
9. Canuleius to the Roman consuls, Hooke, 324
10. Junius Brutus over the dead body of
Lucretia,
ib. 327
· 11. Demosthenes to the Athenians, Lansdown, 328
12. Jupiter to the inferiour deities,
Homer, 333
13. Æneas to queen Dido,
Virgil, 334
14. Moloch to the infernal powers, Milton, 336
1.5. Speech of Belial, advising peace, ib. 337
SECTION V.
1. Belcour and Stockwell,
West Indian, 340
2. Lady Townly and Lady Grace, Provoked Husband, 342
3. Priuli and Jaffier,
Venice Preserved, 346,
4. Boniface and Aimwell, Beaux Stratagem, 348.
5. Lovegold and Lappet,
Miser, 351
6. Cardinal Wolsey and Cromwell, Henry, VIII. 354
7. Sir Charles and Lady Racket,
Three weeks af er Marriage, 357
8. Brutus and Cassius, Shakespeare's Julius Cesar, 361;
II.-SPEECHES AND SOLILOQUIES.
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