10 God never made an independent man; "Twould jar the concord of his general plan. 12 Nor study only, practice what you know; 13 Though man's ungrateful, or though fortune frown; Nor yet unrecompens❜d are virtue's pains; Whom Heaven approves of most, must feel her rod. The good can never be unfortunate. age, One of the accusers of Socrates GRAINGER. FINIS. CHAPTER I. Select Sentences and Paragraphs, 1. No rank or possessions can make the guilty mind happy, 4. Lady Jane Gray, Fage. 5. Ortogrul; or the vanity of riches, 6. The hill of science, 7. The journey of a day; a picture of human life, CHAPTER III.-Didactic Pieces. 4. Motives to the practice of gentleness, 5. A suspicious temper the source of misery to its possessor, 13. Patience under provocations our interest as well as duty, 14. Moderation in our wishes recommended, 15. Omniscience and omnipresence of the Deity, source of consolation, 69 CHAPTER IV. Argumentative Pieces. 3 The injustice of an uncharitable spirit, 4. The misfortunes of men mostly chargeable on themselves, 4. The close of life, 6. Exalted society and the renewal of virtuous connexions, &o.. CHAPTER VII.-Dialogues. 100 102 104 106 111 2. Speech of Adherbal to the Roman Senate, imploring protection, 114 3. The Apostle Paul's noble defence before Festus and Agrippa,. 4. Lord Mansfield's speech in the House of Lords, 1770, on the bill 126 129 130 131 133 135 136 138 14. The planetary and terrestrial worlds comparatively considered, 147 15. On the power of custom, and the uses to which may be applied, 149 16. The pleasure resulting from a proper use of our faculties, . 7. On the proper state of our temper, with respect to one another, 151 23. Virtue, deeply rooted, is not subject to the influence of fortune, 24 The speech of Fabricius, to king Pyrrhus, who attempted to bribe him to his interests, by the offer of a large sum of money, 164 25. Character of James I. king of England, - 2. Verses in which the lines are of different length, 171 3. Verses containing exclamations, interrogations, parentheses, &c. 174 4. Verses in various forms, 4. The youth and the philosopher, 182 183 185 5. Discourse between Adam and Eve retiring to rest, 188 * CHAPTER IV.--Descriptive Pieces. 4. Care of birds for their young, 5. Liberty and slavery contrasted, 8. The pleasures of retirement, 5. A paraphrase on the latter part of the 6th chapter of Matthew, 6. The death of a good man a strong incentive to virtue, 7. Reflections on the future state, from a review of winter,. 8. Adam's advice to Eve, to avoid temptation, 9. On procrastination, 10. That philosophy which stops at secondary causes, reproved, 11. Indignant sentiments on national prejudice, slavery, &c. 1. The morning in summer, 2. Rural sounds, as well as rural sights, delightful, 3. The Rose, 6. Charity. A paraphrase on the 13th chap. to the Corinthians, 7. Picture of a good man, 9. The pleasures and benefit of an improved imagination, 1. The Hermit, 2. The Beggar's Petition, 3. Unhappy close of life, 4. Elegy to Pity,. 5. Verses by Alex. Selkirk, in the island of Juan Fernandez,. 6. Gratitude, 7. A man perishing in the snow, with reflections, &c. &c. 8. A morning hymn, CHAPTER V.-Pathetic Pieces. CHAPTER VI.-Promiscuous Pieces. 219 221 222 223 224 225 7. The pursuit of happiness often ill-directed, 226 8. The fire-side, 227 9. Providence vindicated in the present state of man, 10. Selfishness reproved, |