XIV.—A DinnER OF HERBS AND GOOD FELlowship (Prov.

xv. 17).

Plain fare in peace and quietness—Daniel's diet of pulse—

Nebuchadnezzar taking to grass-Plain living and high think-

ing-Bishop Skinner, W. Hunter, etc.-Relish for homely fare,

real and affected-Johnians of an obsolete type (A.D. 1550)—

Alexander Severus, Spinoza, Dryden, Addison, etc.

XV.-INTOLERANT OF REPROOF (PROV. xv. 31, 32).

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142-157

Borromeo's exceptional patience of reproof-Swift to Stella-

Discrimination in fault-finding - Fault-finding resented—

Determined not to own oneself in the wrong-Candid avowal

of error

XVI.-WHISPERED-AWAY FRIENDSHIPS (PROV. xvi. 28).

-

.

158-172

Poison of whispering tongues· - Recklessness of wanton

gossip Advanced scholars of the school for scandal-Whisper-

ing busybodies-The 'good-natured friends' who circulate ill-

natured reports-Proof against talebearers

XVII.-FAIR-WEATHER FRIENDS (PROV. xvii. 17; xix. 7).

173-184

Poverty parts good company- Friendship declining into

acquaintanceship-Dropping an acquaintance-Fortune on the

wane, friends on the wing.

185-196

XVIII. IMPOSING SILENCE AND

INCONTINENT

(PROV. xvii. 28).

CHATTER

The reputation that may be gained, and kept, by simply hold-

ing one's tongue-Polite taciturnity –Irrepressible cacklers—

Nothing to say, said at full length

XIX.-ANSWERED UNHEARD (PROV. xviii. 13).

196-206

Hearing both sides-Political onesidedness--Convicted and

condemned unheard-Truth-seeking in a free spirit-Over hasty

to understand and conclude .

XX.-BROTHERS AT STRIFE (PROV. xviii. 19).

207-216

Records of fratricide —‘Living like two brothers' - 'Acer-

rima proximorum odia'—Border enmities—'Inter finitimos

immortale odium'-Feuds of families and races-Unneigh-

bourly neighbours-Odium theologicum-The 'exquisite rancour

of theological hatred'

216-232

XXI. THE CONTINUAL DROPPING OF A CONTENTIOUS WIFE
(PROV. xix. 13; xxvii. 15).

Shrews and scolds - Wives of Socrates, Albert Dürer,

Luther, Hooker, Scheraus, Tertullian, Wesley-Making home

a purgatory-Feminine fractiousness-Continual dropping, or

dripping

XXII. THE DIVINITY THAT SHAPES OUR ENDS (PROV. xx.

24).

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232-242

243-249

Man proposes, God disposes-Overruling Providence.

XXIII. THE BONDAGE THAT COMES OF BORROWING (Prov.

xxii. 7).

The born and bred borrower-The jaunty habitual debtor—

Comfortably deep in debt-The borrower a bondman-Healthy

horror of debt-Degradation of debt-Sensitively scrupulous as

to debt

XXIV. AS VINEGAR UPON NITRE (PROV. xxv. 20).

249-260

Songs that jar on an aching heart-Bianca and the Night-
ingales-Levity and dejection

261-266

XXV. THE CURSE CAUSELESS (PROV. xxvi. 2).

Impotent imprecations-Curses that come home to roost-

Fallible Papal execrations-Maledictions deprecated, derided,
and defied.

XXVI. MEDDLER'S MISCHANCE (PROV. xxvi. 17).

266-272

Meddling in strangers' strife-Sganarelle, Martine, and
Monsieur Robert-Making a muddle of meddling-Selfish ab-

stention

XXVII. SPORTIVE MISCHIEF (PROV. xxvi. 19).

Practical jokers—Reckless jesters—Making a foe for the sake
of a jest-Unenviable renown for repartee-Too fond of one's
jest to spare one's best friend

XXVIII. SELF-bestowed PRAISE (PROV. xxvii. 2).

277-290

Blowing one's own trumpet-Resolute self-assertion—In-

domitable self-assurance-Impolitic self-disparagement-Art of

self-valuation-Absurdly apologetic-Tricks of self-disparage-

ment-Taken at one's own valuation - Dreadfully humble

people'-Praise from the praiseworthy-The dearest praise of

XXIX.-FRIENDLY WOUNDS (PROV. xxvii. 6).

'Faithful are the wounds of a friend'-Loving reproof-

Telling unpalatable truths-Taking pleasure in giving pain—
Impish tendency to teaze-Art of reprehending without offend-
ing-St. Francis Xavier, Bishop Sanderson, St. Francis de
Sales-Stinging rebuke-Tender expostulation

XXX.-SATED WITH SUPERFLUITY (PROV. xxvii. 7).

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314-330

Loathed honeycomb-Toujours perdrix'-Too much of a

good thing-Homely diet relished by way of a relief-Stomachs

clogged with costly fare-Zest in roughing it for a change-

'Grate divitibus vices'.

XXXI.-HEART RESPONSIVE TO HEART (PROV. xvii. 19).

331-341

One touch of nature-The soft infection of tears-The heart

of man one and the same, all the world over, and for all time-

The affections immortal

XXXII.-INEXPUGNABLE FOOLISHNESS (PROV. xxvii. 22).

341-353

Impenetrable dulness-Imperturbable stupidity-Self-com-
placent stolidity-No fool like an old fool

XXXIII.-PASSING FAIR (PROV. xxxi. 30).

353-359

Beauty a fading flower-Physical charms compared with

winsome expression-Is beauty only skin deep ?-Platitudes

depreciatory of the real value of beauty-The loveliness that is

lasting.

359-373

XXXIV.-NO NEW THING UNDER THE SUN (ECCLES. i. 9, 10).

A disputed proverb-Dutens, Fournier, etc.-Does history

repeat itself?-Historical parallels

XXXV.-THE SEEING EYE (ECCLES. ii. 14; ISA. xlii. 20).

373-382

Mr. Carlyle's 'Men with an Eye'—Insight and clear vision
-One-eyed strength of sight-Clear-sighted short-sight-Eyes
and no eyes-Keen observers of nature— No speculation in those
eyes-A soulless gaze-An empty Eye-socket.

XXXVI.-BEAUTIFUL IN SEASON (ECCLES. iii. 1, 11).

382-398

Everything beautiful in its time-The seasons-

-Childhood

and age-The order of nature

XXXVII.-A TIME TO LAUGH (ECCLES. iii. 4).

399-402

Unseasonable laughter: in church, Psalm-singing in the
fields, At a wedding-Obstreperous laughter-Silly laughter

-Stifling a laugh-Pleas for laughter-Never seen to laugh—

No laugh on record of the Man of Sorrows

XXXVIII. A TIME TO HATE (ECCLES iii. 8).

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402-419

Divine example of hate-A good hater-Knowing how to

hate-German vigour of hate-A series of good haters: Luther,

Leicester, Guy Patin, Bolingbroke, Swift, Pope, Duchess of

Marlborough, Horace Walpole, Burns, Cobbett, Sir Philip

Francis, George III., Thurlow, Voss, Dr. Wolff, M. Veuillot,

Dr. Arnold-Defective power of hate-Affinity of love to

hate.

419-434

XXXIX.-FAST-ASLEEP TOIL AND WIDE-AWAKE CARE (Eccles.

v. 12).

Wealthy and care-worn, Poor and light-hearted-Sancho

snores while the Don soliloquizes-Prince's envy of peasant's

sound sleep-Loss of sleep, from care, remorse, sorrow, sickness,

age-Sleeplessness and insanity—Unfailing capacity for sleep-

A variety of soporific specifics.

XL.-A DEADLY FIGHT THAT MUST BE FOUGHT OUT (ECCLES.

viii. 8).

434-457

The last struggle-No discharge in that war—The pang of

conscious helplessness in watchful bystanders at a deathbed-

Love not stronger than Death, when a dear life is at stake-Sad

unhelpful tears

XLI.-SENTENCE PASSED, EXECUTION DELAYED (ECCLES. viii.

11).

458-465

Belated penalties of wrong-doing-Retribution delayed, not

forgotten-Vengeance slow but sure.

XLII.-A TAINT OF FOLLY IN THE WISE (ECCLES. x. 1).

465-470

Follies of the Wise, and Foibles of the Great-Inconsistency of

human nature-Johnson, Luther, Julian, Napier of Merchis-

ton, W. Sharp, Raleigh, Richelieu, Frederick the Great,

Catharine II., Lord Clive-Sportive element in great men :

William the Silent, Cromwell, etc.-Pronounced lovers of non-

sense: Erskine, Flaxman, Robert Story, Julius Hare, Hogarth,

Horne Tooke, Burns, Sydney Smith, Lamb, Southey, De

Quincey, Bishop Lonsdale, Casimir Périer-Great powers and

fine qualities marred by one radical defect

470-485

XLIII. CASTING BREAD UPON THE WATERS (ECCLES. xi. 1).

All work is as seed sown-No good work is done in vain-

Every good deed is a part of the life of the world-Sowing

beside all waters

485-493

XLIV. 'PHYSICIAN, HEAL THYSELF' (ST. LUKE iv. 23).

493-503

Inconsequent precept and practice-Death and the doctors-

Doctors at the dinner-table-Pastors and primrose paths

XLV.-BLINd-led Blind (ST. LUKE vi. 39).

Can the blind lead the blind?-Where no Vision, the people

perish-Citations from Spenser, Shakspeare, La Fontaine,

Goethe, Crabbe, Carlyle, Shelley, South .

XLVI.-A DIvided Service (ST. MATT. vi. 24).

503-508

God and Mammon-Mammon-worship-The 'almighty

dollar'-Making haste to be rich-May one be pardoned, and

retain the offence?'-Incompatible allegiances-Praying and

sinning on.

XLVII.-CASTING PEARLS BEFORE SWINE (ST. MATT. vii. 6).

509-518

Illustrations from Shakspeare, Cowper, Chesterfield, Gold-

smith, Landor, Coleridge, etc.-Reserve in imparting religious

mysteries-Pig-headed people—Impervious to argument—Futile

attempts to convince.

518-530

XLVIII.-AN EYE WITH A BEAM, AND AN EYE FOR A MOTE

(ST. LUKE vi. 41, 42).

Plank and splinter-Faulty fault-finders-Corrupt assail-

ants of corruption—Swift's fat man in a crowd-Keen sense of

the ridiculous, in others—'O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us to

see oursels as ithers see us !'-Parallel passages from Sir Thos.

Browne, Adam Smith, Leighton, Cowper, Swift, Windham,

Shakspeare, Joanna Baillie, Jean Paul, La Bruyère, Mon-

taigne, George Eliot, W. C. Roscoe, R. Browning

531-544

XLIX. ONE TO SOW, ANOTHER TO REAP (ST. JOHN iv. 37).

'Sic vos non vobis'-Citations from Prescott, Newman,

Clough, Buckle, M. Arnold, Dallas, Adam Smith, Plutarch,

Shakspeare, Scott, Swift

L.-BEGINNING TO BUILD, AND NOT ABLE TO FINISH (ST.

LUKE xiv. 30).

545-552

Extravagant schemes and exiguous results-Vast literary

designs: Buckle's History, etc.-Great expectations unfulfilled—
Promising youth, the promise not kept in after life: reflections
by Scaliger, Johnson, Swift, Southey, Hawthorne, Emerson,
Browning, etc.-Starting on the race with leaps and bounds,
and ending in a dull jog trot-'Omnium consensu capax
imperii, nisi imperâsset'—Galba, Maximus, Drusus, Ger-