SECTION II.
Page.
1. The bad reader,
Percival's Tales,
89
2. Respect due to old age,
Spectator,
90
3. Piety to God recommended to the young, Blair, ib.
4. Modesty and decility,
ib.
91
5. Sincerity,
ib.
92
6. Benevolence and humanity,
93
7. Industry and application,
ib.
94
8. Proper employment of time,
ib.
95
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,
Guurdian, 106
16. Character of Francis I,
Robertson, 110
17. The supper and grace,
Sterne,
113
18. Rustic felicity,
ib.
115
19. House of mourning,
ib.
116
1. The honour and advantage of a constant adherence
to truth,
Percival's Tales, 119
2. Impertinence in discourse,
Theophrastus, ib.
3. Character of Addison as a writer, Johnson, 120
4. Pleasure and pain,
Spectator, 121
5. Sir Roger de Coverly's family,
ib. 123
6. The folly of inconsistent expectations. Aitkin, 126
7. Description of the vale of Keswick in
Cumberland,
Brown,
128
8. Pity, and allegory,
Altkin, 131
9. Advantages of commerce,
Spectator, 133
10. On public speaking,
ib.
135
11. Advantages of history.
136
12. On the immortality of the soul,
Spectator, 159
13. The combat of the Horatii and the
Curiatii,
Livy, 141
14. On the power of Custom,
Spectator, 144
15. On pedantry,
Mirror, 146
16. The journey of a day; a picture of
human life,
Rambler,
148
Page.
3. The character of Mary, queen of Scots, Robertson, 156
Hume, 158
4. The character of queen Elizabeth,
5. Charles V's resignation of his dominions, Robertson, 160
Price,
164
6. Importance of virtue,
7. Address to art,
Harris, 165
8. Flattery
Theophastrus, 167
9. The absent man,
Spectator,
168
10. The monk,
Sterne, 170
11. On the head dress of the Ladies, Spectator,
172
12. On the present and future state,
ib. 175
13. Uncle Toby's benevolence,
Sterne,
178
14. Story of the seige of Calais, Fool of Quality, 179
1. On grace in writing,
Fitzborne's letters, 184
2. On the structor of animals,
Spectator.
185
3. On natural and fantastical pleasures, - Guardian, 189
4. The folly and madness of ambition
illustrated,
IVorld, 193
5. Battle of Pharsalia, and the death of
Pompey,
Goldsmith, 197
6. Character of king Alfred,
Hume,
202
7. Awkwardness in company,
Chesterfield. 203
8. Virtue man's highest interest,
Harris. 204
9. On the pleasure arising from objects
of sight,
Page:
1. The camelion,
Merrick, 240
2. On the order o nature,
Pope,
241
3. Description of a country alehouse, Goldsmith, 242
4. Character of a country schoolmaster,
ib.
243
5. Story of Palemon and Lavinia,
Thomson,
ib.
6. Caledonia and Amelia,
ib. 246
7. Description of Mab, queen of the fairies, Shakespeare,247
8. On the existence of a Deity,
Young,
9. Evening in Paradise described,
Milion,
ib.
10. Elegy written in a country churchyard, Gray, 250
11. Scipio restoring the captive lady to her
lover,
Thomson, 253
12. Humorous complaint to Dr. Arbuthnot
of the impertinence of scribblers, Pope, 254
13. Hymn to adversity,
Gray,
255
14. The Passions.-An ode,
Collins,
256
1. Lamentation for the loss of sight,
Millon,
259
2. L'Allegro, or the merry man,
ib.
260
3. On the pursuits of mankind,
262
4. Adam and Eve's morning hymn,
264
5. Parting of Hector and Adromache,
265
6. Facetious history of John Gilpin,
268
7. The creation of the world,
Milion, 273
8. Overthrow of the rebel angels,
ib. 274
9; Alexander's feast, or the power of music, Dryden, 275
Pone,
Millon,
Homer,
Cowper,
1. Romulus to the people of Rome, after building
the city,
Hooke,
2. Hannibal to Scipio Africanus,
16.
3. Scipio's reply,
ib.
4. Calisthenes' reproof of Cleon's flattery to
Alexander,
Q. Curtius,
5. Caius Marius to the Romans, Hooke,
6. Publius Scipio to the Roman army,
7. Hannibal to the Carthagenian army,
8. Adherbal to the Roman senators, Sallust,
9 Canuleius to the Roman consuls, Hooke,
10. Junius Brutus over the dead body of Lucretia, ib,
11. Demosthenes to the Athenians, Lansdown,
12. Jupiter to the inferior Deities,
Homer,
13. Æneas to queen Dido,
Virgil,
14. Molcch to the infernal powers, Milton,
15. Speech of Belial, advising peace,
ib.
1. Belcour and Stockwell,
West Indian, 344
2. Lady Townly and Lady Grace, Provoked Husband. 346
3. Priuli and Jaffier,
Venice preserved, 351
4. Boniface and Aimwell,
Beaux Siratagem, 355
5. Lovegold and Lappet,
Miser.
955
6. Cardinal Wolsey and Cromwell, - Henry VIII,
359
1. Hamlet's advice to the players, Tragedy of Hamlet, 369
2. Douglas' account of himself, Tragedy of Douglas, 370
3.
the hermit,
ib. 371
4. Sempronius' speech for war, Tragedy of Cato, 372
5. Lucius' speech for peace,
ib.
ib.
6. Hotspur's account of the fop, 1 Henry IV. 372
-soliloquy on the contents of a letter, ib. 373
8. Othello's apology for his Marriage, Tragedy of Othello, 374
9. Henry IV's soliloquy on sleep, 2 Henry IV. 375
10. Bobadil's method of defeating an
army,
Every man in his humor, 376
11. Soliloquy of Hamlet's uncle on the
murder of his brother, Tragedy of Hamlet, 377
12. Soliloquy of Hamlet on death,
ib. 378
13. Falstaff's encomiums on sack, 2 Henry IV. ib.
14. Prologue to the Tragedy of Cato,
Pogle,
379
15. Cato's soliloquy on the immortality
ragedy of Cato,
of the soul,
380
17. Speech of Henry V. at the siege of
Harfleur,
Shakespeare's Henry V. 381
18.
-before the battle
of Agincourt,
ib. 382
19. Soliloquy of Dick the Apprentice, Farce the Apprentice, ib.
20. Cassius instigating Brutus to join the
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