The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry

• PART I.

| PIECES IN PROSE.

CHAPTER I.

PAGE
Select Sentences and paragraphs,. . 17

CHAPTER II.
SECT.

Narrative Pieces.

1. No rank or possessions can make the guilty mind happy,

2. Change of external condition often adverse to virtue,

Hamar ; or the misery of pride, ..

Lady Jane Gray, in riches.

Ortogrul ; or the vanity of riches, .

6. The bill of science,

17. The journey of a day; a picture of human life,

CHAPTER III.

Didactic Pieces.

1. The importance of a good education,

4. Motives to the practice of gentleness,

5. A suspicious temper the source of misery to its possessor,

6. Comforts of religion, .

53.

7. Diffidence of our abilities a mark of wisdom, .

8. On the importance of order in the distribution of our time, 54

9. The dignity of virtue amidst corrupt examples, .

10. The mortifications of vice greater than those of virtue,

11. On contentment,

12. Rank and riches afford po ground for ervy, - . . 61

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, CHAPTER IV.

Argumentative Pieces.

1. Happiness is founded in rectitude of conduct, .

2. Virtue man's highest interest, ...

3. The injustice of an uncharitable spirit, .

4. The misfortunes of men mostly chargeable on themselves,

5. On disinterested friendship, .

6. On the immortality of the soul,

CHAPTER V.

Descriptive Pieces.

1. The seasons, .

APTER IV.

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2 The cataract of Niagara, in Canada, North America, '.

CHAPTER I. - PAGE
Select Sentences and paragraphs, . . 17

CHAPTER II.

SECT.

Narrative Pieces.

1. No rank or pol lessions can make the guilty mind happy,

2. Change of exc o ndition often adverse to virtue,

3. Hamar ; or th of pride, .

a picture of human life,

CHAPTER III.

Didactic Pieces.

1. The importance of a good education, '.

2. On grati ade, . .

3. On for reness,

4. Motivs to the practice of gentleness,

5. A suscious temper the source of misery to its possessor,

, 6. Com rts of religion, ..

7. Difence of our abilities a mark of wisdom, .

&. On the importance of order in the distribution of our time,

9. The dignity of rirtue amidst corrupt examples, .

10. The mortifications of vice greater than those of virtue,

11. On contentment, .

12. Rank and riches afford no ground for ervy,

13. Patience under provocations our interest as well as duty, 63

14. Moderation in our wishes recommended,

15. Omniscience and omnipresence of the Deity,

Argumentative Pieces.

1. Happiness is founded in rectitude of conduct
2. Virtue man': !

i terest, E .
3. T ipjus

itable spirit,
tly chargeable et

3. Grotto of Antiparos, .

82

4. The grotto of Antiparos continued,

5. Earthquake at Catanea, .

8. Prosperity is redoubled to a good man,

9. On the beauties of the Psalms,

10. Character of Alfred, king of England,

89

11. Character of Queen Elizabeth,

12. On the slavery of vice, .

91

13. The man of integrity,

i. Trial and execution of the Earl of Strafford, .

2. An eminent instance of true fortitude of mind,

3. The good man's comfort in affliction, ' .

4. The close of life,

5. Exalted society and the renewal of virtuous connexions, &c. , 100

6. The clemency and amiable character of the patriarch Jo-

seph, : . . .

101

7. Altamont, . . . . . 104

104

CHAPTER VII. .

Dialogues.

1. Democritus and Heraclitus,

106

2. Dionysius, Pythias, and Damon, .

108

3. Locke and Bayle, U

110

TER VII. .'

Public Speeches:

1. Cicerg against Verres,

115

2. Speech of Adherbal to the Roman Senate, imploring protec.

tion, .

118

3. The Apostle Paul's noble defence before Festus and

Agrippa, ' . ..

4. Lord Vansfield's speech in the House of Lords, 1770, on the ***

bill for preventing the delays of justice, &c. .

5. An Address to young persons,

. . . . 127

CHAPTER IX.

Promiscuous Pieces.

1. Earthquake at Calabria , in the year 1538,

2. Letter from Pliny to Geminius,

3. Letter from Pliny to Marcellinus, on the death of an amiable

young woman, . . . . .

4. On Discretion,

136

5. On the government of our thoughts

138

6. On the evils which flow from unrestrained passion,

140

7. On the proper state of our temper, with respect to one ano-

thet,

8. Excellence of the Holy Scriptures,

9. Reflections occasioned by a review of the blessings pro-

nounced by Christ, on his disciples, in bis sermon on the

144

10. Schemes of life often illusory,

145

11. The pleastres of virtuous sensibility,

147

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135

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143

12. On the true honour of man, ..
13. T'he influence of devotion on the happiness of life,
14. The planetary and terrestrial worlds comparatively

sidered,
15. On the power of custom, and the uses to which it m

applied,

154

26. The pleasure resulting from a proper use of our faculties, 156

17. Description of Candour, .'.

157
18. On the imperfection of that happiness which rests solely
on worldly pleasures,

158
19. What are the real and solid enjoyments of human life, .. 161
20. Scale of being, . . .

163
21, Trust in the care of Providence recommended, . . 165
22, Piety and gratitude enliven prosperity, ..

167
23. Virtue, deeply rooted, is not subject to the influence of
fortune,

169
The speech of Fabricius, to king Pyrrhus, who attempted to
bribe him to his interests, by the offer of a large sum of
money,

170
25. Character of Jaraos 1. king of England, ,

171
26. Charles V. Em. of Germany, resigns his dominions, &c.
27. The same subjeot continued,

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PIECES IN POETR Y,

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CHAPTER 1.

Select Sentences and Paragraphe.
1. Short and easy sentences, ..
2. Verses in which the lines are of different length; .
3. Verses containing exclamations, interrogations, parenthe-

ses, &c.
4. Verses in various forms,
5. Verses in which sound corresponds with signification,
6. Connubial Affection,

CHAPTER II.

Narrative Pieces.
1. The bears and the bees, . .
2. The nightingale and the glowworm,
3. The trials of virtue,
4. The youth and the philosopher,
5. Discourse between Adam and Eve retiring to rest,
6. Religion and death, _

CHAPTER HI..

Didactic Pieces.
1. The vanity of wealth,
2. Nothing formed in vain,
3. On pride,

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