INDEX.

Gray,

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The Hermit,

Beattie, 3
On visiting a Scene in Argyleshire, Campbell, 4
Exile of Erin,

Ibid.

5
Chevalier’s Lament,

Burns, 6
Elegy in a Country Church Yard,
Commencement of the Night Thoughts, Young, 10
Satan calling to the fallen Angels, Milton, 11
Othello's Address to the Senate, Shakspeare, 12
Satan's Soliloquy,

Milton, 15
Paper,

Franklin, 17
Old Cheese,

Dr. King 18
Moonlight Scene,

Pope,

20
Mr. Pitt's Reply to Walpole,

21
Apostrophe to the Queen of France, Burke. 23
Burial service,

Common Prayer 24
Dirge in Cymbeline,

Collins, 26
Report of an adjudged case, Cowper, 27
Ode on the Passions,

Collins,

28
Hymn on the Seasons,

Thompson, 30
Execution of the Earl of Argyle, Fox, 33
Battle of Warsaw,

Campbell, 36
Lochiel's Warning,

Ibid. 37
Battle of Hohenlinden,

Ibid.

40
Antony's Funeral Oration,

Shakspeare, 41
To Mary,

Couper, 44
Country Bumpkin and Razor Seller, Pindar, 45
Happiness of Temper

Goldsmith, 46
A postrophe to Light,

Milton,

49

Wordsworth, 51
Alexander's Feast,

Dryden. 52
Morning,

Byron,

56
Greece,

Ibid. 56
Address to the Ocean,

Ibid, 57
On Sincerity,

Tillotson, 59
Falstaff's Ragged Regiment

Shakspeare, 61
St. Paul's Defence

Acts, Chap 36, 63

Lucy,

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Burke,

Byron,
Curran,

96

Song of Moses,

Exodus, Chap 15,65
Without God in the World

Hall, 66
Speech against the Union,

Plunket,

67
Speech of Mr. Plunket,

70
Widow of Ephesus,

Pindar. 72
On Conciliation with America,
Adam and Eve's Morning Hymn,

Milton,

79.
Spain,

81
Speech in Defence of Rowan,

81
On an Address to the Throne, Chatham, 83
To his Mother's Picture,

Cowper, 86
Burial of Sir John Moore

89
Address to the Rainbow,

Campbell, 90
Night before the battle of Waterloo,

Byron,

91
Rolla to the Peruvians,

Sheridan, 93
Cato's Soliloquy,

Addison, 94
Hamlet's Soliloquy

Shakspeare, 95
Marco Bozzaris,
Lavinia,

Thompson, 98
On the Being of a God,

Young,

101
Brutus and Cassius–Tent Scene, Shakspeare, 103
Roderick Dhu

Scott, 108
Henry IV's Soliloquy on Sleep, Chakspeare, 112
Hamlet and Horatio,

Ibid.
Parable of the Prodigal Son,
Character of Professor Playfair, Jeffrey, 117
King Edward and the Earl of Warwick

123
Cardinal Wolsey and Cromwell, Shakspeare, 127
Clarence's Dream,

Ibid,
Fergus McIvor,

Scott,

132
Death of a Spy,

Ibid.

137
Death of Marmion,

Ibid. 139
Local Attachment,

Goldsmith, 144
Brutus and Cassius-street scene, Shakspeare, 145
Voyage of Life,

Johnson,

149
Village Preacher,

Goldsmith, 154
On Paine's Age of Reason,

155
Isaiah, chap. 35,

159
Speech for Hevey,

Curran,

160
Speech in the House of Lords,

Chatham 164

113
116

130

Erskine,

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Speech of Patrick Henry,

167
Empress of Russia's Palace of Ice, Cowper, 170
Meeting of Satan and the Angels, Milton, 172
Wife's Adieu,

178
Character of Cardinal Wolsey, Shakspeare, 178
Song of the Angels,

Milion, 181
Discipline,

Cowper,

183
Ode to Disappointment,

H. K. White, 185
Meeting of Satan and Death, Milton, 187
Psalm 139

189
Hyder Ali,

Burke,

190
Procrastination,

Young,

132
On the Regulation of the Thoughts, Paley, 193
Commencement of Paradise Lost, Milton,

195
St. John, chap. 9.

197
Extract from Task, Book V. Cowper, 200
Revelations, chap. V.

203
State of Probation,

Paley,

203
Coriolanus and Aufidius,

Shakspeare, 207
Mark Antony's Address to Ceasar's

Ibid. 212
Goodness of the Deity,

Paley, 212
Domestic Happiness,

Cowper, 216
Extract from the Task-Book III. Ibid. 216
Deluge,

Genesis, 220
Character of Howard,

Foster, 223
Gascon Peasant and the Flies,

224
The Atheist,

Foster, 226
St. John, Chap. IV.

229
The Millennium,

Cowper, 232
Battle of the Angels,

Milton, 233
Speech on Declining the Poll,

Burke, 241
Lodgings for Single Gentlemen,

243
Character of Mr. Pitt, Earl of Chatham, Grattan, 245
Extract from Childe Harold,

Byron, 246

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