BEING A COPIOUS SELECTION OF INSTRUCTIVE, MORAL, AND ENTERTAINING PASSAGES, FROM THE MOST EMINENT PROSE WRITERS. VOLUME II. BOOK III. IV. PRECEPTIVE.-CLASSICAL. LONDON: PRINTED FOR SHARPE AND HAILES, PICCADILLY. 1812. CONTENTS. 2 4 5 The happiness of life depends on our conduct in the General rules for the attainment of knowledge .. Watts. 90 Different methods of improving in knowledge.... Watts. 92 On books and reading ..... On the several branches of education... Watts. 96 Study of astronomy peculiarly delightful........ Tatler. 100 |