SEGT. 1. No rank or possessions can make the guilty 2. Change of external condition often adverse 3. Haman; or the misery of pride, 5. Ortogrul ; or the vanity of riches, Sect. 8. On the importance of order in the distribu 9. The dignity of virtue amidst corrupt examples,53 10. The mortifications of vice greater than il On conteniment, . . . . 56 12 Rank and riches afford no ground for envy, 60 13. Palience under provocations Our interest as 14 Moderation in our wishes recommenderl, 64 SECT. 1. Happiness is founded in rectitude of conduct, 71 2. Virtue man's highest interest, . . . 72 3. The injustice of an uncharitable spirit, . 73 4. The misfortunes of men mostly chargeable 2. The cataract of Niagara, in Canada, North 4. The groito of Intiparos continued, 8. Prosperity is redoubled to a good man, 9. On the beauties of the Psalms, 10. Character of Alfred, king of England, . 11. Character of Qucen Elizabeth, . i Page , 100 · 102 . 103 CHAPTER VI. Sect. 1. Trial and execution of the Earl of Strafford, 106 2. An eminent instance of true fortitude of . mind, . . . . . . 107 3. The good man's comfort in affliction, - 1097 4. The close of life, . . . . : lig 5. Exalted society, and the renewal of virtuous connections, two sources of future felicity, 112 6. The clemency and amiable character of the i patriarch Joseph, . . . . 114 7. Altamont, . . . . . . 117 CHAPTER VII. Dialogues. SECT. I. Democritus and Heraclitus, . 2. Dionysius, Pythias, and Damon, CHAPTER VIII. Public Speeches. SECT. !. Cicero against Verres, . . 135 2. Speech of Adherbal to the Roman Senate, im ploring their protection against Jugurtha, 139 3. The Apostle Paul's noble defence before Fes. tus and Agrippa, . . . . 143 4. Lord Mansfield's speech in the House of Lords, 1770, on the bill for preventing the 145 . 5. An address to young persons, . . 150 CHAPTER IX Promiscuous Pieccs. 5 Page SECT. R Earthquake at Calabria, in the year 1658, 155 2. Retter from Pliny to Geminius, ' . 159 8. better from Pliny to Marcellinus, on the .... death of an amiable young woman, 160 On Discretion, . . . . . 167 5. On the.government of our thoughts, . 166 6. On the evils which flow from unrestrained :: passions, . . . . Í . 167 17. On the proper state of our temper, with res pect to one another, . . . . 169 3. Excellence of the Holy Scriptures, . . 172 9. Reflections occasioned by a review of the blessings, pronounced by Christ on his dis ciples, in his sermon on the mount, .175:10. Schemes of life often illusory, . . . 174. il. The pleasures of virtuous sensibility, . 177 12. On the true honour of man, '. . . 179 13. The influence of devotion on the happiness of life, . . . . . . 181 14. The planetary and terrestrial worlds compa ratively considered, . . . . . 184, 15. On the power of custom, and the uses to which it may be applied, . . 186 16. The pleasures resulting from a proper use of our faculties, . . . . . 189 17. Description of candour, .. 189 18. On the imperfection of that happiness which rests solely on worldly pleasures, . 191 19. What are the real and solid enjoyments of human life, . . . . . 195 20. Scale of beings, . . . . . 197 21. Trust in the care of Providence recommend ed, . . . . . . . 201 22. Biety and gratitude enliven prosperity, 203, 23. Virtue, when deeply rooted, is not subject to the influence of fortune, . . . . 206 Sect. 24. The speech of Fabricius, a Roman am. bassador, to king Pyrrhus, who attempted to bribe him to his interest, by the offer of a great sum of money, . . . 207 25. Character of James 1. King of England, 208 26. Charles V. emperor of Germany, resigns Sect. I. Short and easy sentences, . . . 217 W erses in which the lines are of different 3. |