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ELEGANT EXTRACTS:
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.
WHITTINGHAM AND ROWLAND, PRINTERS,
GOSWELL-STREET, LONDON
CONTENTS.
BOOK III,
PRECEPTIVE.
.... Blair.
Page
A FATHER'S advice to his son.......
Law. 1
The mind should habituate itself early to serious thought.
Blair. 2
The happiness of life depends on our conduct in the
early stages of it
4
Qualities most becoming in youth...
Blair. 5
Necessity in youth of virtuous dispositions and habits.
Blair. 8
The choice of Hercules.......
Tatler. 9
Necessity of an early application to wisdom Seed. 13
Industry a duty of the young
Blair. 15
Labour and rest : an allegory.
Johnson. 16
Remarks on the swiftness of time..
Idler'. 21
Knowledge of the use and value of time important to
youth
Chesterfieid. 24
Negligent waste of time censured
Johnson. 25
Value of method in our pursuits
Chesterfield. 31
Dependence of beings on each other..
Sturm. 32
The art of pleasing
Chesterfield. 34
On vulgarity
Chesterfield. 37
On good breeding.
Chesterfield. 40
On dignity of manners .......
Chesterfield. 44
Difference between true and false politeness Hurd. 46
On the choice of company
Dean Bolton. 50
On truth and sincerity
Tillotson. 52
VOL. II.
..............
..
On lying...
Chesterfield. 56
What constitutes a lie
Paley. 58
On the practice of swearing.
Johnson. 61
Folly of anger
Johnson. 65
On cleanliness..
Addison. 68
Envy and emulation
Barbauld. 69
Cruelty to animals
Pope. 72
On the same subject
Jenyns. 75
Instructive lesson on the same subject..
Sterne, 81
Virtue man's true interest ..
Harris. 82
Character and importance of virtue
Price. 84
Importance of a good education.
... Addison. 85
Necessity of writing a good hand
Chesterfield. 88
General rules for the attainment of knowledge Watts. 90
Different methods of improving in knowledge.... Watts. 92
On books and reading
Watts. 95
On the several branches of education
.......... Watts. 96
Study of astronomy peculiarly delightful.. ...... Tatler. 100
Advantages of a good elocution ............
..Chesterfield. 102
On the art of public speaking
Blair. 104
On emphasis and pauses
Blair. 107
Of energy, compass, and variety of voice ...... Blair. 109
Hamlet to the players...
Shakspeare. 111
On reading the Common Prayer
Swift. 113
Advice to a young clergyman....... ......Swift. 116
On public preaching....
Gregory. 123
On the duties of schoolboys.....
Rollin. 126
Methods of improving the memory
Rollin, 130
On composition .....
Rollin, 137
Method of improving our style..
Franklin. 138
On thinking
Melmoth. 140
.......