10 God never made an independent man;

"Twould jar the concord of his general plan.
See ev'ry part of that stupendous whole,
"Whose body nature is, and God the soul;"
To one great end, the general good, conspire,
From matter, brute, to man, to seraph, fire.
Should man through nature solitary roam,
His will his sovereign, every where his home,
What force would guard him from the lion's jaw!
What swiftness wing him from the panther's paw?
Or, should fate lead him to some safer shore,
Where panthers never prowl, nor lions roar,
Where liberal nature all her charms bestows,
Suns shine, birds sing, flowers bloom, and water flows;
Fool, dost thou think he'd revel on the store,
Absolve the care of Heav'n, nor ask for more?
Though waters flow'd, flow'rs bloom'd, and Phoebus shone,
He'd sigh, he'd murmur, that he was alone.
For know, the Maker on the human breast,
A sense of kindred, country, man, impress'd.
11 Though nature's works the ruling mind declare,
And well deserve inquiry's serious care,
The God, (whate'er misanthrophy may say,).
Shines, beams in man with most unclouded ray.
What boots it thee to fly from pole to pole?
Hang o'er the sun, and with the planets roll?
What boots through space's farthest bourns to roam?
If thou, O man, a stranger art at home.
Then know thyself, the human mind survey;
The use, the pleasure, will the toil repay.

12 Nor study only, practice what you know;
Your life, your knowledge, to mankind you owe.
With Plato's olive wreath the bays entwine;
Those who in study, should in practice shine.
Say, does the learn'd lord of Hagley's shade,
Charm man so much by mossy fountains laid,
As when arous'd, he stems corruption's course,
And shakes the senate with a Tully's force?
When freedom gasp'd beneath a Cæsar's feet,
Then public virtue might to shades retreat :
But where she breathes, the least may useful be,
And freedom, Britain, still belongs to thee.

13 Though man's ungrateful, or though fortune frown;
Is the reward of worth a song, or crown?

Nor yet unrecompens❜d are virtue's pains;
Good Allen lives, and bounteous Brunswick reigns.
On each condition disappointments wait,
Enter the hat, and force the guarded gate.
Nor dare repine, though early friendship bleed,
From love, the world, and all its cares, he's freed.
But know, adversity's the child of God:

Whom Heaven approves of most, must feel her rod.
When smooth old Ocean, and each storm's asleep,
Then ignorance may plough the watery deep;
But when the demons of the tempest rave,
Skill must conduct the vessel through the wave,
14 Sidney, what good man envies not thy blow?
Who would not wish Anytus*-for a foe?
Intrepid virtue triumphs over fate;

The good can never be unfortunate.
And be this maxim graven in thy mind;
The height of virtue is, to serve mankind.
But when old age has silver'd o'er thy head,
When memory fails, and all thy vigour's fled,
Then mayst thou seek the stillness of retreat,
Then hear aloof the human tempest beat;
Then will I greet thee to my woodland cave,
Allay the
pangs of and smooth thy grave,

age,

One of the accusers of Socrates

GRAINGER.

FINIS.

CHAPTER I.

Select Sentences and Paragraphs,

CHAPTER II.-Narrative Pieces.

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

2. Change of external condition often adverse to virtue,

3. Haman; or the misery of pride,

4. Lady Jane Gray,

Fage.

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5. Ortogrul; or the vanity of riches,

6. The hill of science,

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

CHAPTER III.-Didactic Pieces.

2. On gratitude,

3. On forgiveness,

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,

7. Diffidence of our abilities a mark of wisdom,

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

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

9. The dignity of virtue amidst corrupt examples,

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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, 69

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,

K. On disinterested friendship,

6. On the immortality of the soul,

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

4. The close of life,

6. Exalted society and the renewal of virtuous connexions, &o..
6. The clemency and amiable character of the patriarch Joseph,
7. Altamont,

CHAPTER VII.-Dialogues.

1. Democritus and Heraclitus,

2. Dionysius, Pythias, and Damon,

3. Locke and Bayle,

CHAPTER VIII.-Public Speeches.

1. Cicero against Verres,

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2. Speech of Adherbal to the Roman Senate, imploring protection, 114

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

4. Lord Mansfield's speech in the House of Lords, 1770, on the bill

for preventing the delays of justice, &c.

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

5. On the government of our thoughts,

6. On the evils which flow from unrestrained passion,

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9. Reflections occasioned by a review of the blessings pronounced

by Christ, on his disciples, in his sermon on the mount,

13. The influence of devotion on the happiness of life,.

10. Schemes of life often illusory,.

11. The pleasures of virtuous sensibility,

12. On the true honour of man,

14. The planetary and terrestrial worlds comparatively considered, 147

15. On the power of custom, and the uses to which may be applied, 149

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

17. Description of Candour,.

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7. On the proper state of our temper, with respect to one another,
8. Excellence of the Holy Scriptures,

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18. On the imperfection of that happiness which rests solely on

worldly pleasures, .

19. What are the reai and solid enjoyments of human life,

20. Scale of beings,

21. Trust in the care of Providence recommended,

22. Piety and gratitude enliven prosperity, -

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

24 The speech of Fabricius, to king Pyrrhus, who attempted to

bribe him to his interests, by the offer of a large sum of money, 164

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25. Character of James I. king of England, -

26. Charles V. Emp. of Germany, resigns his dominions, &c.

27. The same subject continued,

2. Verses in which the lines are of different length,

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3. Verses containing exclamations, interrogations, parentheses, &c. 174

4. Verses in various forms,

4. The youth and the philosopher,

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5. Discourse between Adam and Eve retiring to rest,

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CHAPTER IV.--Descriptive Pieces.

4. Care of birds for their young,

5. Liberty and slavery contrasted,

8. The pleasures of retirement,

5. A paraphrase on the latter part of the 6th chapter of Matthew, 6. The death of a good man a strong incentive to virtue,

7. Reflections on the future state, from a review of winter,.

8. Adam's advice to Eve, to avoid temptation,

9. On procrastination,

10. That philosophy which stops at secondary causes, reproved, 11. Indignant sentiments on national prejudice, slavery, &c.

1. The morning in summer,

2. Rural sounds, as well as rural sights, delightful,

3. The Rose,

6. Charity. A paraphrase on the 13th chap. to the Corinthians, 7. Picture of a good man,

9. The pleasures and benefit of an improved imagination,

1. The Hermit,

2. The Beggar's Petition,

3. Unhappy close of life,

4. Elegy to Pity,.

5. Verses by Alex. Selkirk, in the island of Juan Fernandez,.

6. Gratitude,

7. A man perishing in the snow, with reflections, &c. &c.

8. A morning hymn,

CHAPTER V.-Pathetic Pieces.

CHAPTER VI.-Promiscuous Pieces.

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7. The pursuit of happiness often ill-directed,

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8. The fire-side,

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9. Providence vindicated in the present state of man, 10. Selfishness reproved,