214 SEQUEL TO EASY LESSONS. At length, the blessings of peace and independence, were vouchsafed to our nation; and Washington, who for eight years had been divided from the repose of his home, hasted, with filial reverence, to ask his mother's blessing. The hero, "First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen," came to lay his laurels at her feet who had first sown their seeds in his soul. This venerable woman continued, until past her ninetieth year, to be respected and beloved by all around her. At length the wasting agony of a cancer terminated her existence, at the residence of her daughter, in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Washington was with her, in the last stages of life, to mitigate the severity of her sufferings, by the most tender offices of affection. With pious grief, he closed her eyes, and laid her in the grave, which she had selected for herself. It was in a beautiful and secluded dell, on the family estate, partly overshadowed by trees, where she frequently retired for meditation, and where the setting sun, beams with the softest radiance. We have now seen the man, who was the leader of victorious armies, the conqueror of a mighty kingdom, and the admiration of the world,-in the delightful attitude of an obedient and affectionate son. We have traced many of his virtues back to that sweet submission to maternal guidance, which distinguished his early years. She whom he honored with such filial reverence, said that "he had learned to command others, by first learning to obey." We remember also, that it was said of one greater than Washington, that he was subject unto his mother." Let those, therefore, who in the morning of life are ambitious of future eminence, lay the foundation in filial virtue,- -nor expect to be either fortunate or happy, while they neglect the injunction, "My son ! keep thy father's commandments, and forsake not the law of thy mother." LESSON Juvenile Miscellany. W. S. Cardell. PAGE 7 S. Nott, Jr. 10 6 The Dog Apollo. Miss Mitford. 12 14 16 LESSON PAGE 40. Emily Corrette, or the Prize of Virtue. Well-Spent Hour: 96 45. The Robin's Nest, a true Story. 46. Lesson of Charity. 47. Invitation to the Feathered Tribe. 48. Playing with Fire-Arms. 49. Emulation without Envy. 50. Death of a Mother. 51. The Better Land. 52. The Rein-Deer. 53. The Father and Son. 54. Mother, who made this Flower? 56. do. 104 Miss Mitford. 110 Miss Edgeworth. 116 do. 118 H. Ware, Jr. 120 125 Mrs. Gilman 128 Cowpers 128 2 131 57. I have seen an End of all Perfection. Mrs. Sigourney 132 58. On Metals. 59. The Price of a Victory. 60. The Tiger and the Rhinoceros. 61. The Cuttle-Fish. Evenings at Home 134 do. Rev. I. Taylor. 139 62. The Sun, the Planets and the fixed Stars. 63. Singular Transformation of Insects. 66. The Rose and the Grape-Vine. Miss Aikin. 150 The Warning. 164 Juv. Mis. 176 Caniel-Driver. Miss Edgeworth. 17 Stories from Ancient History. 79. India Rubber, or Syringe Tree. 80. 81. Disinterested Benevolence. - Dr. Beecher Mrs. Trimmer. Juv.. Mis: 192 On Impressions, or Theodore at the dying Bed of his Jane Taylor. 193 Diversions of Hollycot. 19 Evenings in N. E. 209 |