following sentence may be pronounced in four portions, or in ten, without Pitchuponthátcourseof lifewhichisthemostexcellent | andcustom I will Pitch | uponthái | course of life | whichisthemòst | excellent | andcus. Some place the bliss | in action some I in ease. Those | call it | pleasure 1 and contentment | these. And is the son of Semo fallen? | Mournful ar? Tura's walls. / Sorrow | He shall lift his eyes to the wall, / and see his father's sword. | Whose sword is that? | he will say. | The soul of his mother is sad. I'Who is that, I like the hart of the desert, | in the murmur of his course ? | His eyes look wildly round | in search of his friend. | Conal | son of Colgar, i where hast thou been 'when the mighty fell? | Did the seas of Cogorma 4. The Old Lark and her Young Ones, 5. Moderate Wishes the source of Happiness, 6. Affection to Parents Rewarded, 8. Against Religious Persecution, 9. Story of Gofte, the Regicide, 13. Charles 2d and William Penn, 16. No Rank or Possessions can make the guilty mind happy, Cicero. 34 Percival's Tales. 35 18. The Discontented Pendulum, Jane Taylor. 36 19. Battle of Lexington, Wecms. 39 20. Battle of Bunker's Hill, Chorles Botta. 41 21. Application, 46 22. The Shortness of Life, 47 23. The Faithful Greyhound, M. Dwight. 48 24. Mortality, Barbauld. 51 25. Immortality, Barbauld. 52 29. Biographical Sketch of Major Andre, 30. The Miracle—a German Parable, 32. The Prudent Judge-an Eastern Tale, Mass. Magazine. 62 38. The Gentleman and his Tenant, 44. The Revenge of a Great Soul, 55. Ingratitude-Story of Inkle and Yarico, 60. Story of the Siege of Calais, 61. Examples of Decision of Character, 62. Ortogrul: or, the Vanity of Riches, 63. Schemes of Life often Illusory, 71. The Journey of a Day--a picture of human life, Dr. Johnson. 140 76. Destruction of Jerusalem-concluded, 87. Happiness is founded in rectitude of conduct, 88. Virtue and Piety man's highest interest, 90. The Folly of Inconsistent Expectations, 91. On the Beauties of the Psalms, 98. On the Irresolution of Youth, 101. Specimen of Welch Preaching, London Jewish Expositor. 196 108. On the Present and Future State, Addison. 215 113. The Just Judge, 223 114. On Happiness, Sterne. 226 115 On Sincerity, Tillotson. 229 Slerne. 230 215 D. Webster. 254 Sheridan. 254 Sheridan. 255 267 Edinburgh Review. 268 Phillips. 271 D. Webster. 275 277 Burke. 278 288 290 Shakspeare. 293 LESSONS IN POETRY. 23. Beth Gelert, or the Grave of the Greyhound, W. Spencer. 49 46. The Shepherd and the Philosopher, 47. The Youth and the Philosopher, 58. The Hare and the Tortoise, 59. The Painter who pleased Nobody and Every Body, Gay. 110 67. The Country Bumpkin and Razor Seller, P. Pindar. 132 68. The Gascon Peasant and the Flies, 78. Elegy written in a Country Church Yard, 92. Two Voices from the Grave, 95. The Burial of Sir John Moore, 104. The Philosopher's Scales, Marsden. 220 111. What is Time, 121. Diversity in the Human Character, 122. On the Pursuits of Mankind, 123. The Road to Happiness open to all Men, 124. Providence Vindicated in the Present State of Man, Pupe. 252 135. Stanzas addressed to the Greeks, 136. Song of the Greeks, 1822, 137. Warren's Address to the American Soldiers, Pierpont. 275 142. On the Existence of a Deity, 144. Vanity of Power and Misery of Kings, Shakspeare. 285 148. Cassius instigating Brutus, Tragedy of Julius Česar. 291 150. Antony's Speech over the Body of Cesar, Shakspeare. 294 151. Othello's Apology for his Marriage, Tragedy of Othello. 296 152. Soliloquy of Hamlet on Death, 153. Cato's Soliloquy on the Immortality of the Soul, Trag. of Cato. 299 154. Speech of Catiline before the Roman Senate, Croly's Catiline. 300 155. The Rich Man and the Poor Man, 158. The Inhumanity of Slavery, 163. Hymn on a Review of the Seasons, 165. On the death of Mrs. Mason, 36. Scene from the "Poor Gentlenian,' 37. Scene between Captain Tackle and Jack Bowlin, 117. Prince Henry and Falstaff, 118. Prince Arthur and Hubert, Shakspcare. 241 13 NATIONAL PRECEPTOR. 66 LESSON 1.1 My Dog and my Shadow. 1. In a solitary excursion through the woods, Major Halden fell in with a man whose singular appearance attracted his attention. He was sitting on the ground at the foot of a beech tree, eating a crust of bread, which he shared bit by bit with his dog 2. His dress betrayed the utmost poverty, but his countenance exhibited every symptom of cheerfulness. The Major saluted him as he rode past, and the man pulled off his hat. “Do you see ?said he to his dog, laughing. 66 What could the dog see?” asked the Major, whose curiosity was much excited by the man's happy looks. 3. The stranger laughed. Aye,” said the man, in a humorous tone, “I wish to inake the dog take notice of your civility; it is so uncommon for a well-dressed person on horseback, to lift his hat or cap to a tattered foot passenger like me.” “Who are you then ?" said the Major to the man, looking at him attentively. “A child of fortune." 4. “A child of fortune! You mistake, without doubt; for your coat seems to speak otherwise.” “My coat is in the right, sir. But as I can joke in this coat,—the only one I have,-it is of as much value to me as a new one, even if it had a star* upon it.” “If what you say does not proceed from a disordered mind, you are in the right, countryman." 5. " A disordered mind, or a light mind, is sometimes the gift of God, at least for children of fortune of my case.- -My fate once hung heavy on my mind like lead; but care now passes through it as the wind does through my coat, and if that be a fault, it makes up for a great deal of misfortune.” “But,” says the Major, “ whence did you come, and whither are vou going?” * Star, a badge of rank. 99 |
