France, may be called our gardens; the Spice Islands our hotbeds; the Persians our silk weavers; and the Chinese our potters. Meekness controls our angry passions; candour our severe judgments. The Egyptian style of building, is derived from the cavern or mound; the Chinese from the tent; the Grecian from the wooden cabin; and the Gothic from the bower of trees.

IX. The poet says that anger is a short madness. Ovid says that it is a sort of pleasure to weep. Swift observes that no wise man, ever wished himself younger. It is written by Solomon that the wise shall inherit glory. It is remarked by Pope that fools have an itching to deride. It is an ancient saying that history is philosophy, teaching by example. Hannibal acted upon the maxim that the Romans could be conquered only at Rome.

X. You are old Father William the young man cried. Vanity of vanities saith the preacher all is vanity. The Emperor exclaimed to those around him: My friends I have lost a day! The preacher first broke silence with the following quotation: Socrates died like a philosopher; Jesus Christ like a God. Descending from his throne and ascending the scaffold he said: Live incomparable pair. mountain before thee said he is the Hill of Science.

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I. The Dutch have a saying that thefts never enrich, alms never impoverish, prayers hinder no work. The most remarkable precious stones are the diamond which is colourless and transparent, the sapphire blue, the topaz yellow, the amethyst purple, and the garnet a deep red. The first nations who paid attention to architecture were the Babylonians who built the Temple of Belus and the hanging gardens, the Assyrians who filled Nineveh with splendid buildings, the Phoenicians whose cities were adorned with magnificent structures, and the Israelites whose temple was considered wonderful. There are tears for his love joy for his fortune honour for his valour and death for his ambition.

II. His manner was humble, but his spirit was haughty.

When the righteous are in authority the people rejoice, but when the wicked beareth rule the people mourn. The duty of a soldier is to obey his general; not to direct him. Your enemies may be formidable by their numbers and their power, but He who is with you is mightier than they. We have taken up arms not to betray our country but to defend it. The dog wolf and bear are sometimes known to live on vegetables or farinaceous food but the lion the tiger the leopard and other animals of this class devour nothing but flesh.

III. Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted. Mary was impatient of contradiction, because she had been accustomed from her infancy to be treated as a queen. Too much anxiety to avoid evils often brings them upon us, and we frequently cause misfortunes by the very efforts we make to escape them. A great advantage in the manufacture of almost every article is the division of labour for when each man has only one thing to do he soon acquires great neatness and proficiency in the performance. Gold the most precious metal is found in every part of the world but the most productive mines are those of America and the East Indies.

Colon.

I. Choose what is most fit, custom will make it most agreeable. I do not repine at my condition, it is the decree of Heaven. Guard with vigilance against the habit of procrastination, nothing is more injurious to success in life. The origin of a virtuous and happy life is derived from early years whoever would reap happiness in old age must plant virtue in youth. To reason with him was vain he was infatuated. Do not flatter yourself with the idea of perfect happiness there is no such thing in the world.

II. The feebleness of the body and the weakness of the mind the dimness of the eye and the failure of the limbs the restless night and the day that can no longer be enjoyed; these are some of the frailties and afflictions of old age as described by the sacred Preacher. Since man is on his very entrance into the world the most helpless of all creatures since

he is for a series of years entirely dependent on the support and protection of others, and since he must at last be laid down in the dust from which he was taken, how vain and absurd does it appear that such a being should indulge in worldly pride!

III. In my youth I saw the sepulchre of Cyrus, which bore this inscription; I am Cyrus, he who subdued the Persian empire. Tiberius interrupted him with astonishment; Can these be the sentiments of Belisarius! The apostle thus gives expression to the intensity of his emotion O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? The patriot thus addressed the assembly, My friends we are brought to great straits this day.

Period.

I. Death is the king of terrors religion breathes a spirit of gentleness and affability a man cannot live pleasantly unless he lives wisely and honestly honour glory and immortality are promised to virtue the happiness allotted to man in his present state is indeed faint and low compared with his immortal prospects it is miserable we think to be deprived of the light of the sun to be shut out from life and conversation and to be laid in the cold grave a prey to corruption and the reptiles of the earth the happiness of the dead however most assuredly is affected by none of these circumstances nor is it the thought of these things which can disturb the profound serenity of their repose.

II. The student obtained the degree of AM Jerusalem was destroyed by Titus AD 70 At the death of Charles IV of France his nearest heirs were his sister Isabella mother of Edward III and his cousin-german Philip of Valois Then shall the kingdom of Heaven be likened unto ten virgins Mat xxv 1

Interrogation, Exclamation, Dash, and Parenthesis.

I. Approach O man and try what thy wisdom and thy power can execute. Canst thou make one tree to blossom

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or one leaf to germinate. Canst thou call from the earth the smallest blade of grass or order the tulip to rise in all its splendour. Contemplate these flowers. Examine them with attention Can they be more perfect Can their colours be more beautifully blended or their forms be more elegantly proportioned Can the pencil of the painter equal the warmth of the blossoming peach or imitate the richness of the cherrytree in bloom So far from imitating no one can conceive all the beauties of nature?

II. How delightful is the face of nature when the morning light first dawns upon a country embosomed in snow. The thick mist which obscured the earth and concealed every object from our view at once vanishes! How beautiful to see the hills the forests and the groves all sparkling in white What a delightful combination these objects present Observe the brilliancy of those hedges See the lofty trees bending beneath their dazzling burden The surface of the earth appears one vast plain mantled in white and splendid array!

III. Here lies the great false marble where. Our fathers each man was a god. And we shall we die in our chains. If thou beest he but oh how fallen.

And thou the billows' queen even thy proud form On our glad sight no more perchance may swell. IV. He gained from Heaven 'twas all he wished a friend The distance of the nearest of these fixed stars or suns for suns they are proved to be is at least twenty billion miles What are our views of all worldly things and the same appearances they would always have if the same thoughts were always predominant when a sharp or tedious sickness has set death before our eyes and the last hour seems to be approaching.

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at season of the year when the serenity of the sky the its which cover the ground the discoloured foliage

of the trees and all the sweet but fading graces of inspiring autumn open the mind to benevolence and dispose it to contemplation I was wandering in a beautiful and romantic country till curiosity began to give way to weariness sitting down on the fragment of a rock overgrown with moss the rustling of the falling leaves the dashing of waters and the hum of the distant city soothed my mind into tranquillity and as I was indulging in the agreeable reveries which the objects around me naturally inspired I was insensibly overcome by sleep. I immediately fancied myself in a vast extended plain in the middle of which arose a mountain whose height surpassed any of my previous conceptions it was covered with a multitude of people chiefly youth many of whom pressed forwards with the liveliest expressions of ardour in their countenance though the way was in many places steep and difficult I observed that those who had just begun to climb the hill thought themselves not far from the top but as they proceeded new hills were continually rising to their view till the mountain at length appeared to lose itself in the clouds as I was gazing on these things with astonishment my good genius suddenly appeared the mountain before thee said he is the Hill of Science on the top is the temple of Truth whose head is above the clouds and a veil of pure light covers her face observe the progress of her votaries be silent and attentive I saw that the only regular approach to the mountain was by a gate called the Gate of Languages it was kept by a woman of a pensive and thoughtful appearance whose lips were continually moving as if she repeated something to herself her name was Memory on entering this first enclosure I was stunned with a confused murmur of jarring voices and dissonant sounds which increased upon me to such a degree that I was utterly confounded and could compare the noise to nothing but the confusion of tongues at Babel after contemplating these things I turned my eyes towards the top of the mountain where the air was always pure and exhilarating where the path was shaded with laurels and other evergreens and the effulgence