513. EXHORTING, OF ENCOURAGING. is earnest ! persuasion, attended with confidence of success; the voice has the softness of love, intermixed with the firmness of courage; the arms are sometimes spread, with the hands open, as entreating; occasionally the right hand is lifted up, and struck rapidly down, as enforcing what is said. In a general, at the head his army, it requires a kind, complacent look, unless matters of offence have

passed, as neglect of duty, &c.

But wherefore do you droop? Why look you sad,
Be great in act, as you have been in thought:
Let not the world-see fear and sad distrust,
Govern the motive of a kingly eye;

Be stirring with the time; be fire-with fire;
Threaten the threatener, outface the brow
Of bragging horror; so, shall inferior eyes,
That borrow their behavior from the great,
Grow great by your example; and put on
The dauntless spirit of resolution;
Show boldness, and aspiring confidence.
What! shall they seek the lion in his den,
And fright him there, and make him tremble there?
Oh, let it not be said! Forage, and run,
To meet displeasure farther from the doors,
And grapple with him, ere he come so nigh.

Extremes. The subline of nature is the sky, sun, moon, stars, &c. The profound of nature, is, gold, pearls, precious stones, and the treasures of the deep, which are inestimable as unknown. But all that lies between these, as corn, flowers, fruits, animals, and things for the mere use of man, are of mean price, and so common, as not to be greatly esteemed by the curious; it being certain, that any thing of which we know the true use cannot be invaluable: which affords a solution, why common sense hath either been totally despised, or held in small repute, by the greatest modern critics and authors.

Varieties. 1. The arts are divided into the useful, and the polite, the fine, and the elegant; some are for use, and others for pleasure; Elocution is of a mized nature, in which use and beauty are of nearly co-equal influence; manner being as important as matter, or more so. 2. Our government, is a government of laws, not of men; but it will lose this character, if the laws furnish no remedy for the violation of vested rights. 3. Nature has given us two eyes and two ears, and but one tongue; that we should see and hear more than we speak. 4. The weariness of study is removed by loving it, and valuing the results for their uses. 5. The three kingdoms of nature, minerals are destitute of organization and life; are the Mineral, the Vegetable, and the Animal:

514. FAINTING-produces a sudden relaxation of all that holds the human frame together-every sinew and ligament unstrung: the color flics from the vermillion cheek, the sparkling eye grows dim: down the body drops, as helpless and senseless as a mass of clay, to which it seems hasten-vegetables, or plants, are endowed with organizaing to resolve itself.

And lo sad partner of the genial care,
Weary and faint-I drive my goats afar.
Weariness-

Can snore upon the flint, when rusty sloth,
Finds the downy pillow-hard.
Anecdote. A poor priest came one day,
to Louis XI. of France, when this monarch
was at his devotions, in the church, and told
him, the bailiffs were about to arrest him for
a sum, he was unable to pay. The king or
dered him the money; saying-"You have
chosen your time to address me very luckily.
It is but just that I should show some com-
passion to the distressed,when I have been en-
treating God to have compassion on myself."

ADDRESSED TO AN OFFICER IN THE ARMY.
On. that the muse might call, without offence,
The gallant soldier back to his good sense,
His temp'ral field so cautious not to lose;
So careless quite of his eternal foes.
Soldier: so tender of thy prince's fame,
Why so profuse of a superior naine?
For the king's sake. the brunt of baitles bear,
But for the King of king's sake-do not swear.
How many bright [high!
And splendent lamps shine in heaven's temple
Day hath his golden sun, her moon the night,
Her fix'd and wand'ring stars the azure sky;
So fram'd all by their Creator's might, [die.
That still they live and shine. and ne'er shall
There is a lust in man-no power can tame,
Of loudly publishing-his neighbor's shame;
On eagle's wings-immortal scandals fly,
Whilst virtuous actions are but born-to die.

tion and life, but are destitute of voluntary motion
and sense; while animals-possess them all.
As some lone miser, visiting his store, [it o'er,
Bends o'er his treasures, and counts and recounts
Hoards after hoards-his rising raptures fill,
Yet still-he sighs; for hoards are wanting still:
Pleased with each bliss, th't Heaven to us supplies;
Thus, to my breast. alternate passions rise,
Yet oft a sigh prevails, and tears will fall,
To see the hoard of human bliss—so small.
Unless the deed go with it; from this moment,
The flighty purpose-is never undertook,
The firstlings of my heart, shall be
The first ings of my head; and even now, [done.
To crown my thoughts with acts, be it thought and
It is jealousy's peculiar nature,
To swell small things to great ; nay, out of nought
To conjure much; and then to lose its reasƠN,
Amid the hideous phantoms-it has found.
If any here chance to behold himself,
Let him not dare to challenge me of wrong;
For. if he shame to have his follies known,
First he should shame to act 'em: my strict hand
Was made to seize on vice, and with a gripe,
Squeeze out the humor of such spongy souls,
As lick up every idle vanity.
The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark,
When neither is attended; and, I think,
The nightingale, if she should sing by day,
When every goose is cackling, would be thought
No better a musician than the wren.
How many things by season, season'd are
To their right praise and true perfection!
How vain all outward effort to supply
The soul with joy the noontide sun is dark,
And music-discord, when the heart is low.

I see a man's life is a tedious one:

515. FATIGUE-from severe or hard labor. Laconics. 1. We too often form hasty opinives a general languor to the body; the counte-ions, from external appearances, assumed merely nance is dejected, the arms hang listless; the for deception, by the wolf in sheep's clothing. 2. Lody. (if not sitting, or lying along.) stoops as in old age; the legs, if walking, drag heavily along, While prosperity gilds your days, you may reckon and seem, at every step, to bend under the weight many friends; but, if the clouds of adversity deof the body: the voice is weak, and hardly arti- scend upon you, behold, they flee away. 3. Cowculate enough to be understood. ards boast of their fancied prowess, and assume an appearance of courage, which they do not possess. 4. The life of the true christian, is not one of melancholy, and gloominess; for he only resigns the pleasure of sin, to enjoy the pleasure of hesi ness. 5. The blessings of peace cannot be too highly prized, nor the horrors of war too earnestly deprecated; unless the former is obtained, and the latter-averted, by a sacrifice of principle. 6. The conqueror is regarded with awe, and the learned man commands our esteem; but the good man alone is beloved.

I've tir'd myself, and for two nights, together-
Have made the ground my bed. I should be sick,
But that my resolution helps me. Milford-
When from the mountain-top Pisanio show'd thee,
Thou wast within my ken. Ah me! I think
Foundations-fly the wretched; such, I mean,
Where they should be relieved.

516. GRAVITY-seriousness, as when the mind is fixed, or deliberating on some important subject, smooths the countenance, and gives it an air of melancholy; the e e-brows are lowered, the eyes cast downwards, and partially closed, or raised to heaven: the mouth shut, the lips composed, and Sometimes a little contracted: the postures of the body and limbs composed, and without much moJon; the speech. if any, slow and solemn, and the voice wi'out much variety.

Fathe s! we once again are met in council:
C's approach hath summoned us together,
nd ROME-attends her fate-from our resolves.
How shall we treat this bold, aspiring man?
Success-still follows him, and backs his crimes:
PHARSALIA-gave him Rome. EGYPT-has since
Received his yoke. and the whole Nue is Cesar's.
Why should I mention Juba's overthrow,
Or Scipio's death? Numidia's burning sands
Still smoke with blood;-'tis time we should decree
What course to take; our foe advances on us,
And envies us even Lybia's sultry deserts.
Fathers, pronounce your thoughts; are they still
To hold it out. and fight it to the last?

Or, are your hearts subdued at length, and wrought,
By time and ill success, to a submission? Sempro-
nous-speak.

Anecdote. How to prize good Fortune, In the year preceding the French revolution, a servant girl, in Paris, drew a prize of fifteen hundred pounds. She immediately called on the parish priest, and generously put two hundred louisd'ors into his hands, for the relief of the most indigent and industrious poor in the district; accompanying the dona. tion with this admirable and just observation, "Fortune could only have been kind to me, in order that I might be kind to others."

Thy words-had such a melting flow,

And spoke of truth. so sweetly well,
They dropp'd-like heaven's serenest snow,
And all was brightness-where they fell.
Can gold-gain friendship? Impudence of hope!
As well mere man-an angel might beget;
Love, and love only, is the loan for love.
Lorenzo pride repress; nor hope to find
A friend, but who has found a friend in thee.
All-like the purchase; few-the price will pay;
And this makes friends-such miracles below.

Honor and Virtue. Honor is unstable, and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as fickle as her food. She builds a lofty structure on the sandy foundation of the esteem of those who are of all be[fix'dings the most subject to change. But virtue is uniform and fixed, because she looks for approbation only from Him, who is the same yesterday-to-day-and forever. Honor is the most capricious in her rewards. She feeds us with air, and often pulls down our house, to build our monument. She is contracted in her views, inasmuch as her hopes are rooted in earth, bounded by time, and terminated by death. But virtue is enlarged and infinite in her hopes, inasmuch as they extend beyond present things, even to eternal; this is their proper sphere, and they will cease only in the reality of deathless enjoyment. In the storms, and in the tempests of life, honor is not to be depended on, because she herself partakes of the tumult; she also is buffeted by the wave, and borne along by the whirlwind. But virtue is above the storm, and has an anchor sure and steadfast, because it is cast into heaven. The noble Brutus worshiped honor, and in his zeal mistook her for virtue. In the day of trial he found her a shadow and a name. But no man can purchase his virtue too dear; for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it. Similitudes-are like songs in love;

* True Eloquence, is good sense, delivered in a natural and unaffected way, without the artificial ornament of tropes and figures. Our common eloquence is usually a cheat upon the understanding; it deceives us with appearances, instead of things, and makes us think we see reason, whilst it is only tickling our sense.

Essential honor must be in a friend,

Not such as every breath fans to and fro;
But born within, is its own judge and end, [know.
And dares not s'n, though sure that none should
Where friendship's spoke, honesty's understood;
For none can be n friend that is not good.

DRONSON. 14

They much describe, tho' nothing prove. „

517. CONFIDENCE. COURAGE, BOASTING-is have lions and tigers to rule over you? hope elated, security of success in obtaining its object: and COURAGE is the contempt of any unavoidable danger in the execution of what is resolved upon: in both, the head and whole body are erected rather gracefully, the breast projected, the countenance clear and open, the accents strong, round, full-mouthed, and not too rapid the voice firm and even. BOASTING, — exaggerates these appearances by loudness, blustering and railing, what is appropriately called swaggering the eye-brows drawn down, the face red and bloated, mouth pouts, arms placed akimbo, foot stamped on the ground, large strides 'n walking, voice hollow, thundering, swelling into bombast; head often menacingly, right fists clenched, and sometimes brandished at the person threatened.

Base men, that use them, to so base effect:
But Auer stars-did govern Proteus birth:
His words--are bonds; his oaths-are oracles;
His love-sincere; his thoughts-immaculate:
His tears-pure messengers-sent from his heart,
His heart-as far from fraud as heaven from earth.

518. GIVING OR GRANTING.-when done with an unreserved good will, is accompanied with a benevolent aspect, and kind tone of voice: the right hand open, with the palin upward, extend ing toward the person favored, as if giving what he asks; the head at the same time inclin ing forward, as indicating a benevolent disposition and entire consent: all indicative of how heartily the favor is granted, and the benefactors joy in conferring it.

GIVING A DAUGHTER IN MARRIAGE.

Know you not that cruelty-is the attribute
of wild beasts; clemency-that of man?
Varieties. 1. There is no person so lit-
tle, but the greatest may sometimes need his
assistance: hence, we should all exercise
clemency, when there is an opportunity, to-
wards those in our power. This is illustra
ted by the fable of the mouse and the lion.
when the lion became entangled in the toils
of the hunter, he was released by the mouse,
which gnawed asunder the cords of the net
in consideration of having been spared his
non life, by the royal beast, on a former oc-
casion. 2. It is a universal principle-that
an essence cannot exist out of its form; nor
be perceived out of its for n; nor can the
quality of a form be perceived, till the form
itself is an object of thought: hence, if an
essence does not present itself in form, so
that its form can be seen in thought it is to-
tally impossible to know anything atout, or
be affected with, that essence. 3. The ti iths

of religion, and the truths of science, a
different orders; though sometimes b!
yet never actually confounded: theo!
the sun, and science-the moon-to
its light and glory.

My Mother. Alas, how little do we appreciate a mother's tenderness while living! How heedless, are we, in youth, of all her anxieties and kindness! But when she is dead and gone; when the cares and coldness of the world come withering to our hearts; when we experience how hard it is to find true sympathy, how few love us for ourselves, how few will befriend us in our misfortunes; then it is, that we think of the mother we have lost.

If I have too severely punished you, Your compensation makes amends; for I Have given you here a thread of mine own life, Or that for which I live, whom once again I tender to thy hand; all thy vexations Were but my trials of thy love, and thou Hast strangely stood the test. Here, afore heav'n, I ratify this my rich gift: Ferdinand, Do not smile at me, that I boast her off; For thou wilt find she will outstrip all praise, And make it halt behind her. Then-as my gift-and thine own acquisitionThe love of praise, howe'er conceal'd by art, Worthily purchas'd-take-my DAUGHTER. Impatience. In those evils which are al- Reigns-more or less, and glows-in every heart: lotted to us by Providence, such as deformity. The proud-to gain it, toils on toils endure, privation of the senses, or old age, it is al-The modest-shun it—but to make it sure. ways to be remembered, that impatience can have no present effect, but to deprive us of the consolations which our condition admits, by driving away from us those by whose conversation or advice we might be amused or helped; and that, with regard to futurity, it is yet less to be justified, since, without les-Tir'd Nature's sweet restorer, balmy Sleep! He, like the world, his ready visits pays sening the pain, it cuts off the hope of that Where Fortune smiles; the wretched he forsakes; reward, which He, by whom it is inflicted, Swift on his downy pinions, flies from grief. will conter upon those who bear it well.

Anecdote. Clemency. Alphonsus, king of Naples and Sicily, so celebrated in history for his clemency, was once asked, why he was so favorable to all men; even to those most notoriously wicked? He replied, “Because good men are won by justice; the bad, by clemency. Some of his ministers complained to him, on another occasion, of this clemency; when he exclaimed "Would you

Think not the good,

The gentle deeds of mercy-thou hast done,
Shall die forgotten all; the poor, the prisoner,
The fatherless, the friendless, and the widow,
Who daily-own the bounty of thy hand,
Shall cry to heaven, and pull a blessing on thee.

In Nature there's no blemish, but the mind;
None can be call'd deformed, but the unkind:
Virtue is beauty; but the beauteous-evil
Are empty trunks, o'erflourish'd by the devil.
Can chance of seeing first, thy title prove?
And know'st thou not, no law is made for love!
Law is to things, which to free choice relate;

Love is not in our choice, but in our fate:

Laws are but positive; love's power, we see,
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517. CONFIDENCE. COURAGE, BOASTING-is | have lions and tigers to rule over you? hope elated, security of success in obtaining its Know you not that cruelty-is the attribute object: and coURAGE is the contempt of any unavoidable danger in the execution of what is reof wild beasts; clemency-that of man? solved upon: in both, the head and whole body Varieties. 1. There is no person so litare erected rather gracefully, the breast projected, the countenance clear and open, the accents tle, but the greatest may sometimes need his strong, round, full-mouthed, and not too rapid assistance: hence, we should all exercise the voice firm and even. BOASTING,exagger-clemency, when there is an opportunity, toates these appearances by loudness, blustering and railing, what is appropriately called swag-wards those in our power. This is illustragering the eye-brows drawn down, the face ted by the fable of the mouse and the lion. red and bloated, mouth pouts, arms placed a when the lion became entangled in the toils kimbo, foot stamped on the ground, large strides 'n walking, voice hollow, thundering, swelling of the hunter, he was released by the mouse, into bombast; head often menacingly, right fists which gnawed asunder the cords of the net clenched, and sometimes brandished at the per- in consideration of having been spared his son threatened. inun life, by the royal beast, on a former occasion. 2. It is a universal principle—that an essence cannot exist out of its form; nor be perceived out of its for.n; nor can the quality of a form be perceived, till the form itself is an object of thought: hence, if an essence does not present itself in form, so that its form can be seen in thought it is totally impossible to know anything atout, or be affected with, that essence. 3. The truths

Base men, that use them, to so base effect:
But wuer stars-did govern Proteus' birth:
His words-are bonds; his oaths-are oracles;
His love-sincere; his thoughts-immaculate:
His tears-pure messengers-sent from his heart,
His heart--as far from fraud as heaven from earth.
518. GIVING OR GRANTING,-when done with
an unreserved good wil, is accompanied with a
benevolent aspect, and kind tone of voice: the
right hand open, with the palin upward, extend
ing toward the person favored, as if giving
what he asks; the head at the same time incline
ing forward, as indicating a benevolent dispo-
sition and entire consent: all indicative of how
heartily the favor is granted, and the benefac-
tors joy in conferring it.

GIVING A DAUGHTER IN MARRIAGE.
If I have 100 severely punished you,
Your compensation makes amends; for I

Have given you here a thread of mine own life,
Or that for which I lice, whom once again

I tender to thy hand; all thy vexations
Were but my trials of thy love, and thou

of religion, and the truths of science, a
different orders; though sometimes b!
yet never actually confounded: theo?
the sun, and science-the moon-to
its light and glory.

My Mother. Alas, how little do we appreciate a mother's tenderness while living! How heedless, are we, in youth, of all her anxieties and kindness! But when she is dead and gone; when the cares and coldness of the world come withering to our hearts;

Hast strangely stood the test. Here, afore heav'n, when we experience how hard it is to find

I ratify this my rich gift: Ferdinand,

Do not smile at me, that I boast her off;
For thou wilt find she will outstrip all praise,
And make it halt behind her.
Then-as my gift-and thine own acquisition-
Worthily purchas'd-take-my DAUGHTER.
Impatience. In those evils which are al-
lotted to us by Providence, such as deformity,
privation of the senses, or old age, it is al-
ways to be remembered, that impatience can
have no present effect, but to deprive us of
the consolations which our condition admits,
by driving away from us those by whose con-
versation or advice we might be amused or
helped; and that, with regard to futurity, it
is yet less to be justified, since, without les-
sening the pain, it cuts off the hope of that
reward, which He, by whom it is inflicted,
will confer upon those who bear it well.

Anecdote. Clemency. Alphonsus, king of Naples and Sicily, so celebrated in history for his clemency, was once asked, why he was so favorable to all men; even to those most notoriously wicked? He replied, “Because good men are won by justice; the bad, by clemency." Some of his ministers complained to him, on another occasion, of this clemency; when he exclaimed "Would you

true sympathy, how few love us for ourselves,
how few will befriend us in our misfortunes;
then it is, that we think of the mother we
have lost.

The love of praise. howe'er conceal'd by art,
Reigns-more or less, and glows-in every heart:
The proud-to gain it, toils on toils endure,
The modest―shun it—but to make it sure.

Think not the good,

The gentle deeds of mercy-thou hast done,
Shall die forgotten all; the poor, the prisoner,
The fatherless, the friendless, and the widow,
Who daily-own the bounty of thy hand.
Shall ery to heaven, and pull a blessing on thee.
Tir'd Nature's sweet restorer, balmy Sleep!
He, like the world, his ready visits pays
Where Fortune smiles; the wretched he forsakes ;
Swift on his downy pinions, flies from grief.

In Nature there's no blemish, but the mind;
None can be call'd deformed, but the unkind:
Virtue is beauty; but the beauteous-evil
Are empty trunks, o'erflourish'd by the devil.
Can chance of seeing first, thy title prove?
And know'st thou not, no law is made for love!
Law is to things, which to free choice relate;
Love is not in our choice, but in our fate:
Laws are but positive; love's power, we see,
Is Nature's sanction, and her first degree.