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14. The planetary and terrestrial worlds comparatively consid-
ered,
15. On the power of custom, and the uses to which it may be
applied,

16. The pleasures resulting from a proper use of our faculties,
17. Description of Candour,

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

19. What are the real and solid enjoyments of human life,
20. Scale of beings,

21. Trust in the care of Providence recommended,

22. Piety and gratitude enliven prosperity,

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

21. The speech of Fabricius, a Roman ambassador, to king
Pyrrhus, who attempted to bribe him to his interests, by
the offer of a great sum of money,

25. Character of James I. king of England,

26. Charles V. Emperor of Germany, resigns his dominions, and

retires from the world,

27. The same subject continued,

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PART II.

PIECES IN POETRY.

CHAPTER I.Select Sentences and Paragraphs.

Sect. 1. Short and easy sentences,

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2. Verses in which the lines are of different length,
3. Verses containing exclamations, interrogations, and paren-

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5. Discourse between Adam and Eve retiring to rest,

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5. A paraphrase on the latter part of the 6th chap. of Matthew, 245

6. The death of a good man a strong incentive to virtue,
7. Reflections on a future state, from a review of winter,
8. Adam's advice to Eve, to avoid temptation,

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9. On procrastination,

Sect. 10. That philosophy, which stops at secondary causes, reproved, 249
11. Indignant sentiments on national prejudice and hatred; and
on slavery,

CHAPTER IV.-Descriptive Pieces.

Sect. 1. The morning in summer,

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

3. The Rose,

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4. Care of birds for their young,

5. Liberty and slavery, contrasted,

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6. Charity. A paraphrase on the 13th chap. of the First Epis-

9. The pleasure and benefit of an improved and well directed

2. The Beggar's Petition,

4. Elegy to Pity,

5. Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk, dur-
ing his solitary abode in the island of Juan Fernandez,

6. Gratitude,

7. A man perishing in the snow, from whence reflections are
raised on the miseries of life,

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9. Providence vindicated in the present state of man,