CHAP. VI.-PATHETIC PIECES. Sec. I. Trial and execution of the Earl of Strafford 78 ib. V. Exalted society, and the renewal of virtuous connexions 90 VI. Clemency and amiable character of the patriarch Joseph 91 II. Speech of Adherbal to the Roman Senate, &c. III. Paul's noble defence before Festus and Agrippa XIII. The in uence of devotion on the happiness of life XIV. Planetary & terrestrial worlds comparatively considered 146 XV. Power of custom, and uses to which it may be applied 148 XVI. Pleasures resulting from a proper use of our faculties 150 XXII. Piety and gratitude enliven prosperity 162 164 Pyrrhus, who attempted to bribe him to his interests 165 XXV. Character of James 1. king of England XXVI. Charles V. emperor of Germany, resigns bis domin- 166 ions, and retires from the world XXVII. The same subject continued 167 170 PART II.-PIECES IN POETRY. CHAP. I.-SELECT SENTENCES AND PARAGRAPHS. Sec. I. Short and easy sentences 173 II. Verses in which the lines are of different length CHAP. III.-DIDACTIC PIECES. Sec. I. The vanity of wealth III. On pride 192 194 II. Nothing formed in vain V. Paraphrase on the latter part of the 6th chap. of Matt. 198 VI. The death of a good man, a strong incentive to virtue 199 ib. 200 201 VI. Charity a paraphrase on the 13th chapter of the first epistle to the Corinthians 209 VII. Picture of a good man 211 |