Pleafure. Akerfide. 113 117 119 XXIII. On Procraftination. XXIV. The Pain arifing from Virtuous Emotions attended with XXV. On Tafte. XXVI. The Pleasures arifing from a cultivated Imagination. ibid. 11. III. Junius Brutus over the dead Body of Lucretia. Livy. 136 ibid. 138 C. Marius to the Romans, on their hefitating to appoint Salluft. 141 IV. Califthenes's CHAP. V. VI. VII. Califthenes's Reproof of Cleon's Flattery to Alexander. Page 145 146 149 The Scythian Ambaffadors to Alexander. ibid. Galgacus the General of the Caledonii to his Army, to incite them to Action against the Romans. Tacitus. The Earl of Arundel's Speech propofing an Accommodation between Henry II. and Stephen. Lord Lyttelton. 152 VIII. Mr. Pulteney's Speech on the Motion for reducing the Army. Sir John St. Aubin's Speech for repealing the Septennial IX. X. Sir Robert Walpole's Reply. XI. XII. In Praife of Virtue. Lord Lyttelton's Speech on the Repeal of the Act called the Price. XIII. The Speech of Brutus on the Death of Cæfar. Shakespear. XIV. во OOK ilid. VI. DIAL 158 161 168 174 178 179 180 Archbishop of Canterbury and Bishop of Ely. ibid. 217 VIII. Hymn to Adversity. Gray. 248 IX. Ode on a diftant Profpect of Eton College. ibid. 250 X. XI. Elegy written in a Country Church-Yard. ibid. 254 Mrs. Barbauld... 259 ibid. 262 XV. Ode to Fancy. XVI. L'Allegro. XVII. Il Penferofo. XVIII. The Progress of Life. ibid. 278 Shakespear. 284 XIX. The Entry of Bolingbroke and Richard into London. ibid 285 ibid. 286. ibid. 287 ibid. 289 ibid. 291 ibid. 292 Collins. 293 Mrs. Barbauld. 295. Thomson. 297 ibid. 299 Akenfide. 302 ibid. 304 ibid. 397 Yorick's Death. III. The Beggar's Petition. IV. Elegy on the Death of an unfortunate Lady. Sterne. 309 ibid. 320 VII.. Juba and Syphax.. VIII. Čato's Soliloquy. XI. Edward and Warwick. B. 5 Earl of Effex. 338 Venice Preferved. 340 Earl of Warwick. 344 Shakespear. 349 ibid. 351 ibid. 354 ibid.. 356 XVI. Henry XVIII. Henry V. to his Soldiers. ibid. 363 XIX. Henry VI. Warwick, and Cardinal Beaufort. ibid. 364 XX. Wolfey and Cromwell. ibid. 366 XXI. Lear. ibid. 370 XXII. Macbeth's Soliloquy. ibid. 371 XXIII. Macduff, Malcolm, and Roffe. ibid. 372 XXIV. Antony's Soliloquy over Cæfar's Body. ibid. 375 BOOK I. SELECT SENTENCES. СНАР I. T O be ever active in laudable pursuits, is the distinguishing characteristic of a man of merit. THERE is an heroic innocence, as well as an heroic courage. THERE is a mean in all things. Even virtue itself hath its ftated limits; which not being ftrictly obferved, it ceases to be virtue. Ir is wiser to prevent a quarrel beforehand, than to revenge it afterwards. It is much better to reprove, than to be angry fecretly. No revenge is more herioc, than that which torments envy, by doing good. THE difcretion of a man deferreth his anger, and it is his glory to pafs over a tranfgreffion. MONEY, like manure, does no good till it is spread. There is no real ufe of riches, except in the distribution; the rest is all conceit, |