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Enjoying health and living in peace, are great blessings. Did you see him, and did you deliver my message. To be moderate in our expectations of worldly happiness, to be cautious in forming our plans, and to be scrupulous in our choice of means, will, most probably, insure prosperity, and surely secure self-satisfaction. This excellent person appeared to be fully resigned, either to live, or to die.

You and I are old friends. My brother and he are tolerable grammarians. Between him and me there is some disparity of

years; but none between him and her.

Note 3. He might have been happy, and now he is fully convinced of it. Though he was sometimes hasty, yet he was not often ungenerous. Can these persons consent to such a proposal, and will they consent to it? How affluent and distinguished for talents he is, and how extensively useful he might be !-He could command his temper, though he certainly would not.

4. We cannot question that his alliance must have been a source of friendship and attachment. We were apprehensive that some accident had happened. I do not doubt that he has merit.

5. They were glad that you sent the books. I will inquire whether or not he has written the letter. It admitted of no effectual cure except by amputation. He must have arrived in London yesterday. The reason that they were deficient was they were indolent. And in the vine were three branches; and it was as if it budded. He spoke without hesitation or confusion. He has written without caution or knowledge of his subject.

6. a. Be ready to succour such persons as need thy assistance. I gained a son, and such a son that all men hailed me happy, Those savage people seemed to have no other element than war. If a man can have such penetration of judgment that he can discern what things are to be heard and seen. He has little of the scholar except the name, He has little more of the scholar than

the name.

So far as I am able to judge, the book is well written. He never writes nor reads. Chaucer followed nature, but was never so bold as to go beyond her. There is no condition so secure that cannot admit of change. The full moon was no sooner shining, than he opened the gate of paradise. He would rather confess than be imprisoned. When he has written the letter, (then) he will be at liberty,

The dog in the manger would neither eat the hay himself, nor suffer the ox to eat it. Both honour, riches, and glory await the conqueror's brow. At Venice, you may go to any house either> by land or water. He must either go himself, or send his servant.

b. The duke had not behaved with that loyalty with which he ought to have behaved. The resolution was not the less fixed, because the secret was yet communicated to very few. He has too much sense and prudence to become a dupe to such artifices.

7. I will either present it to him myself, or direct it to be given to him. Neither did he write it, nor did they recite it. He has obtained neither honour nor emolument. He has spoken either four or five times.

Promiscuous Exercises on the whole Rule.-Germany ran the same risk as Italy had run before. Such men as act treacherously ought to be avoided. To pretend attachment to the king and constitution, and, at the same time, to conspire for their overthrow, are vile hypocrisy. They feared that you would be offended. I must however be so candid as to own that I have been mistaken. So far as he was guided by discretion, he succeeded. If he understands the subject, and attends to it industriously, he can scarcely fail of success. She and he are very unhappily connected. Did he not tell me his fault, and entreat me to forgive him? They were all happy except the stranger. There was something so amiable, and yet so piercing in his look, that affected me at once with love and terror. We are generally pleased with any little accomplishments either of body or mind. He gave it neither to him nor to me. You and we enjoy many privileges. He is not so eminent, nor so much esteemed, as he thinks himself to be. The work is a dull performance; and is capable of pleasing neither the understanding, nor the imagination. The matter was

no

sooner proposed, than he privately withdrew to consider it. We did not doubt that he would attend. He opposed the most remarkable corruptions of the church of Rome, so that his doctrines were embraced by great numbers.

RULE XX. Ellipsis.

Exercises, p. 60, 61. Grammar, p. 109, 110.

The gay and pleasing are, sometimes, the most insidious and dangerous companions. Avarice and cunning may acquire an estate; but they (see rule 9. n. 3rd.) cannot gain friends. He has an affectionate brother, and sister, and they live in great harmony. I venerate, respect, and love him, on account of his virtues, and the benefits which he has conferred upon me. Perseverance in laudable pursuits, will reward all our toils, and produce effects

beyond our calculation. We often commend, as well as censure imprudently. Changes are almost continually taking place in men and manners, in opinions and customs, in private fortunes and public conduct. In all stations and conditions, the important relations take place, of masters and servants, of husbands and wives, of parents and children, of brothers and friends, of citizens and subjects. Oh, my father! my friend! how great has been my ingratitude!

Without firmness, nothing that is great can be undertaken : nothing that is difficult or hazardous, can be accomplished. They enjoy a free constitution and excellent laws. His conduct is not

scandalous, and that is the best that can be said of it. He, who best can suffer, best can do. If young persons were determined to conduct themselves by the rules of virtue, not only would they escape innumerable dangers, but they would command respect from the licentious themselves. Reflect on the state of human life, and the society of men, as mixed with good and with evil. Neither rank, nor station, nor dignity of birth, nor possessions, exempt men from contributing their share to public utility. Oh, piety! Oh, virtue! how insensible have I been to your charms. -Neither the fear of death, nor the hope of life, could make him submit to a dishonest action. The anxious man is the votary of riches; the negligent man of pleasure. Charles was a man of learning, of knowledge, and of benevolence; and, what is still more, he was a true christian. How a seed grows up into a tree, and how the mind acts upon the body, are mysteries which we cannot explain. When so good a man as Socrates fell a victim to the madness of the people, truth, and virtue, and religion fell with him. Promiscuous Exercises on the whole Rule.-Cicero was an We are

eloquent, able, generous, and truly patriotic man. naturally inclined to praise those who praise us, and flatter those who flatter us. A beautiful garden and fine trees were sold. Many days, and even many weeks, pass away unimproved. The people of this country possess a healthy climate and a fertile soil. Genuine virtue supposes our benevolence to be strengthened and confirmed by principle. They are now reconciled to that to which they could not formerly be prompted, by any consideration. His honour, his interest, his religion, were all embarked in this undertaking. He is not only sensible and learned, but he is religious too. By these happy labours, both they who sow and they who reap, will rejoice together. That is a property which most men have, or at least which they may attain. It is not only the duty, but the interest of young persons, to be studious and diligent.

RULE XXI.

Exercises, p. 61, 62. Grammar, p. 110, 111.

Either the court of France or that of England, was to be the umpire. In the reign of Henry II. all foreign commodities were plentiful in England. The multitude rebuked them, that they should hold their peace. The first proposal was essentially different from the second, and inferior to it. We hear the sound of the wind, but we cannot tell whence it cometh, nor whither it goeth.

There is no talent more useful towards success in business, or which puts men more out of the reach of accidents, than that quality generally possessed by persons of cool temper, and which is, in common language, called discretion. The greatest masters I do not suppose,

of critical learning differ from one another.

that we Britons want genius more than our neighbours.

Groves, fields, and meadows, are at any season of the year, pleasant to look upon; but never so much so as in the opening of the spring. By intercourse with wise and experienced persons, who know the world, we may rub off the rust of a private and retired education. The Romans gave, not only the freedom of the city, but capacity for employments to the inhabitants of several towns in Gaul, Spain, and Germany.

Whatever we do secretly, will be displayed in the clearest light. To the happiness of possessing a mind of such uncommon merit, Boethius soon added the satisfaction of obtaining the highest honour that his country could bestow. The work has undergone several alterations and received several additions. The deaf man, whose ears had been opened, and whose tongue had been loosened, doubtless glorified the Great Physician. Though the undertaking was unsuccessful, yet, its failure forms no objection at all, to an enterprise so well concerted.

Promiscuous Exercises on all the preceding Rules.

Exercises, p. 62, to 71.

SECTION 1.

I have read Horace's Art of Poetry.

These are ladies' ruffles.

These three great geniuses flourished at the same time. I want the scissors. He acted in compliance with a bad disposition. Give attendance on reading, on exhortation, on doctrine. I do not like this kind of men.

The landlord was quite unfurnished with every kind of provision. A child of four years of age was thus cruelly deserted by its parents. I found that your affairs were managed in a different manner, from what I had advised.

Let us not

These words have the same sense as those others. forget, that something more than gentleness and modesty, something more than complacency of temper and affability of manners, is requisite to form a worthy man, or a true Christian. They could more easily get them by heart, and retain them in the memory.

The Romans had no other subsistence, than the scanty pillage of a few farms. He has eaten no bread, and drunk no water these two days; or, He has neither eaten any bread, nor drunk any water these two days. He wrote to me previously to my coming to town. Brutus and Aruns killed each other. It argued extreme vanity. Time hastens forward; and life, attended by its cares, perhaps its sorrows, will quickly have run its course.

Of all vices, pride is the most prevalent. Who calls? I. Nor are mankind so much to blame, in their choice thus determining him. By this institution, each legion, to which a certain portion of auxiliaries was allotted, contained within itself every species of lighter troops, and of missile weapons.

The profane historian was ignorant of the testimony, which be was compelled to give. That faction in England, which most powerfully opposed his arbitrary pretensions. He was certainly one of the most acute metaphysicians, one of the deepest philosophers, and one of the best critics and most learned divines, that modern times have produced.

Such of the Morescoes might remain, as demeaned themselves as christians. If you were here, you would find three or four in the parlour, after dinner, who, you would say, passed their afternoons very agreeably.

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