pendence on our Creator: levity and attachment to worldly pleasures, destroy the sense of gratitude to him. 2. Good order in our affairs, not mean savings, produces great profits. The following treatise, together with those that accompany it, was written, many years ago, for my own private satisfaction. That great senator, in concert with several other eminent persons, was the projector of the revolu tion. The religion of these people, as well as their customs and manners, was strangely misrepresented. Virtue, joined to knowledge and wealth, confers great influence and respectability. But knowledge, with wealth united, if virtue is wanting, has a very limited influence, and is often despised. That superficial scholar and critic, like some renowned critics of our own, has furnished most decisive proofs, that he knew not the characters of the Hebrew language. The buildings of the institution have been enlarged; the expense of which, added to the increased price of provisions, renders it necessary to advance the terms of admission. One, added to nineteen, makes twenty-Better thus one and nineteen make twenty. What black despair, what horror, fill his mind! 8. Thou, and the gardener, and the huntsman, must share the blame of this business amongst you. My sister and I, as well as my brother, are daily employed in our respective occupations. RULE III. Grammar, p. 146. Exercises, p. 54. Man's happiness, or misery, is, in a great measure, put into his own hands. Man is not such a machine as a clock or a watch, which moves merely as it is moved. Despise no infirmity of mind or body, nor any condition of life for it is, perhaps, to be your own lot. Speaking impatiently to servants, or any thing that betrays inattention or ill-humour, is certainly criminal. There are many faults in spelling, which neither analogy nor pronunciation justifies. When sickness, infirmity, or reverse of fortune, affects us, the sincerity of friendship is proved. Let it be remembered, that it is not the uttering, or the hearing of certain words, that constitutes the worship of the Almighty. A tart reply, a proneness to rebuke, or a captious and contradictious spirit, is capable of imbittering domestic life, and of setting friends at variance. The following sentences exemplify the notes and observations under RULE III. Grammar, p. 146. Exercises, p. 54. 1. Either thou or I am greatly mistaken, in our judgment on this subject. I or thou art the person who must undertake the business proposed. 2. One or both of the scholars, were present at the transaction. Some parts of the ship and cargo were recovered; but neither the captain, nor the sailors, were saved. Whether one person or more than one, were concerned in the business, does not yet appear. The deceitfulness of riches, or the cares of this life, have choked the seeds of virtue in many a promising mind. RULE IV. Grammar, p. 147. Exercises, p. 55. The people rejoice in that which should give them sorrow. The flock, and not the fleece, is, or ought to be, the object of the shepherd's care. The court has just ended, after having sat through the trial of a very long cause. The crowd was so great, that the judges with difficulty made their way through it. The corporation of York consists of a mayor, aldermen, and a common council. The British parliament is composed of king, lords, and commons. When the nation complains, the rulers should listen to its voice. In the days of youth, the multitude eagerly pursue pleasure as their chief good. The church has no power to inflict corporal punishment. The fleet was seen sailing up the channel. The regiment consists of a thousand men. The meeting has established several salutary regulations. The council were not unanimous, and they separated without coming to any determination. The fleet are all arrived and moored in safety. These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honour me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. The committee were divided in their sentiments, and they have referred the business to the general meeting. The committee was very full when this point was decided; and its judgment has not been called in question. Why does this generation wish for greater evidence, when so much is already given. The remnant of the people was persecuted with great severity. Never was any people so much infatuated as the Jewish nation. D The shoal of herrings was of an immense extent. No society is chargeable with the disapproved misconduct of particular members. RULE V. Grammar, p. 148. Exercises, p. 57. The exercise of reason appears as little in these sportsmen, as in the beasts which they sometimes hunt, and by which they are sometimes hunted. They who seek wisdom will certainly find her. The male amongst birds seems to discover no beauty, but in the colour of his species. Take handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle them towards heaven, in the sight of Pharaoh; and they shall become small dust. Rebecca took goodly raiment, which was with her in the house, and put it upon Jacob. The wheel killed another man, who is the sixth that has lost his life, by this means. The fair sex, whose task is not to mingle in the labours of public life, have their own part assigned them to act. The Hercules ship of war foundered at sea; she overset, and lost most of her men. The mind of man cannot be long without some food to nourish the activity of its thoughts. What is the reason that our language is less refined than that of Italy, Spain, or France? I do not think any one should incur censure for being tender of his reputation. Thou who hast been a witness of the fact, canst give an account of it. In religious concerns, or those which are conceived to be such, every man must stand or fall by the decision of the Great Judge. Something like what has been here premised, is the conjecture of Dryden. Thou great First Cause, least understood! To know but this that thou art good, Yet gave me in this dark estate, &c. "Confinedst or didst confine :" " Gavest or didst give." The following examples are adapted to the notes and observations under RULE V. Grammar, p. 149. Exercises, p. 58. 1. Whoever entertains such an opinion, judges erroneously. The cares of this world often choke the growth of virtue. Disappointments and afflictions, however disagreeable, often improve us. 2. Moses was the meekest man that we read of in the Old Testament. Humility is one of the most amiable virtues that we can possess. They are the same persons that assisted us yester day. The men and things that he has studied have not improved his morals. 3. How beautiful soever they appear, they have no real merit. In what light soever we view him, his conduct will bear inspection, On which side soever they are contemplated, they appear to advantage. How much soever he might despise the maxims of the king's administration, he kept a total silence on that subject. 4. Which of those two persons has most distinguished himself? |