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BEING A
COPIOUS SELECTION
INSTRUCTIVE, MORAL, AND ENTERTAINING
PASSAGES
FROM THE MOST EMINENT
PROSE WRITERS.
VOLUME II.
BOOK III. IV.
PRECEPTIVE.CLASSICAL.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR SHARPE AND HAILES,
PICCADILLY.
1812.
Р 13 AUG1953
LIB
WHITTINGHAM AND ROWLAND, PRINTERS,
GOSWELL-STREET, LONDON.
CONTENTS.
BOOK III.
PRECEPTIVE.
Page
A FATHER'S advice to his son........
Law. 1
The mind should habituate itself early to serious thought.
Blair. 2
The happiness of life depends on our conduct in the
early stages of it
Blair. 4 4
Qualities most becoming in youth.....
Blair. 5
Necessity in youth of virtuous dispositions and habits.
Blair. 8
The choice of Hercules.......
Tatler. 9
Necessity of an early application to wisdom ...... Seed. 13
Industry a duty of the young
... Blair. 15
Labour and rest : an allegory.
Johnson. 16
Remarks on the swiftness of time..
Idler. 21
Knowledge of the use and value of time important to
youth.
Chesterfield. 24
Negligent waste of time censured
Johnson. 25
Value of method in our pursuits
Chesterfield. 31
Dependence of beings on each other.
Sturm. 32
The art of pleasing
Chesterfield. 34
On vulgarity
Chesterfield. 37
On good breeding..
.Chesterfield. 40
On dignity of manners ........
Chesterfield. 44
Difference between true and false politeness Hurd. 46
On the choice of company
Dean Bolton. 50
On truth and sincerity
... Tillotson. 52
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On lying....
Chesterfield. 56
What constitutes a lie
Paley. 58
On the practice of swearing.
Johnson. 61
Folly of anger
Johnson. 65
On cleanliness.
Addison. 68
Envy and emulation
Barbauld.
Cruelty to animals
Pope. 72
On the same subject .
Jenyns. 75
Instructive lesson on the same subject.......... Sterne. 81
Virtue man's true interest......
Harris. 82
Character and importance of virtue ..........
Price. 84
Importance of a good education.
Addison. 85
Necessity of writing a good band
Chesterfield. 88
General rules for the attainment of knowledge Watts. 90
Different methods of improving in knowledge.... Watts. 92
On books and reading .
Watts. 95
On the several branches of education
Watts. 96
Study of astronomy peculiarly delightful.. Tatler. 100
Advantages of a good elocution.. .Chesterfield. 102
On the art of public speaking
Blair. 104
On emphasis and pauses
Blair. 107
of energy, compass, and variety of voice
Blair. 109
Hamlet to the players...
Shakspeare. 111
On reading the Common Prayer
Swift. 113
Advice to a young clergyman..... ......Swift. 116
On public preaching...
Gregory. 123
On the duties of schoolboys..
Rollin. 126
Methods of improving the memory
... Rollin, 130
On composition
Rollin. 137
Method of improving our style...
Franklin. 138
On thinking
Melmoth. 140