following sentence may be pronounced in four portions, or in ten, without
any injury to the sense of it.

Pitchuponthatcourseoflife | whichisthemostéxcellent | andcustom | will
makeitthemostdelightful.

Pitch upontha | course of life whichisthemòst | éxcellent | andcus-
tom | willmakeit | themost delightful.

Some place the bliss in action | some in ease.

Those call it | pleasure | and contentment | these.
The following extract from the poems of Ossian is inserted as scored
by Dr. Rush:

And is the son of Semo fallen? | Mournful are Tura's walls. | Sorrow

dwells at Dunscai. | Thy spouse is left alone in her youth. The son of

thy love is alone! | He shall come to Bragela, and ask why she weeps'

2

He shall lift his eyes to the wall, and see his father's sword. | Whose

sword is that? | he will say. The soul of his mother is sad. | Who is
that, like the hart of the desert, | in the murmur of his course? | His
eyes look wildly round | in search of his friend. | Conal | son of Colgar,
where hast thou been when the mighty fell? | Did the seas of Cogorma
roll round thee? | Was the wind of the south in thy sails? | The mighty
have fallen in battle, and thou wast not there. Let none tell it in Sel-
ma, nor in Morven's woody land. | Fingal will be sad, and the sons
of the desert mourn.

16. No Rank or Possessions can make the guilty mind happy, Cicero. 34

17. Beauty and Deformity,

18. The Discontented Pendulum,

20. Battle of Bunker's Hill,

19. Battle of Lexington,

Percival's Tales. 35

Jane Taylor. 36

Weems. 39

21. Application,

22. The Shortness of Life,

23. The Faithful Greyhound,

24. Mortality,

25. Immortality,

32. The Prudent Judge-an Eastern Tale,

35. Lion and Dog,

31. The Compassionate Judge,

38. The Gentleman and his Tenant,

39. Dishonesty Punished,

40. Socrates and Leander,

41. Socrates and Demetrius,

42. The Dead Horse,

43. Biographical Anecdotes,

44. The Revenge of a Great Soul,

45. Death of Prince William,

48. Naval Action,

49. Damon and Pythias,

50. Test of Goodness,

51. The Mysterious Stranger,

52. Earthquake in Calabria,

53. The Starling,

54. Alcander and Septimius,

55. Ingratitude--Story of Inkle and Yarico,

60. Story of the Siege of Calais,

61. Examples of Decision of Character,

62. Ortogrul: or, the Vanity of Riches,

63. Schemes of Life often lilusory,

64. The Hill of Science,

65. The Vision of Mirza,

70. The Voyage of Life,

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71. The Journey of a Day--a picture of human life, Dr. Johnson. 140

75. Destruction of Jerusalem,

79. Address to the Sun,

148

76. Destruction of Jerusalem-concluded,

152

Ossian. 160

119 Speech of a Scythian Ambassador to Alexander, Q. Curtius. 244

115 On Sincerity,

116 Story of Le Fevre,

120 Diogenes at the Isthmian Games,

125 The Nature of True Eloquence,

126 The Perfect Orator,

127. Rolla's Address to the Peruvians,

245

D. Webster. 254

Sheridan. 254

132. Character of William Pitt,

133. Character of the Puritans,

134. Character of Washington,

138. Address to the Patriots of the Revolution,

139. Specimen of the Eloquence of James Otis,
140. On Conciliation with America,

Sheridan. 255

267

Edinburgh Review. 268

Phillips. 271
D. Webster. 275

277
Burke. 278

141. Speech on the Question of War with England, Patrick Henry. 280

146. Hannibal to Scipio Africanus,

147. Scipio's Reply to Hannibal,

149. Brutus Speech on the Death of Cesar,

288

290

Shakspeare. 293

LESSONS IN POETRY.

23. Beth Gelert, or the Grave of the Greyhound,

59. The Painter who pleased Nobody and Every Body,

99

Southey. 106

Gay. 108

Lloyd. 109

Gay. 110

Merrick. 130

P. Pindar. 132

69. The Progress of Untruth,

72. The Mummy,

73. The Negro's Complaint,

74. Victory,

77. The Warrior's Wreath,

U. S. Literary Gazette.

161

78. Elegy written in a Country Church Yard,

80. The African Chief,

83. The Sleepers,

92. Two Voices from the Grave,

93. The Battle of Linden,

94. The Indian Chief,

95. The Burial of Sir John Moore,

96. Boadicea,

97. The Common Lot,

104. The Philosopher's Scales,

105. Goody Blake and Harry Gill,

106. The Three Warnings,

109. My Mother's Picture,

110. Ode to Disappointment,

111. What is Time,

Miss M. A. Browne. 167

Karamsin. 183

Campbell. 185

186

Wolfe. 187

Cowper. 188

Montgomery. 189

J. Taylor. 205

Wordsworth. 208

Mrs. Thrale. 211

Cowper. 213

219

Henry Kirke White.

Marsden. 220

112. Casabianca,

Mrs. Hemans.

121. Diversity in the Human Character,

122. On the Pursuits of Mankind,

123. The Road to Happiness open to all Men,

124. Providence Vindicated in the Present State of Man,

128. The Hermit,

129. The Marriner's Dream,

130. Alexander Selkirk,

131. The Hermit,

135. Stanzas addressed to the Greeks,

136. Song of the Greeks, 1822,

Campbell. 273

137. Warren's Address to the American Soldiers,

142. On the Existence of a Deity,

Pierpont. 275

Young. 283

143. To-morrow,

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Cotton. 284

144. Vanity of Power and Misery of Kings,

145. Darkness,

148. Cassius instigating Brutus,

Tragedy of Julius Cesar. 291

150. Antony's Speech over the Body of Cesar,

151. Othello's Apology for his Marriage,

152. Soliloquy of Hamlet on Death,

153. Cato's Soliloquy on the Immortality of the

154. Speech of Catiline before the Roman Senate, Croly's Catiline.

155. The Rich Man and the Poor Man,

156. Address to the Ocean,

157. Wisdom,

Shakspeare. 285

Byron. 286

Shakspeare. 294

Tragedy of Othello.

Tragedy of Hamlet.

Soul, Trag. of Cato.

296

298

Khemnitzer. 301

Byron. 302

158. The Inhumanity of Slavery,

159. The Cuckoo,

Cowper. 305

160. The Star of Bethlehem,

161. The Last Man,

162. Picture of a Good Man,

163. Hymn on a Review of the Seasons,

164. Questions and Answers,

165. On the death of Mrs. Mason,

166. Ode from the 19th Psalm,

167. Rest in Heaven,

168. The Star of Bethlehem,

169. Address to Time,

170. Absalom,

171. The Miami Mounds,

172. On Time,

173. Jugurtha in Prison,

174. Rienzi's Address to the Romans,

175. Battle of Waterloo,

176. Power of Eloquence,

177. Death of Marco Bozzaris,

178. Dream of Clarence,

DIALOGUES.

Pollok. 304

Logan. 306

307

J. G. Percival.

Campbell. 308

Young. 310

Thomson. 311

Montgomery. 313

Mason. 314

Addison. 315

316

H. K. White. 316

Lord Byron. 317

Willis. 319

S. L. Fairfield. 322

H K. White. 323

Rev. C. Wolfe. 325

Miss Mitford. 328

Lord Byron. 330

Cary, 331

Halleck. 333

Shakspeare. 335

36. Scene from the "Poor Gentlenian,"

37. Scene between Captain Tackle and Jack Bowlin,

NATIONAL PRECEPTOR.

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LESSON I.

My Dog and my Shadow.

1. In a solitary excursion through the woods, Major Halden fell in with a man whose singular appearance attracted his attention. He was sitting on the ground at the foot of a beech tree, eating a crust of bread, which he shared bit by bit with his dog.

2. His dress betrayed the utmost poverty, but his countenance exhibited every symptom of cheerfulness. The Major saluted him as he rode past, and the man pulled off his hat. "Do you see?" said he to his dog, laughing. "What could the dog see?" asked the Major, whose curiosity was much excited by the man's happy looks.

3. The stranger laughed. "Aye," said the man, in a humorous tone, "I wish to make the dog take notice of your civility; it is so uncommon for a well-dressed person on horseback, to lift his hat or cap to a tattered foot passenger like me." "Who are you then?" said the Major to the man, looking at him attentively. "A child of fortune."

4. "A child of fortune: You mistake, without doubt; for your coat seems to speak otherwise." "My coat is in the right, sir. But as I can joke in this coat,-the only one I have,-it is of as much value to me as a new one, even if it had a star* upon it." "If what you say does not proceed from a disordered mind, you are in the right, countryman.'

5. "A disordered mind, or a light mind, is sometimes the gift of God, at least for children of fortune of my case.—My fate once hung heavy on my mind like lead; but care now passes through it as the wind does through my coat, and if that be a fault, it makes up for a great deal of misfortune." “But," says the Major, "whence did you come, and whither are vou going?"

*Star, a badge of rank.