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selves in a spring which might have watered all around them.

I should prefer his being of rather slow parts, than of a bad disposition.

As soon as Eugenius undertook the care of a parish, it engrossed his attention.

The plan will at once contribute to general convenience, and to the beauty and elegance of the

town.

Together with the national debt, the greatest national advantages are transmitted to succeeding ge

nerations.

Their intimacy had probably commenced in the happier period of their youth and obscurity.

His subject is precisely of that kind, which only a daring imagination could have adopted.

This emperor conjured the Senate, that the purity of his reign might not be stained by the blood of even a guilty senator.

It is a happy constitution of mind, to be able to view successive objects so steadily, that the more important may never prevent us from doing justice to those which are of less consequence.

This activity drew over to Virginia, great numbers of enterprising men; who came either in search of fortune, or of liberty, which was the only compensation for the want of fortune.

The erroneous judgment of parents, respecting the conduct of schoolmasters, has paved the way to the ruin of hopeful boys, and disturbed the peace of many an ingenious man, who had engaged in the care of youth.

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Exercises, p. 175.

THE Greek is doubtless, a language much superior, in richness, harmony, and variety, to the Latin.

Those three great geniuses flourished in the same period.

He has made a judicious adaptation of the exam; ples to the rule.

This part of knowledge has been always growing, and it will continue to grow, till the subject be exhausted.

A boy of twelve years of age may study these lessons. Or-A boy twelve years old.

The servant produced from his late master an unexceptionable character.

I am surprised that so great a philosopher should spend his time in the pursuit of such chimeras. The ends of a divine, and those of a human legislator, are vastly different.

Scarcely had the "Spirit of Laws" made its appearance, when it was attacked. Or-No sooner -than.

His donation was the more acceptable, because it was given without solicitation. Or-as it was given, &c.

This subject is an unwelcome intruder, affording an uneasy sensation, and always bringing with it a mixture of concern and compassion.

He accordingly draws out his forces, and offers battle to Hiero, who immediately accepts it.

James lay late in bed yesterday; and this morning he lies still later.

The reason of this strange proceeding, will be explained when I make my defence.

I have often observed him, and this is his mode of proceeding: he first enjoins silence; and then, &c. Not having known or considered the subject, he made a crude decision.

All of them were deceived by his fair pretences, and all of them lost their property.

It is more than a year since I left school.

He was guilty of conduct so atrocious, that he was entirely deserted by his friends.

No other employment than that of a bookseller, suited his taste. Or-No employment but that of u bookseller, &c.

By this I am instructed, and by that I am honoured.

I pleaded that I was sincere; and, after some time, he assented to the truth of it; by which I entirely escaped punishment.

To this I am the more disposed, as it will serve to illustrate the principles above advanced.

From what I have said, you will readily perceive the subject on which I am to proceed.

These are points too trivial to be noticed. They are objects with which I am totally unacquainted.

The nearer that men approach to each other, the more numerous are their points of contact, and the greater will be their pleasures or their pains.

Thus I have endeavoured to render the subject more intelligible.

This is the most useful art which men possess. In dividing their subjects, the French writers of sermons study neatness.

There is not more beauty in one of them than in another,

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Exercises, p. 177.

STUDY to unite gentleness of manners with firmness of principle, affable behaviour with untainted integrity.

In that work, we are frequently interrupted by unnatural thoughts.

If we except one or two expressions, the composition is not liable to censure.

To answer his purpose effectually, he selected a very moving story.

I am not able to discover whether these points. are in any manner connected.

These are arguments which cannot be refuted by all the cavils of infidelity.

I was much inclined to reply to this matter.

I hope that I shall not be troubled in future, on this, or any similar occasion.

It is difficult to unite copiousness with precision. Let us consider the proper means to effect our purpose.

We must pay attention to what precedes, and what immediately follows.

The more this track is pursued, and the more eloquence is studied, the belier we shall be guarded against a false taste.

True believers of every denomination compose the church of God.

This is the substance of what has been said on the subject.

A perfect union of wit and judgment, is one of the rarest things that occur.

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

Intemperance, though it may fire the spirits for an hour, will make life short or miserable.

From the errors of their education, all their miseries have proceeded.

The disinterestedness of their conduct produced general admiration.

I viewed the habitation of my departed friend, -Venerable shade! I gave thee a tear then: accept of one cordial drop that falls to thy memory now. We are here to-day; and gone to-morrow.

This author is more remarkable for strength of sentiment, than for harmony of language.

Many persons are more delighted with correct and elegant language, than with important sentiments and accurate reasoning.

I feel myself grateful to my friend, for all the instances of kindness, which he has manifested to me. Or-for all his proofs of kindness.

It is not from this world that any ray of comfort can proceed, to cheer the gloom of the last hour.

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Exercises, p. 179.

It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light.

Beautiful women seldom possess any great accomplishment of mind, because they, for the most part, study behaviour rather than solid excellence.

To fret and repine at every disappointment of our wishes, is to discover the temper of froward children, not of men, far less of Christians.

It is decreed by Providence, that nothing truly valuable shall be obtained in our present state, but with difficulty and danger.

Labour necessarily requires pauses of ease and relaxation; and the deliciousness of ease commonly makes us unwilling to return to labour.

Nothing can be great which is not right; nothing which reason condemns, can be suitable to the dignity of the human mind.

In youth, we have warm hopes, which are soon blasted by rashness and negligence; and great designs, which are defeated by inexperience.

To the children of idleness, the haunts of dissipation open many a wide and inviting gate, by night and by day.

True virtue must form one complete and entire system. All its parts are connected; piety with morality, charity with justice, benevolence with temperance and fortitude.

Dissimulation degrades parts and learning; ob