following sentence may be pronounced in four portions, or in ten, without Pitchuponthatcourseoflife | whichisthemostéxcellent | andcustom | will Pitch upontha | course of life whichisthemòst | éxcellent | andcus- Some place the bliss in action | some in ease. Those call it | pleasure | and contentment | these. 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' 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 19. Battle of Lexington, 38. The Gentleman and his Tenant, 44. The Revenge of a Great Soul, 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, 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, Sheridan. 255 267 Edinburgh Review. 268 Phillips. 271 277 141. 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. 121. Diversity in the Human Character, 122. On the Pursuits of Mankind, 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. 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, NATIONAL PRECEPTOR. 13 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. |