DRAMATIC PIECES. DIALOGUES, ADDRESSES, AND SOLILOQUIES. 11. Real virtue can love nothing but virtue ;-a Dia- logue :-Dionysius, Pythias, and Damon, 25. Importance of literature ;-a Dialogue :-Cadmus 33. Mercury, an English Duellist, and an 45. Lord Bacon and Shakspeare, 99. The Sultan and Mr. Haswell, Mrs. Inchbald. 227 PIECES FOR RECITATION, OR SPEAKING. Philanthropist. 66 WEBSTER. 183 WIRT. 324 WEBSTER. 331 HUMOROUS PIECES. 109. Diederich Knickerbocker's New England 123. Dr. Slop and Obadiah, meeting, Sterne. 270 6. Parallel between Pope and Dryden, 65. Scottish Music :—its peculiarity accounted for, Beattie. 154 86. Night, from the Lay Preacher, 89. Extract from a criticism on Ossian, 97. Character of Mr. James Watt, 99. Death and Character of Howard, 118. On the perishable’ nature of poetical fame, WIRT. 324 167. The Abuses of Conscience -a sermon, Sterne, 379 168. The same-continued, Ibid. 381 171. Character of John Playfair, Jeffrey. 391 3 PART SECOND. LESSONS IN POETRY. 36. The House-builder, DESCRIPTIVE PIECES. 7. Select sentences and paragraphs, from various authors, 26 18. Inscription for the Entrance into a Wood, 92. A Sabbath in Scotland :-Persecution of the 103. Thalaba, among the Ruins of Babylon, 106. Scene after a Summer Shower, 120. Lines written in a Highland Glen, 128. Fingal's Battle with the Spirit of Loda, 183. Contrasts of Alpine Scenery, DIDACTIC PIECES. MORAL AND RELIGIOUS. 3. Select sentences and paragraphs, from various authors, 18 CHRISTIAN DISCIPLE. 52 Hurdis. 65 Henry K. White. 82 Anonymous. 84 Lomonosov. 93 Campbell. 94 52. Nature and Poetry favorable to Virtue.-Humility recommended in judging of Providence, PO. Song of Rebecca, the Jewess, 83. “ All things are of God,”. 85. Sonnet written in a Church-yard, 107. Baneful influence of skeptical philosophy, Campbell. 240 120. Lires written in a Highland glen, 142. A belief in the Superintendence of Providence, the only adequate Support under Affliction, Wordsworth. 317 150. Effects of Education upon Individuals :- its 151. An Evening in the Grave-yard, AMERICAN WATCHMAN. 335 175. Prophecy of the Destruction of Babylon, Lonth's translation of Isaiah. 401 Mrs. Barbauld. 413 Russian Anthology. 469 Ibid. 475 PATHETIC PIECES Anonymous. 122 Wordsworth. 146 Anonymous. 220 Crabbe. 242 Campbell. 253 157. Lament of a Swiss Minstrel over the Ruins of Goldau, NEAL. 351 DRAMATIC PIECES. DIALOGUES, ADDRESSES, AND SOLILOQUIES. Southey. 308 HILLHOUSE. 370 165. The Church-yaru,—first and second voices, Karamsin. 377 178. Extract from a dialogue between a 179. Prince Edward and his keeper, 182. Arthur, Hubert, and attendants, 187. Extract from "Heaven and Earth,-a Mystery,” Byron. 428 191. Gil Blas and the Archbishop, 192. Alexander the Great and a Robber, Ibid. PIECES FOR RECITATION, OR SPEAKING. 56. Apostrophè to Mount Parnassus, 145. Song of the Greeks, 1822, Campbell. 323 J. G. PERCIVAL. 330 Croły. 426 lbid. 430 Collins. 445 HUMOROUS PIECES. 41. Address to the Mummy in Belzoni's exhibition, New Monthly Mag. 105 Corper. 185 New Monthly Mag. 408 Ibid. 425 MONTHLY ANTHOLOGY. 447 MISCELLANEOUS PIECES. 74. The Grave Stones, James Gray. 178 75. Stanzas written at Midnight, 129. Death of Carthon :-Ossian's Address to the Sun, Ossian. 281 144. The Greek Emigrant's Song, , (from the Russian Anthology) Derzhavin. 366 166. The Rich man and the Poor man, Ibid. 169. Dirge of Alaric, the Visigoth, 170. Lines on the New-Haven Burying-ground, N. FROTHINGHAM. 390 186. Battle Hymn of the Berlin Landsturm, 190. Extract from the Essay on Criticism, 193. Lines on the entry of the Austrians into Naples, Moore. 440 THE AMERICAN FIRST CLASS BOOK. LESSON 1. A devotional spirit recommended to the young.-CAPPE. DEVOTION is a delicate and tender plănt: as much as it is our duty and our interest to be possessed of it, it is not easily acquired, neither can it be carelessly maintained.* It must be long tended, diligently cultivated, and affectionately cherished, before it will have struck its roots so deep as to grow up and flourish in our hearts; and all along, tisl it attains to its perfect vigor and maturity in heaven, it needs to be defended from the adverse influences of things seen and temporal, of a vain imagination and an earthly mind. The best season for acquiring the spirit of devotion is in early life; it is then attained with the greatest facility, and at that season there are peculiar motives for the cultivation of it. make sure of giving unto God his right, and of rendering to the great Creator and Governor of the world the glory due unto his name, begin to do it soon; before the glittering vanities of life have dazzled and enslaved your imagination, before the sordid interests of this world have gotten possession of your soul, before the habits of ambition, or of avarice, or of voluptuousness, or of dissipation, have enthralled you ; while your minds are yet free, and your hearts yet tender, present them unto God. It will be a săcrifice superlatively acceptable unto him, and not less advantageous to yourselves. Beseech him that he will awaken in you every sentiment of piety; beseech him that he will direct and prosper your endeavors to acquire, * Pron. měn-tåned. Would you |