THE CONTENTS. Select Sentences. Various authors, pag. I Sydon. Q. Curtius. To Begin nothing , of which you have not well considered the end. Spectator. 45 Isadas , the Spartan. Idem. Quest. Androcles and the Lyon. Guardian. 55 A remarkable instance of filial Duty. Pliny.58 Ingratitude punished. Gen. Mag. 75 110 The vision continued. Idem. 215 Dreams. Idem. Justice. Guardian. Singularity. Spectator. On Study. Bacon. On the English Language. Spectator. Industry recommended. Chesterfield. On Modesty. Idem. On Virtue. idem. The Art of Pleasing. Idem. The Utility of History. Idem. Character of Marius. Middleton. Character of Sylla. Idem. 160 Character of Pompey. Idem. 164 Character of Julius Cæsar. Idem. Character of Cato. Idem. A comparison of the political principles and conduct of Cato , Atticus and Cicero. Idem. 170 173 175 Junius Brutus , over the dead body of Lucretia. Livy. 180 C. Marius to the Romans, on their hesitat ing to appoint him generalin the expedition against Jugurtha , merely on account of his extraction. Sallust. 183 The Speech of Brutus on the death of Cæsar. Shakespear. 189 The Scythian Ambassadors to Alexander. Quintus Curtius, 191 ToArt. Harris. 197 To the Sea. Keate. 201 Liberty and Slavery. Sterne. 203 The Monk. Idem. 206 The Beggar and his Dog. The Man of feel ing. A visit to Bedlam. Idem. The Misanthropist. Idem. 225 The disabled soldier. Goldsmith. The Vision of Mirza. Spectator. The fatal effects of Gold. 253 210 216 235 |