Sect. 10. That philosophy, which stops at secondary causes, reproved, 249 CHAPTER IV.-Descriptive Pieces. Sect. 1. The morning in summer, 2. Rural sounds as well as rural sights, delightful, 3. The Rose, 4. Care of birds for their young, 5. Liberty and slavery, contrasted, 6. Charity. A paraphrase on the 13th chap. of the First Epis- and 250 252 ib. 253 254 ib. tle to the Corinthians, 255 7. Picture of a good man, 257 8. The pleasures of retirement, 258 9. The pleasure and benefit of an improved and well directed Sect. 1. Democritus and Heracion by Alexander Selkirk, dur- 264 266 146 150 2. Speech of Adherbal to the Roman Senate, imploring their 3. The Apostle Paul's noble defence before Festus and Agrippa, 154 5. An address to young persons, CHAPTER IX. Promiscuous Pieces. Sect. 1. Earthquake at Calabria, in the year 1638, 2. Letter from Pliny to Geminius, 3. Letter from Pliny to Marcellinus on the death of an amia- ble young woman, 4. On Discretion, 5. On the government of our thoughts, 6. On the evils which flow from unrestrained passions, 7. On the proper state of our temper with respect to one 178 8. Excellence of the Holy Scriptures, 180 9. Reflections occasioned by a review of the blessings, pro- 13. The influence of devotion on the happiness of life, 189 |