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a necessary Accomplishment in a Woman
of Quality or Fortune, On the Absurdity of Omens, A good Conscience,
&c. On Contentment, Human Miseries chiefly imaginary, A Life of
Virtue preferable to a Life of Pleasure, Virtue rewarded, The History of
Amanda, The Story of Abdallah and Balsora, Rashness and Cowardice,
Fortitude founded upon the Fear of God, The Folly of youthful
Extravagance, The Misery of depending upon the Great, What it is to
see the World, The Story of Melissa, On the Omniscience and
Omnipresence of the Deity, together with the Immensity of his Works,
Motives to Piety and Virtue, drawn from the Omniscience and
Omnipresence of the Deity, Reflections on the third Heaven, The
present Life to be considered only as it may conduce to the Happiness
of a future one, On the Immortality of the Soul, On the Animal World,
and the Scale of Beings, Providence proved from Animal instinct,
Good-Breeding, Further Remarks, taken from Lord Chesterfield's
Letters to his Son, Genteel Carriage, Cleanliness of Person, Dress,
Elegance of Expression, Small Talk, Observation, Absence of Mind,
Knowledge of the World, Choice of Company, Laughter, Sundry little
Accomplishments, Dignity of Manners, Rules for Conversation,
Further Remarks, taken from Lord Chesterfield's Letters to his Son,
Entrance upon the World, Advice to a young Man, The Vision of Mirza,
exhibiting a Picture of Human Life, Riches not productive of
Happiness: The Story of Ortogrul of Basra, Of the Scriptures, as the
Rule of Life, Of Genesis, Of Exodus, Of Leviticus, Numbers, and
Deuteronomy, Of Joshua, Of Judges, Samuel, and Kings, Of Chronicles,
Ezra, Nehemiah; and Esther, Of Job, Of the Psalms, Of the Proverbs,
Ecclesiastes, Solomon's Song, the Prophecies, and Apocrypha, Of the
New Testament, Of the Example set by our Savior, and his Character,
A comparative View of the Blessed and Cursed at the last Day, and the
Inference to be drawn from it, Character of St. Paul, Of the Epistles,
The Epistle of St. James, Epistles of St. Peter, and the first of St. John,
Of the Revelations, True Devotion productive of the truest Pleasure, A
Morning Prayer for a young Student at School, or for the common Use
of a School, An Evening Prayer,
APPENDIX.
Of Columbus, and the Discovery of America, Speech of Romulus after

founding Rome, Speech of Quinctius Capitolinus, Caius Marius to the
Romans, Demosthenes to the Athenians, The perfect Speaker, On the
Duties of School-Boys, from the pious and judicious Rollin,
Columbia.--A Poem, The Choice of a Rural Life.--A Poem, Hymns and
Prayers, Character of Man, Winter, Douglas's Account of himself,
------how he learned the Art of War, Baucis and Philemon, On
Happiness, Speech of Adam to Eve, Soliloquy and Prayer of Edward
the Black Prince, before the battle of Poictiers, Invocation to Paradise
Lost, Morning Hymn, _ibid._ The Hermit, by Dr. Beatie, Compassion,
Advantages of Peace, The Progress of Life, Speeches in the Roman
Senate, Cato's Soliloquy on the Immortality of the Soul, Hamlet's
Meditation on Death,
_Select Passages from Dramatic Writers._
Joy,----_Distressed Mother,_ Grief,----_Distressed Mother,_
Pity,----_Venice Preserved,_ Fear,----_Lear,_ Awe and
Fear,----_Mourning Bride,_ Horror,----_Scanderberg,_
Anger,----_Lear,_ Revenge,----_Merchant of Venice,_
Admiration,----_Merchant of Venice,_ Haughtiness,----_Tamerlane,_
Contempt,----_Fair Penitent,_ Resignation,----_Jane Shore,_
Impatience,--Volpone Remorse and Despair,--_Busiris_,
Distraction,--_Jane Shore_, Gratitude,--_Fair Penitent_,
Intreaty,--_Jane Shore_, Commanding,--_Rinaldo and Armida_,
Courage,--_Alfred_, Boasting,--_Every Man in his Humour_,
Perplexity,--Tancred and Sigismunda Suspicion,--_Julius Cæsar_, Wit
and Humour,--_2d Henry_ 4, _1st Henry_ 4, Ridicule,--_Julius Cæsar_,
Perturbation--_Lear_,
ELEMENTS OF GESTURE.
Section I, Section II. Section III.
On Reading and Speaking,
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THE
YOUNG GENTLEMAN
AND
LADY'S MONITOR,
AND
ENGLISH TEACHERS ASSISTANT,

Pursuit of Knowledge recommended to Youth.
1. I am very much concerned when I see young gentlemen of fortune
and quality so wholly set upon pleasure and diversions, that they
neglect all those improvements in wisdom and knowledge which may
make them easy to themselves and useful to the world. The greatest
part of our British youth lose their figure, and grow out of fashion, by
that time they are five and twenty.
2. As soon as the natural gaiety and amiableness of the young man
wears off, they have nothing left to recommend them, but lie by the rest
of their lives, among the lumber and refuse of the species.
It sometimes happens, indeed, that for want of applying themselves in
due time to the pursuits of knowledge, they take up a book in their
declining years, and grow very hopeful scholars by that time they are
threescore. I must therefore earnestly press my readers who are in the
flower of their youth, to labour at these accomplishments which may
set off their persons when their bloom is gone, and to lay in timely
provisions for manhood and old age. In short, I would advise the youth
of fifteen to be dressing up every day the man of fifty; or to consider
how to