192. Health is the vital principle of bliss,

And exercise of health.

193. How happy they who know their joys are true! 194. At every trifle scorn to take offence.

195. See to what deeds ferocious discord drives. 196.

Trust not appearances.

197. Levity of manners is prejudicial to every virtue. 198. Who wins by force but half overcomes his foe.

199.

Our tempers must be governed or they will govern us. 200. The planetary system.

201. The power of custom.

202. The use and abuse of worldly advantages.

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203. The power and the glory of the Creator, as displayed in the works of creation.

204

205

The value of an unspotted reputation.

The advantages derived by mankind from the invention of the mariner's compass-from the invention of the telescope-the steam engine the art of printing.

206. The power of gravity and its importance on the material world. 207. The consequences of a faculty of locomotion uninfluenced by gravity.

208. The importance of order.

209. Every man the architect of his own fortune.

210. A rolling stone gathers no moss.

211.

Never too old to learn.

212. The earth a scene of pleasure and improvement.

213. Diligence ensures success.

214. Idleness destroys character.

215.

Abilities without exercise cannot ensure success.

216. Life is short, and art is long.

217. The power of habit.

218.

Power of conscience.

219. Narration and description united in an account of a voyage to Calcutta,*-to South America, Spain, Portugal,-England, Scotland, Ireland,-France, &c. &c.

220. A superficial attention to a great variety of pursuits, prejudicial. 221. Contrivance proves design.

222. Hope never dies.

223. The false contempt of an enemy naturally leads to insecurity. 224. The danger which is despised arrives soonest.

225. He alone is free, who relies on his own resources, in depen

226

dence on providence alone.

The soul has no secret which the conduct does not reveal. 227. The history and character of the Patriarchs Joseph,—Job,Jacob,-Joshua,-the apostle Paul, &c.

228. The danger of disobedience.

229. Female character.

230. Female influence.

231. History of a looking glass. 232. History of a needle.

233. History of a pin.

* In descriptions of this kind, all that is necessary on the part of the pupil is some knowledge of the country, the manners and customs of the inhabitants, and the places passed in going to and from it.

234. History of a cent. 235. History of a bible. 236. History of a belle. 237. History of a beau. 238. History of a hat.

239. Description of the city of Boston.

240. Description of the city of New York.

241. Description of the city of Philadelphia.

242. Description of the city of Baltimore, &c. &c. 243. The journal of a day's occupation.

244. The history of a school room.

245. Journal of a voyage round the world.

246. An account of the various religions of the world, with their

rise and progress.

247. Biography of Washington.

248. Biography of Columbus.

249. Biography of Napoleon Bonaparte.

250. But dreadful is their doom whom doubt has driven

To censure fate and pious hope forego.

251. A mother-wit and wise without the schools.

252. The quarrels of relatives are the most violent.

253. Those gifts are ever the most acceptable which the giver has made precious.

254. Remember to preserve an equal mind in arduous affairs.

255. Too much care undermines the constitution.

256. The earth opens equally for the prince and the peasant.

257. The things which belong to others please us more, and that which is ours is more pleasing to others.

258. The greatest genius has its weaknesses.

259. Vice lives and thrives by concealment. 260. No one lives for himself alone.

261. Love and wisdom dwell apart.

262. Modesty graces every other virtue. 263. The necessity of relaxation.

264.

Avoid extremes.

265. Example is better than precept.

266. The pleasures of memory.

267. Aristocracy.

268. Popular clamour.

269. He labours in vain who strives to please all.

270. A visit to a school, public or private.

272. Description of a family circle on Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's day, Fourth of July, and Election day.

273. A birth day celebration.

274. A marriage, baptism, funeral.

275. A shipwreck, storm at sea, a fire, a hurricane, an earthquake. 276. No citizen entirely useless.

277. Contention benefits neither party.

278. Intemperance the prime minister of death.

279. Christianity the true philosophy.

280. Unintelligible language is a lantern without a light.

281. Education should be adapted to the condition.

282. Rank gives force to example.

283. Elevation is exposure.

284. Independence must have limits.

285. The dress is not the man.

286. The workman is known by his work.

287. Order and method render all things easier.

288. The influence and importance of the female character.

289. Is the expectation of reward or the fear of punishment the greater incentive to exertion?

290. The value of time, and the uses to which it should be applied. 291. The character of the Roman Emperor Nero,-of Caligula,— of Augustus,—of Julius Cæsar,-of Numa Pompilius.

292. The duties we owe to our parents and the consequences of a neglect of them.

293. How blessings brighten as they take their flight.

294. How dear are all the ties that bind our race in gentleness together.

295. The advantages of early rising: and the arguments which may be adduced to prove it a duty.

296. Misery is wed to guilt.

297. A soul without reflection, like a pile Without inhabitant, to ruin runs.

298. Still where rosy pleasure leads See a kindred grief pursue,

299.

Behind the steps that misery treads
Approaching comforts view.

'Tis Providence alone secures

In every change, both mine and yours.

300. Know then this truth, enough for man to know,

Virtue alone is happiness below.

301. Prayer ardent opens heaven.

302. Whatever is, is right.

THE FOLLOWING TERMS CONNECTED WITH THE SUBJECT OF COMPOSITION SHOULD BE UNDERSTOOD BY THE PUPIL. THE MEANING OF THOSE WHICH ARE NOT EXPLAINED MAY EASILY BE GLEANED FROM OTHER SOURCES.

ALLITERATION is the recurrence
of the same letter in several
words, or in several syllables of
the same word: As Bug-bear
Sea-sick. The return of such
sounds, if not too frequent is
agreeable to the ear; (on the
principle of the first rule of Har-
mony. See Page 65th) because,
the succeeding impression is
made with less effort than that
which precedes.
Alliteration, as well as Rhyme, is
useful as an aid to the memory.
Hence, proverbs have generally
one or other of these auxiliaries.
Thus, "Birds of a feather-
Flock together."

"Fast bind-fast find."

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The following are remarkable
instances of Alliteration.
"The lordly lion leaves his lonely
lair."

"Begot by Butchers but by Bishops
bred

How high his honour holds his haughty head."

ALEXANDRINE.
ADDRESS.

ACROSTICK is a number of verses
so contrived that the initial (or
first) letters of each line, read
from top to bottom, make up a
word, or a phrase; generally a
person's name, or a motto.
AN ANAGRAM is the transposition
of the letters of a word, or short
sentence, so as to form another

*The student who would see this figure more fully explained is referred to a Treatise upon Rhetorick by Professor Newman of Bowdoin College, recently published in a third edition. The Author of these Exercises regrets that he had not the assistance of that valuable treatise when he was preparing this volume. It was not until the present (third) edition was more than half through the stereotypers' hands that he saw the work of Professor Newman.