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Proverbs. 1. The foreknowledge of an approaching evil, is a benefit of no small magnitude 2. We may get a world of false love, for a little honesty. 3. The love of mankind-may be good while it lasts; but the love of God-is everlasting. 4. Too many condemn the just, and not a few justify the wicked. 5. Some people's threats—are larger than their hearts. 6. Discreet stages-make short journeys. 7. Imitate the good, but avoid the

evil. 8. Rather do good, without a pattern, than

322. EMPHASIS. On every page may be found nearly all the principles of elocution; and in aiming at a compliance with the rules given, great care must be taken to avoid a stiff, and formal mode of reading and speaking. We must never become enslaved to thought alone, which rules with a rod of iron: but yield to feeling, when it is to predominate: in a perfect blending of feeling, thought and action, there is all the freedom and grace-evil, by imitation. 9. Prize a good character above fulness of nature; provided they are in harmony with nature. It is better to be natural, than mechanically correct. Every thought and feeling has its peculiar tone of voice, by which it is to be expressed, and which is exactly suited to the degree of internal feeling: in the proper use of these tones, most of the life, spirit, beauty, and effect of delivery consists. Hence, emphasis, or expression, is almost infinite in variety; yet none should be discouraged; because we cannot do every thing, is no reason why we should not try to do something.

benefactors of their race. 11. Plain dealing is u any other good. 10. Well qualified teachers-are jewel. 12. Perfect love-casteth out fear.

Science. Science, the partisan of no country, but the beneficent patroness of all, has liberally opened a temple, where all may meet. She never inquires about the country, or sect, of those who seek admission; she never allots a higher, or a lower place, from exaggerated national claims, or unfounded national antipathies. Her influence on the mind, like that of the sun on the chilled earth, has long been preparing it for higher cultivation and farther improvement. The philosopher of one country should not see an enemy in the philosopher of another; he should take his seat in the temple of science, and ask not who sits beside him.

Varieties. 1. Is not the innocence of flowers enough to make wicked persons blush

323. MISCELLANEOUS. 1. In your conversation, be cautious what you speak, to whom you speak, how you speak, when you speak; and what you speak, speak wisely, and truly. 2. A fool's heart-is in his tongue; but a wise man's tongue-is in his heart. 3. Few things-engage the attention-and affections of men-more than a handsome address, and a graceful conversation. 4. For-to behold it? 2. Are there not as many one-great genius, who has written a little book, we have a thousand-little geniuses, who have written great books. 5. Words are but air; and both-are capable of much condensation. 6. Nature-seldom inspires a strong desire for any object, without furnishing the ability-to attain it. 7. All-is not gold-that glitters. 8. If I were an AMERICAN-as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop-was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms; no,-(5) never! (4) never! (2) never! 9. The price of LIBERTY--is eternal vigilance. 10. The true disciples of Nature, are regardless who conducts them, provided she be the leader; for Nature, like truth-is immutable. There is a tide-in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood,-leads on to FORTUNE; Omitted, all the voyage of their lifeIs bound in shallows-and in miseries: On such a full sea-are wE-now afloat, And we must take the current, when it serves, Or lose our ventures.

Anecdote. One thing at a time. The famous pensioner of Holland, who was the greatest genius of his time, and a famous politician, on being asked, how he could transact such a variety of business, without confusion, replied, that he never did but one thing at a time.

Face to face-the truth comes out.

beautiful flowers in the other world, as there
are in this? 3. Those are the best diversions,
that relieve the mind, and exercise the body,
with the least expense of time and money.
4. Give us knowledge of our own, and we
will persevere. 5. Let us call tyrants—TY-
RANTS: and maintain, that FREEDOM comes
only, by the grace of God.
Truth-needs no champion; in the infinite deep
Of everlasting Soul-her strength abides:
From Nature's heart-her mighty pulses leap,-
Through Nature's veins, her strength, undying, tides.
Peace-is more strong than war; and gentleness,
When force were vain, makes conquests o'er the
And LOVE lives on, and hath a power to bless, [wave;
When they, who loved, are hidden-by the grave.
'Tis not a century-since they,
traversed here,

The red men,

And o'er these pleasant hills and vales,

Pursued the bounding deer;

Here, too, that eloquence was poured

Around the council light,

That made the sturdy warrior bold,

And ready for the fight!
And oft they came-exulting back,
The husband, sire and son,
To vaunt before their savage shrines,
The ill-their hands had done!
Yet, of their mortal weal or woe,
No trace is left to-day;
For, like the foam upon the wave,
They all have passed away!

324. SHOUTING, or High and Loud-implying force of utterance. The last words of Marmion afford excellent means, when memorized, for the student to try the compass of his voice upwards, as well as its power on high pitches. It is not often that these high and almost screaming notes are required in public speaking: yet, there are times, especially in the open air, when they may be introduced with great effect. And it is always well to have an inexhaustible capital of voice, as of money; indeed, there is no danger of having too much of either, provided we make a proper use of them. In giving the word of command, on occasions of fire, erecting buildings, on the field of battle, marțial exercise, &c., power and compass of voice are very desirable.

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Proverbs. 1. A bitter jest-is the poison of friendship. 2. Be ever vigilant, but never suspicious. 3. Cheerfulness-is perfectly consistent with true piety. 4. Demonstration-is the best mode of instruction. 5. Entertain not sin, lest you like its company. 6. Finesse-is unworthy of a liberal mind. 7. Good counsel is above all price. 8. Hearts-may agree, tho' heads-differ. 9. Idleness-is the parent of want, shame, and misery. 10. Learn to live, as you would wish to die. 11. Content is the highest bliss. 12. Vex not yourself, when ill spoken of.

Force of Habit. Habit-hath so vast a

prevalence over the human mind, that there is scarcely any thing too strange, or too strong, to be asserted of it. The story of the miser, who, from long accustoming to cheat others, came at last to cheat himself, and with great delight and triumph picked his own pocket of a guinea, to convey to his hoard, is not impossible or improbable. In like manner it fares with the practisers of deceit, who, from having long deceived their acquaintance, gain at last a power of deceiving themselves, and acquire that very opinion, however false, of their own abili ties, excellences, and virtues, into which they have for years, perhaps, endeavored to betray their neighbors.

325. 1. "The war, that for a space did fail, Now, trebly thundering, swell'd the gale, And (10) Stanley !" (6) was the cry: A light on Marmion's visage spread, and fired his glazing eye: With dying hand, above his head, he shook the fragment of his blade, and shouted (8) VICTORY!" (9) CHARGE! CHESTER, (10) CHARGE! ON, (11) STANLEY-(12) ON!" (3) Were the last words of Marmion. 2. (6) LIBERTY! (8) FREEDOM! (5) TYRANNY is DEAD! (6) Run (7) HENCE! PROCLAIM it about the Varieties. 1. Eternity, (wrote a deaf STREETS! 3. The combat deepens: (4) and dumb boy,) is the lifetime of the Deity. "ON! ye BRAVE! Who rush-to (6) GLO-2. No evil can be successfully combatted, or RY, or the (3) grave; (9) WAVE-MUNICH! all thy (10) BANNERS wave! (8) And charge with all thy (3) CHIVALRY."

removed, but from the opposite good, from a desire for it, and an attachment to it; i. e. till the mind is perfectly willing to relinquish 926. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, in its ex- the evil. 3. A man's ruling love-governs tended sense, includes the study of the con- him; because, what he loves, he continues stitutions, or fundamental laws of the vari- to will. 4. Sweet harmonist, and beautiful ous Nations: i. e. the structure, and mechan- as sweet, and young as beautiful, and soft as ism of their government, and the appoint- young, and gay as soft, and innocent as gay. ments, powers, and duties of their officers. 5. Had Cæsar genius? he was an orator! The United States Constitutional Law, may Had Cæsar judgment? he was a politician! be considered under five different heads; Had Cæsar valor? he was a conqueror! viz: Legislative Power, Executive Power, Had Cæsar feeling? he was a friend! 6. Judicial Power, State Rights Restrictions, Music-is one of the sweetest flowers of the and United States Statutes and Treaties. intellectual garden; and, in relation to its The Legislative power is vested in a Con-power-to exhibit the passions, it may be gress, consisting of a Senate and House of called-the universal language of nature. Representatives, elected by the people, or 7. Whatever the immediate cause may be, their State Legislatures; the Executive pow- the effect is so far good, as men cease to do er, in a President, who holds his office four evil, they learn to do well. years; the Judicial power, in a Supreme Court, which consists of one Chief Justice, and eight Associate Justices, and in such inferior courts, as Congress may ordain, or establish. State rights and restrictions-are powers not delegated by the Constitution to the United States, nor prohibited by it to the States, but reserved to the States, respectively, or to the people.

"what he had learned?"

THE FISHERMAN.

A perilous life, and sad—as life may be,
Hath the lone fisher-on the lonely sea;
In the wild waters laboring, far from home,
For some poor pittance, e'er compelled to roam!
Few friends to cheer him-in his dangerous life,
And none to aid him-in the stormy strife.
Companion of the sea and silent air,

The lonely fisher thus must ever fare;

Anecdote. Patience. A youth, who was a pupil of Zeno, on his return home, was ask-Without the comfort, hope-with scarce a friend, ed by his father, He looks through life, and only sees-its end! The lad replied, "that will appear hereaf "Thou art, O God! the life and light ter." On this, the father, being enraged, beat his son; who, bearing it patiently, and without complaining, said, “This have I learned, to endure a parent's anger."

Rather suffer wrong than do wrong.

Of all this wondrous world we see;
Its glow by day, its smile by night,

Are but reflections-caught from thee!
Where'er we turn, thy glories shine,
And all things bright and fair--are thine."

5. Each

327. SPEAKING THE GAUNTLET. We Proverbs. 1. Soft hands, and soft brains→→ have all heard of the practice, that prevails generally go together. 2. Let time be the judge, among some tribes of Indians, called "run- and common sense the jury. 3. Cherish an arning the gauntlet," when a company ardent love of nature and of art. 4. The region range themselves in two rows, a few yards beyond the grave, is not a solitary one. apart, and their prisoner is obliged to run night--is the past day's funeral: and each mornbetween them; when each throws his hatchet its resurrection. 6. Better be exalted by humility, at him; and if he passes through without than brought low by exaltation. 7. Tight-lacing-being killed, he is permitted to live. In the is a gradual suicide, and tends to enkindle imimportant exercise, here recommended, each pure desires. 8. Good manners--are always bemember of the class, after making some coming. 9. The candid man has nothing to conproficiency, memorizes and recites, a strong ceal; he speaks nothing but truth. 10. Plato and powerful sentence, and the others try to said-read much; but read not many books. 11. put out, or break down, the one that is Marry in haste; repent at leisure. 12. If you will speaking, by all sorts of remarks, sounds, not keep, you cannot have. 13. Prune off useless looks, and actions; tho' without touching him and the gauntlet speaker, girds up the loins of his mind, and endeavors to keep the fountain of feeling higher than the streams: and so long, he is safe; but alas for him, that shrinks into himself, and yields to his opponents.

But this, and ills severer-he sustains;
As gold-the fire, and, as unhurt remains:
When most reviled, altho' he feels the smart,

It wakes—to NOBLER deeds—the wounded heart.
The noble mind-unconscious of a fault,
No fortune's frown-can bend, or smiles-exalt:

Like the firm rock-that in mid-ocean-braves

branches.

learn to tolerate nothing ancient, that reason
Government. It is time that men should
does not respect, and to shrink from no nov-
elty, to which reason may conduct. It is
time that the human powers, so long occu-
pied by subordinate objects and inferior arts,
should mark the commencement of a new
era in history, by giving birth to the art of
civil happiness of man.
improving government, and increasing the
It is time, that le-
gislators, instead of that narrow and das-
tardly coasting, which never ventures to
lose sight of usage and precedent, should,
guided by the polarity of reason, hazard a
bolder navigation, and discover, in unex-
plored regions, the treasure of public feli-
city.

The war of whirlwinds, and the dash of waves: Or, like a tower-he lifts his head on highAnd fortune's arrows-far below him fly. 328. MOUTHING. Some think that words are rendered more distinct, to large Varieties. 1. Did not Mr. Pitt, by the assemblies, by dwelling longer on the sylla- force of his eloquence, raise himself to be bles; others, that it adds to the pomp and the prime minister of England? 2. A rich solemnity of public declamation, in which man's son generally begins where his they think every thing must be different father left off; and ends where his father from private discourse. This is one of the began-pennyless. 3. A proneness to talk vices of the stage, and is called theatrical, of persons, instead of things, indicates a in opposition to what is natural. By "trip- narrow, and superficial mind. pingly on the tongue," Shakspeare probably The world—may scorn me, if they choose; I care means the bounding of the voice from ac- But little for their scoffings: I may sink cent to accent; trippingly along from word For moments; but I rise again, nor shrink to word, without resting on syllables by the From doing what the faithful heart inspires: way. And, by mouthing," dwelling on I will not flatter, fawn, nor crouch, nor wink syllables, that have no accent, and ought At what high mounted wealth, or power desires; therefore to be pronounced as quickly as is consistent with a proper enunciation. Avoid I have a LOFTIER aim—to which my soul aspires. an artificial air, and hold, as it were, the mirror up to nature. See the difference in the following, by pronouncing them with the accent, extending thro' the whole word, in a drawling tone, and then, giving them properly: con-jec-ture, en-croach-ment, happi-ness, grat-i-tude, for-tu-nate-ly; which is very far from true solemnity, which is in the spirit; not alone in the manner.

Anecdote. A student in college-carried a manuscript poem, of his own composition, to his tutor, for his inspection. The tutor, after looking it over, inquired the author's reason, for beginning every line with a capital letter, "Because it is poetry," said the student. 'It is!" said the teacher, "I declare, I should not have thought it."

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By frequent use-EXPERIENCE-gains its growth,
But knowledge-flies from laziness and sloth.

Be humble-learn thyself to scan;
Know-PRIDE-was never made for man.

6. Where there is emulation-there will be
vanity; and where there is vanity, there
will be folly. 7. Each man has his proper
standard to fight under, and his peculiar duty
to perform: one tribe's office-is not that
of another: neither is the inheritance the

same.

I wander-by the mountain's side,
Whose peaks-reflect the parting day,
Or stoop-to view the river glide

In silvery ripples-on its way.
The turf is green, the sky is blue,

The sombre trees-in silence rest,
Save where a songster-rustles through
The drooping foliage-to his nest;
Yet one thing-wants the pilgrim there-
A kindred soul, the scene to share.

329. REVISION. Before entering on a con- Proverbs. 1. Pride-is the greatest enemy sideration of the Inflections, and other higher to reason; and discretion—the great opposite of modifications of voice, the pupil is again ear-pride. 2. The wise-shape their apparel to the nestly solicited-to review all the principles, body; the proud-shape their body to their appathat have been brought forward; especially rel. 3. A sound and vigorous mind, in a healthy all that relates to Accent, Pauses, Emphasis, body, is an invaluable possession. 4. Experience and the alphabet of music, or the eight notes; is the mother of the arts. 5. He, is never tired of and, in this revision, be careful not to con- listening, who wishes to gain knowledge. 6. Betfound one principle with another; as stress ter consider for a day, than repent for a year. 7. Economy-is the foundation of liberality, and the with quantity, high sounds with loud ones, parent of independence. 8. Use no tobacco, if you and low ones with feeble. Remember, that would be decent, clean, and healthy. 9. The path stress is a quick blow, or ick-tus of the voice; of literature is more difficult, than that which leads quantity-length of sound; high sounds-on, to fortune. 10. That which is well done, is twice or above the sixth note; loud ones-halloo done. 11. Of a little--take a little. 12. A hasty ing; low sounds-on, or below the third note; man-never wants woe. feeble ones, softly, as from weakness. Practice the examples, till you make them fit you, and produce on yourselves and others, the desired effects.

330. I came to the place of my birth, and said; "The friends of my youth-where are they?" And echo answered,- -"Where ?" 2. When the Indians were solicited to emigrate to the West, they replied; What! shall we say, to the bones of our fathers-Arise! | and go with us into a foreign land?

The truly lovely-
Are not the fair, who boast but of outward grace,
The nought, but beautiful of form and face;
They are the lovely-THEY, in whom unite, [light,
Earth's fleeting charms-with virtue's HEAVENLY
Who, tho' they wither,-yet, with faded bloom-
Bear their all of sweetness-to the tomb.

Notes. 1. Such is the careless and ignorant manner in which many have been permitted to come up, instead of being brought up, that it will often be found necessary to use a variety of

means to become divested of bad habits and their consequences.

2. Probably the lungs suffer more than any other part of the body, by being cooped up in a small cavity. To enlarge the chest,

side-wise, practice the elevation of the elbows to a horizontal plane

nearly level with the shoulders, and commence gently tapping the

Providence. If a man lets his hand lie in the ice, it is highly probable Providence will ordain it to be frozen; or if he holds it in the fire, to be burnt. Those who go to sea, Providence will sometimes permit to be drowned; those, on the other hand, who never quit dry ground, Providence will hardly suffer to perish in the sea. It is therefore justly said, "Help yourself, and Heaven will help you." The truth is, that God has helped us from the beginning; the work of the master is completed; and, so far as it was intended to be so, perfect; it requires, therefore, no further extraordinary aids and corrections from above; its further development and improvement in this world is placed in our own hands. We may be good or bad, wise or foolish, not always perhaps in the degree which we, as individuals, might choose, were our wills perfectly free, but so far as the state of the human race, immediately preceding us, has formed us to decide.

Varieties. 1. Is animal, or human magnetism, true? 2. When the spirit is deterbreast between the shoulders, the ends of the fingers of both hands mined, it can do almost anything; therefore, being nearly together; and then, during the exercise, strike back never yield to discouragement in doing, or from the sternum toward each shoulder, drawing the hands far-getting, what is good and true. 3. What

ther and farther apart, till the ends of the fingers reach the arm

pits, and even out on the arm, without depressing the elbows:

try it, and you will see and know.

Anecdote. Flying To; not From. Some years ago, a person requested permission of the Bishop of Salisbury, in England, to fly from the spire of his church. The good bishop, with an anxious concern for the man's spiritual, as well as temporal safety, told him, he was very welcome to fly to the church; but he would encourage no one to fly from it.

THE BUTTERFLY.

Child of the sun! pursue thy rapturous flight,
Mingling with her thou lov'st-in fields of light;
And, where the flowers of Paradise unfold,
Quaff fragrant nectar-from their cups of gold,
There shall thy wings, rich as an evening sky,
Expand-and shut-in silent ecstasy.

Yet, wert thou once a worm, a thing, that crept
On the bare earth, then wrought a tomb, and slept;
And such-is man; soon, from his cell of clay,
To burst a seraph-in the blaze of day.

temptation is greater, than permitting young
persons, and especially young men, in this
degenerate world, to handle much money,
4. Exhibit such an
that is not their own.
example in your dress, conversation, and
temper, as will be worthy of imitation. 5.
We often hear it said, "that people, and
things, are changed." Is it not ourselves
that have changed? The heart-makes all
around, a mirror of itself.

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331. EVERY emotion of the mind has its Proverbs. 1. A wise governor, would rather own external manifestation; so that no one preserve peace, than gain a victory. 2. It is emotion can be accommodated to another. sometimes a benefit, to grant favors, and at other Observe the native eloquence of a hungry times, to deny them. 3. An angry person is anchild, when asking for a piece of bread and gry with himself, when he returns to reason. 4. butter; especially, the third or fourth time; Wherever you are, conform to the usual cusand mark its emphasis, and tones: also the toms and manners of the country. 5. To encourage qualities of voice, with which it expresses its the unworthy, is to promote vice. 6. Ingratitude grief, anger, joy, &c. The manner of each Esteem virtue, tho' in a foe: abhor vice, tho' in a to the benevolent-generally ends in disgrace. 7 passion is entirely different; nor does it ever friend. 8. The more one speaks of himself, the apply one for another; indeed, children in less willing is he, to hear another talked about. their own efforts, always make the proper 9. Nature-is always content with herself. 19. emphasis, inflections, and gestures; and they | Form your opinions of a person, by his questions, are graceful in all, when under the sole influ- rather than by his answers. 11. Say-can wisence of nature. Thus, from nature, unso-dom-e'er reside, with passion, envy, hate, or phistocated, may be derived the whole art of pride? 12. In a calm sea, every man is pilot. 13. speaking. The author is free to acknow- A good life-keeps off wrinkles. ledge, that he has learned more about true eloquence, from children, and the Indians, and his consequent practice, than from all other sources.

332. CICERO-copied, and imitated, every body; he was the very mocking-bird of eloquence, which is his greatest distinction, and glory for who so various as he; who so sweet, so powerful, so simply eloquent, or so magnificently flowing, and each, and all, by turns! His mind was a perfect pan-hurmonicon. Your original writer,-your original character, has no sympathies; he is heartbound, brain-bound and lip-bound; he is truly an oddity; he is like no-body, and no-body is like him; he feeds on self-adoration, or the adulation of fools; who mistake the oracles of pride and vanity, for the inspirations of genius.

Debt. There is nothing-more to be dreaded, than debt: when a person, whose principles are good, unhappily falls into this situation, adieu to all peace and comfort. The reflection imbitters every meal, and drives from the eyelids refreshing sleep. It corrodes and cankers every cheerful idea; and, like a stern Cerberus, guards each avenue to the heart, so that pleasure does not approach. Happy! thrice happy! are those, who are blessed with an independent competence, and can confine their wants within the bounds of that competence, be it what it may. To such alone, the bread of life is palatable and nourishing. Sweet is the morsel, that is acquired by an honest industry, the produce of which is permanent, or that flows from a source which will not fail. A subsistence, that is precarious, or procured by an uncer333. There are some, even in this enlight- tain prospect of payment, carries neither ened age, who affect to despise the acquisi-wine nor oil with it. Let me, therefore, again tion of elocution, and other important and useful accomplishments; but such persons are generally very awkward themselves, and dislike the application and practice, that are necessary to render them agreeable and impressive speakers. It is an old adage-that many--despise that, which they do not possess, and which they are too indolent to attain. Remember the fox and the grapes.

Anecdote. A colonel was once com

plaining, that from the ignorance, and inat-
tention of the officers, he was obliged to do the
whole duty of the regiment. Said he, "I am
my own captain, my own lieutenant, my own
cornet, and"- "Your own trumpeter,"
said a lady present.

NOW came still evening on, and twilight gray
Had, in her sober livery, all things clad.
Silence-accompanied; for beast, and bird,
They, to their grassy couch, these-to their nest
Were sunk, all, but the wakeful nightingale ;
She, all night long, her amorous descant sung;
Silence-was pleas'd. Now glow'd the firmament
With living sapphires: Hesperus, that led
The starry host, rode brightest; till the moon,
Rising in clouded majesty, at length,
Apparent queen, unvail'd her peerless light,
And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw.

repeat, that the person, who is deeply involved in debt, experiences, on earth, all the tortures, the poets describe to be the lot of the wretched inhabitants of Tatarus.

Varieties. 1. Is not a want of purity, the cause of the fickleness of mankind ? 2. A man's character is like his shadow; which sometimes follows, and at others, precedes him; and which is occasionally longer, or shorter, than he is. 3. Admiration-signifies the reception and acknowledgment of a thing, in thought, and affection. 4. We should have good roads, if all the sinners were set to mend them. 5. The world is a hive, that affords both sweets, and poisons, with many empty combs. 6. All earthly enjoyments are not what they appear; therefore, we should discriminate; for some are sweet in hopes, but, in fruition, sour. 7. Order is the sweetest, most pacific, regular, and delightful melody: the first motion is one, and the end is one: the final end is the similitude of the beginning.

Self, alone, in nature-rooted fast,
Attends us first, and leaves us--last.

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