His disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be? Luke viii. 9.

If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. Luke xvi. 31.

These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. John xv. 11.

They crucified two others with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst. John xix. 18. The number of the names together were about a hundred and twenty. Acts i. 15.

And I persecuted this way unto the death. Acts xxii. 4.

On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty whereof he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bonds. Acts xxii. 30.

After the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a pharisee. Acts xxvi. 5.

Use a little wine for thy stomach's sake, and for thy often infirmities. 1 Tim. v. 23.

Though he were a son, yet learned he obedience. Heb. v. 8.

We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens. Heb. viii. 1.

In one hour so great riches is come to nought. Rev. xviii. 17.

In the midst of the street of it, and of either side of the river, was there the tree of life. Rev. xxii. 2.

DIRECTIONS FOR WRITING LETTERS, &c.

BEGIN with a capital.

1. The venerable name of God, Jehovah, &c. of Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost-also their attributes, when joined with their names.

2. All proper names, as William, Thomas, Mary, &c. and the adverbs and adjectives derived from them; as Socrates, Socratically; Dane, Danish, &c.

3. The pronoun I, and the interjection O.

4. The first word of every sentence, chapter, line of Poetry, or verse in the Bible, and of every quotation or speech.

5. All emphatical words of strong importance, all titles of persons in high rank and office, and of books, writings, &c.

Begin all other words with a small letter. Search your Dictionary for every word, which you cannot spell, and for the parts of speech you do not know.

Never write part of a syllable at the end of a line, but carry the whole syllable to the next line.

Be very careful to write neatly, and spell correctly, and not to leave out words or letters.

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ENGLISH COMPOSITION.

PSALM I..

BLESSED is the man, that walketh not in the coun sel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither, and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

The ungodly are not so; but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

PSALM XIX.

The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handy work.

Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.

There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard.

Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world; in them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun.

coming out of his cham-
man to run a race.
end of the heaven, and

Which is as a bridegroom ber, and rejoiceth as a strong His going forth is from the his circuit to the ends of it; and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul, the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.

The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.

The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever; the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.

More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honey-comb.

Moreover, by them is thy servant warned; and in keeping of them there is great reward.

Who can understand his errors cleanse thou me from secret faults.

Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins, let them not have dominion over me; then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer.

SELECT SENTENCES AND PASSAGES FROM THE MOST CELEBRATED AUTHORS.

A contented mind, and a good conscience, will make a man happy in all conditions.

Prosperity gains friends and adversity tries them. Complaisance renders a superior amiable, an equal agreeable, and an inferior acceptable.

Without a friend, the world is but a wilderness. By others' faults, wise men correct their own. Pitch upon that course of life which is most pleasant, and custom will render it most delightful.

Anger may glance in the breast of a wise man, but rests only in the bosom of fools.

He that is truly polite, knows how to contradict with respect, and to please without adulation; and is equally remote from an insipid complaisance and low familiarity. Honour thy father with thy whole heart, and forget not the sorrows of thy mother: how canst thou recompense them the things they have done for thee?

Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out; whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention on the rack; and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.

Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.

If gratitude is due from man to man, how much more from man to his Creator? The Supreme Being does not only confer upon us those bounties, which proceed more immediately from his hand, but even those benefits, which are conveyed to us by others. Every blessing we enjoy, by what means soever it may be derived upon us, is the gift of him who is the great author of good and father of mercies.

When Socrates was told that his judges had sentenced him to death; And hath not Nature (said he) passed the same sentence upon them?

He, who swears tells us his bare word is not to be credited.

True modesty is ashamed of every thing that is criminal; false modesty of every thing that is unfashionable. Nothing can be honourable, which is not virtuous; among the Romans, the entrance to the temple of honour always lay through the temple of virtue.

A man truly modest is as much so when alone, as when in company: and as subject to a blush in his closet, as when the eyes of multitudes are upon him.

The envious man is in pain upon all occasions which ought to give him pleasure. The relish of his life is inverted, and the objects which administer the highest satisfaction to those who are exempt from this passion, give the quickest pangs to those who are subject to it. All the perfections of their fellow creatures are odious; youth, beauty, valour and wisdom, are provocations of their displeasure. But if we consider the envious man in delight, it is like reading the feat of a giant in Romance; the magnificence of his house consists in the many limbs of men, whom he has slain.