The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant
Being a collection of select pieces from our best modern writers, calculated to eradicate vulgar prejudices and rusticity of manners, improve the understanding, rectify the will, purify the passions, direct the minds of youth to the pursuit of proper objects, and to facilitate their reading, writing, and speaking the English language with elegance and propriety
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THE
YOUNG GENTLEMAN AND LADY's MONITOR,
AND
ENGLISH TEACHER's ASSISTANT:
BEING
A COLLECTION OF SELECT PIECES FROM OUR BEST MODERN WRITERS;
CALCULATED TO
DIVIDED INTO SMALL PORTIONS, FOR THE EASE OF READING IN CLASSES.
THE LATEST EDITION.
AUTHOR OF THE PRACTICAL NAVIGATOR AND SEAMAN'S NEW DAILY ASSISTANT.
1802.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
THE
YOUNG GENTLEMAN AND LADY's MONITOR,
AND
ENGLISH TEACHER's ASSISTANT.
Pursuit of Knowledge recommended to Youth.
Directions how to spend our Time.
Modesty.
Affectation.
Good Humour and Nature.
Friendship.
Detraction and Falsehood
The Importance of Punctuality.
Exercise & Temperance the best Preservative of Health.
The Duty of Secrecy.
Of Cheerfulness.
On the Advantages of a Cheerful Temper.
Discretion.
Pride.
Drunkenness.
Gaming.
Whisperers.
Beauty.
Honour.
Human Nature.
The Advantages of representing Human Nature in its proper Dignity.
Custom a Second Nature.
On Cleanliness.
The Advantages of a good Education.
The Disadvantages of a bad Education.
Learning a necessary Accomplishment in a Woman of Quality or Fortune.
On the Absurdity of Omens.
A good Conscience the best Security against Calumny and Reproach.
On Contentment.
Human Miseries chiefly imaginary.
A Life of Virtue preferable to a Life of Pleasure, exemplified in the Choice of Hercules.
Virtue rewarded; The History of Amanda.
The Story of Abdallah and Balsora.
On 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, which is constantly to be referred to as the Rule and Direction of our moral Conduct.
Of the Example set by our Saviour, 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.
Romulus the founder of Rome, after building the city, resolved to submit the form of its government to the choice of the people; and therefore, calling the citizens together, he harangued them thus:
While Quinctius Capitolinus and Agrippa Furius were Consuls at Rome, the differences betwixt the Senate and people ran so high, that the Æqui and Volsci, taking advantage of their intestine disorders ravaged the country to the very gates of Rome, and the Tribunes of the people forbad the necessary levies of troops to oppose them. Quinctius, a Senator, of great reputation, well beloved, and now in his fourth consulate, got the better of this opposition, by the following speech.
CAIUS MARIUS to the ROMANS.
DEMOSTHENES to the ATHENIANS.
THE PERFECT SPEAKER.
On the duties of School-Boys, from the pious and judicious
COLUMBIA.
THE CHOICE OF A RURAL LIFE.
A POEM,
Written by W.L. Esq. Gov. of N.J.
PHILOSOPHIC SOLITUDE, &c.
HYMNS
HYMN I.
HYMN II—ON HEAVEN.
HYMN III.—THE CREATION.
THE LORD'S PRAYER.
THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER.—BY MR. POPE.
CHARACTER OF MAN.
WINTER.
DOUGLAS'S ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF.
DOUGLAS'S ACCOUNT OF THE MANNER IN WHICH 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.
THE HERMIT.—BY DR. BEATIE.
COMPASSION.
ADVANTAGES OF PEACE.
PROGRESS OF LIFE.
SPEECHES IN THE ROMAN SENATE.
HAMLET'S MEDITATION ON DEATH.
SELECT PASSAGES FROM DRAMATIC WRITERS, EXPRESSIVE OF THE PRINCIPAL EMOTIONS AND PASSIONS.
JOY.
GRIEF.
PITY.
FEAR.
AWE AND FEAR.
HORROR.
ANGER.
REVENGE.
ADMIRATION.
HAUGHTINESS.
CONTEMPT.
RESIGNATION.
IMPATIENCE.
REMORSE AND DESPAIR.
DISTRACTION.
GRATITUDE.
INTREATY.
COMMANDING.
COURAGE.
BOASTING.
PERPLEXITY.
SUSPICION.
WIT AND HUMOUR.
RIDICULE.
PERTURBATION.
Elements of Gesture.
SECTION I. On the Speaking of Speeches at Schools.
PLATE I.
PLATE II.
PLATE III.
SECTION II. On the Acting of Plays at School.
PLATE IV.
SECTION III. Rules for expressing with Propriety, the principal Passions and Humours which occur in Reading or public Speaking.
On Reading and Speaking.
FROM BLAIR'S LECTURES.
FINIS.
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