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light of our law the African Uv-trnder u a pinto and a 



. iii-.ivrii. uu oflteder bur bwyon 



Jujith of huuiuu K 1 "' 1 - 



i urty in there remaining, if whatuvor . 

 : iwful i.ii- i ; 



In, they dare do; If what 

 ,-iUly execute; and wlut they execute, in in no way 



o uso of the innocent amuioment* of life which la dan- 



...,! Did abuse of them i it is not whtm they are occasionally, 



. iiro constantly punued ; wheu the love of imiuaetneat 



degenerate* into a passion ; auJ whou, from being on occasional 



indulgence, it becomes uu habitual desire. 



of tho body of a tiger U a deep tawny, or 



. throat, in . i't of tho bully arc 



white ; and tlio whole is traversed by numerous lou;; black 



.rsi', in -xt t.> tin) Hottentot, Is the favourite proy of tho lion ; 

 I ouuel are both highly relished; while the sheep, 

 v to its woolly fleece, is seldom molested. 



horsti is quick-sighted j ho can sue tilings in tho night which 

 -. but when it is too dark for his eight, hid 

 transe of smelling in hi* guide. 



37. Tbo semicolon in sometimes used aa a noto of interroga- 

 tion, uud KouiL'tiuioa as an exulamatiun. 



Examples. 



Hast thou not set at defiance my authority ; violated tho public 

 peace, and passed thy life iu injuring tho persons and properties of thy 

 subjects ? 



Oh, it wiis impious ; it was unmanly ; it was poor and pitiful ! 



Have not you too gone about tho earth like an evil genius ; blasting 

 ; fruits of peace and industry; plundering, ravaging, killing 

 without law, without justice, merely to gratify on insatiable lust for 

 dominion ? * 



. Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible to feeling as to sight ? Or art 

 thou but a dogger of the mind ; a falso creation, proceeding from tho 

 Leat-oppressed brain P 



By such apologies shall man insult his Creator ; and shall he hope 

 to flatter tho eur of Omnipotence ? Think you that such excuses will 

 gain new importance in their ascent to tho Majesty on high ; and will 

 you trust the interests of eternity in tho hands of these superficial 

 advocates P 



And shall not tho Christian blush to repine ; the Christian, from 

 beforo whom the veil is removed; to whose eyes are revealed the 

 glories of heaven P 



Why, for so many a year, has the poet and the philosopher wandered 

 amidst tho fragments of Athens or of Rome ; and paused with strange 

 and kindling feelings, amidst their broken columns, their mouldering 

 temples, their deserted plains ? It is because their day of glory is 

 past ; it is because their name is obscured ; their power is departed ; 

 their influence ia lost ! 



Where are they who taught these stones to grieve ; where are tho 

 hands that hewed them ; and the hearts that roared them P 



Hope ye by these to avert oblivion's doom ; in grief ambitious, and 

 iu ashes vain P 



Can no support be offered ; can no source of confidence bo named ? 



Is this tho man that made the earth to tremble ; that shook the 

 kingdoms; that made the world like a desert; that destroyed the 

 cities ? 



Falsely luxurious, will not man awaken ; and, springing from the 

 bod of sloth, enjoy the cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour, to 

 meditation due, and sacred song ? 



But who shall speak before the king when he is troubled ; and who 

 shall boast of knowledge when he is distressed by doubt ? 



Who would in such a gloomy state remain longer than nature 

 craves ; when every muse and every blooming pleasure wait without, 

 s the wildly dovious morning walk ? 



What a glorious monument of human invention, that has thus 

 triumphed over wind and wavo ; has brought tho ends of the earth in 

 communion; has established on interchange of blessings, pouring into 

 the sterile regions of the north all tho luxuries of the south ; diffused 

 the light of knowledge and the charities of cultivated life ; and 

 has thus bound together those scattered portions of tho human 

 race, between which nature seems to have thrown au insurmountable 

 barrier ! 



Who that bears a human bosom, hath not often felt how dear are 

 all those ties which bind our race in gentleness together ; and how 

 sweet their force, let fortune's wayward hand the while bo kind or 

 cruel ? 



VI. THE COLON. 







38. The Colon is co-imposed of two periods, placed one above the 

 other. 



39. Sometimes tho passage ending with a colon is to be read 



with the voice iiwpended ; hut it should generally be read with 

 the falling inflection of the voioo. 



40. In reading, be careful to let the panao of the colon be 

 u*vm of the voice, and three time* longer than that 



mdir;it.-.j hy a, coiumu. 



The smile of gaiety ia often awumed while the heart acbe* withini 

 though folly may i will sting. 



There in no mortal truly wi*e and turtle*! at the Muaetimet wi*dom 

 Li the repose of the mind. 



Nature folt her inability to extricate henelf from the confleqaeooM 

 of guilt .- the f oepel reveal* the plan of Divine interpoeWon and aid. 



N.ii uro ooufe**ed aoine atonement to bo neceamry t the gospel dis- 

 cover* that the atonement to made. 



Law u: > forgotten : violence and rapine are abroad : the 



golden cord* of society ore looked. 



The temple* are profaned : the soldier's cone resound* in the hou*e 

 of Qod: the marble pavement i* trampled by iron hoof*: hone* 

 neigh beside the altar. 



Blue wreath* of smoke ascend through the tree*, and betray the 

 half-bidden cottage : the eye contemplate* well-thatched rick*, and 

 barns bursting with plenty : the peanut laugh* at the approach of 

 winter. 



The necessaries of life are few, and industry aecure* them to every 

 man: it i* the elegancies of life that empty the pane: the *uper- 

 fluities of fashion, the gra ifl cation of pride, and the indulgence of 

 luxury, moke a man poor. 



My dear children, I give you these tree* : you see that they axe in 

 good condition. They will thrive a* much by your care a* they wfll 

 decline by your negligence : their fruits wifl reword you in proportion 

 to your labour. 



A bee among the flowers in spring ia one of the most cheerful object* 

 that con be looked upon. Its life appears to be all enjoyment : so 

 busy and so pleased : yet it is only a specimen of insect life, with which, 

 by reason of the animal being half-domesticated, we happen to be 

 better acquainted. 



'Tis a picture in memory distinctly defined, with the strong and 

 unperishiiig colours of mind : a part of my being beyond my control, 

 beheld on that cloud, and transcribed on my soul. 



Yet such is the destiny of all on earth : so flourishes and fade* 

 majestic man. 



Let those deplore their doom whose hope* still grovel in this dark 

 sojourn : but lofty souls, who look beyond the tomb, can smile at fate, 

 and wonder why they mourn. 



If for my faded brow thy hand prepare some future wreath, let me 

 the gift resign : transfer the rosy garland : let it bloom around the 

 temples of that friend beloved, on whose maternal bosom, even now, 

 I lay my aching head. 



Do not flatter yourselves with the hope of perfect happiness : tLere 

 is no such thing in the world. 



But when old age has on your templee shed her silver frost, there's 

 no returning sun : swift flies our summer, swift our autumn'* fled, 

 when youth, and spring, and golden joys are gone. 



A divine legislator, uttering his voice from heaven; an almighty 

 governor, stretching forth his arm to punish or reward : informing 

 us of perpetual rest prepared hereafter for the righteous, and of 

 indignation and wrath awaiting the wicked : these are the considera- 

 tions which overawe the world, which support integrity, and check 

 guilt. 



It is not only in the sacred fane that homage should be paid to the 

 Most High : there is a temple, one not made with hands, the vaulted 

 firmament : far in the woods, almost beyond the sound of city-chime, 

 at intervals heard through the breezeless air. 



As we perceive the shadow to have moved along the dial, but did 

 not perceive its moving ; and it appears that the grass has grown, 

 though nobody ever saw it grow : so the advance* we moke in know- 

 ledge, as they consist of such minute steps, are perceivable only by 

 the distance gone over. 



MECHANICS. IY. 



TWISTED POLYGON FORCES APPLIED TO TWO POINTS 

 PAKALLEL FORCES. 



THE method given in the last lesson of finding the resultant of 

 several forces holds good, whether they act all in the same 

 plane, or some of them upwards or downwarda from it in dif- 

 ferent directions. For example, five forces, represented by the 

 lines o A, o B, o c, o D, o E, in Fig. 9, are thus applied to a point 

 o of a body on the floor of a room , two of them, o A, o D, along 

 the floor in two different directions ; another, O B, pointing to a 

 picture on tho left wall ; a fourth, o c, to the cross on the 

 top of a steeple, seen through the open window; and the fifth 

 and last, o E, obliquely downwards, pressing the body against 



