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    succeed narrative ^ descriptive ^ didactic , argumentative *) pathetic pieces ., public speeches , letters ^ and miscellaneous pieces ia prose . — - Under the first of these classes the young reader will , we presume , be particularly impressed

    by The surprising of Dumbarton Castle—from Robertson ' s History of Scotland *—and by the execution of the Karl of Argyle— from the historical fragment of C . J , pox . The sweet and tranquil " slumbers of that nobleman , within

    two short hours of his death on aA § £ afibld have reminded us of Peter sleeping in prison ( Actsxii . 6 . ) ?^ between two soldie rs , bound with two chains . " Among th «

    descriptive pieces some pictures , so we may term them , of natural scenery and phenomena , by Bryan EdwardSyBruce ^ Brydone * ax \ d Mrs * Radclifie , will be found not a little attractive , —The didactic

    pieces are recommended by the suitableness of them to the age arjd circumstances of the young . Two very useful and impressive extracts from Paley's Jfaiural Theology appear among the argumentative

    pieces : and the pathetic ones are concluded by some reflections at the tomb of a beloved friend , which are so truly eloquent , so soothing aad animating , and yet , we fear , so little knowp that we shall lay them before our readers :

    " Not long since them wa £ t , wk 9 t I am now , one of the actors in this pass-% scene . To all thy sighs I lent a pitying car and my heaving bosom beat

    reaponsive to thy sad complaints * With thine my tears were mingled in the tour of affliction ; andj , when joy brightened thy countenance , my heart felt a kindre d pleasure * With , thee I sat . or

    * This incident is also well narrated " 7 G . Buchanan , in Rer , Scotic . Hist 0 '< h . XX . § 29—33 .

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    walked by the way , and held sweet converse . To thee my soul was knit by the ties of cordial amity and soft endeamiettt . Now thou hast left me tQ mourptho loss of thee in pensive silence . On thy hallowed grave I drop the tender tear , and bid thy saered aafoes rest in peace , Ere long shal \ I join the ©

    Hi thy dark abode ^ thy companion in the du ^ t , tijLl \ ye be called forth to § tan 4 in our Jot in the end of the days . In life was I united to thee ; in the same coki arms of death shall 1 soon lie -, and —tG iransportiag thought 1- —together skfrl } we rise , no more , to feel the agony of parting . . . All hail that blessed

    morn which shall restore thee to nay fond embrace J Methinks I see its sprightly beams gilding the horizon , and leading on the bright triumphant day ! . Yonder appears the Judge arrayed in majesty , and holy myriads form hisi glorious train ! He bids the trumpet sound . 1 hear its awful voice , which penetrates through all the mansions of

    the dead * Methinks , I now behold thy tomb opening to make a passage for thee . I see thy mortal frame , which was sown in corruption , dishonour and weakness ,, raised in incorruption , glory and power . I run to meet thee Qi ] L « thy release from the bondage of the grave . I join thy company , and enter with

    thee into the delightful recollection of our former friendshi p * We mark with gratitude together the kind hand of heaven , which led us through the pilgrimage of life , nor left us in the vale of death . Risen to pass an uiKJeclining

    day , we renew the joys of social intercourse ^ undiminished by the fear of interruption . We trace , with admiringwonder and gratitude , evidences of divine wisdom and benignity in the appointment of events , the particular use * of which had before eluded our

    discovery . We survey together the beauties of renovated nature ; ' , as we gaze , the pleasure of each is heightened by the participation of the other . We seek and rind among the countless multitude , the sight of waoae happiness augments our own , the chosen few in whom our

    souls on earth delighted . With them , we revive our former acquaintance . Engaged , with them and all arqun 4 > i " the most pure and sublime exercise of our noblest powers and affections , we share each other ' s andttie general bliss . With the rapid improvement of our knowledge and goodness , the increase

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    Review ± - ~ Brahshy ' s Selectlqhsfor Reading . 7 Q 3 ,

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1814, page 703, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2446/page/43/