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tained in the following pages, which fhe hopes, like a nosegay composed of different flowers, will difpense their fragrance, and prove an agreeable compound!

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DIALOGUE III.

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On Politeness, Civility, and Gratitude; their effential qualities enumerated; and the Practice of them frongly recom

mended.

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DIALOGUE IV.

On Elocution and Geography; the great importance of reading with grace and propriety; and alfo a Definition of the different kinds of literary compofitions. The Rudiments of Geography explained; and illuftrated with a Copper Plate, con

taining the necessary Inftructions.

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DIALOGUE V.

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On the Derivation of Words, and Geography. The Etymology of many words fully explained, and their feveral Derivations Spe cified. A Differtation on Geography continued; and the different States in Life metaphorically compared to the torrid,

temperate, and frigid Zones.

77

DIALOGUE.

VI.

On History; its importance and ufe; divided into the claffes of Sacred, Prophane, Natural, and Biographical; the advantages of each manifefted, and the whole concluded with the Life of Romulus and

Remus..

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DIALOGUE. VII.

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On the Church-Service, and Nature of Parables; containing an Explanation of the inftitution of the Sabbath; the indifpenfable Duty of Divine Worship; in what it properly confifts, and the means pointed out, to perform it agreeable to the rules of right Reafon, and the exprefs commands of God. The original intent of Parables and Prophecies explained; the Parable of Nathan and David confidered; and moral inferences drawn from it, with immediate

reference to young minds.

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DIALOGUE

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