Percy Part 15

I.--_Handsomely printed in demy 18mo. price 3s. neatly bound,_

PRINCIPLES OF PUNCTUATION;

or, the ART OF POINTING familiarized, and ill.u.s.trated by Pa.s.sages from the best Writers. With an explanation of all the Marks or Characters made use of in English Writings; the proper Use of Capital Letters; a copious List, with the Meaning, of those Initials or Abbreviatures of Latin and other Words, of which many are not generally understood by the English Reader; and an Explanation of all the Technical Terms relative to books.

By CECIL HARTLEY, M.A.

Author of "Principles of Elocution," and "of the Sciences."

Composed for the use of Seminaries of Education, and for all who aspire to accuracy in Composition.

"A book of this description, calculated to give young people an insight into the Science of Punctuation, has long been wanted; and we are glad to see the defect remedied by a gentleman so well qualified for the task as Mr. Hartley. The examples appended to the text, in the form of notes, are various and well chosen; and the work is such as we can safely recommend to those who wish to make themselves acquainted with this essential, but too commonly neglected, branch of Science."--_New Monthly Mag._

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PRINCIPLES of ELOCUTION;

or, the ART of SPEAKING in PUBLIC familiarized: including Directions for Oratorical Action, and observations on Rhetoric, Style, and Emphasis.

Ill.u.s.trated by various pa.s.sages from Milton, Pope, Young, Shakspeare, &c. with numerous examples of Antient and Modern Oratorical Eloquence from St. Paul, Cicero, Q. Curtius, Livy, Marmontel, Shakspeare, Alison, Blair, Hume, Aikin, Dr. Johnson, Hooke, Adam Smith, H. Walpole, Saville, Goldsmith, Chatham, Burke, Mansfield, Pitt, Fox, Sheridan, Curran, Phillips, &c. &c. Calculated to promote Reading and Recitation.

By CECIL HARTLEY, M.A. Author of "Principles of Punctuation."

Designed, in the interrogative form, for the use of Seminaries of Education; more particularly for Young Gentlemen intended for the Pulpit, Senate, Bar, or Stage; and for all who wish to speak with propriety and elegance.

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CLAREMONT. A Poem. By THOMAS HARRAL.

The Second Edition.

The various Reviews, in their notice of the above Poem, describe it as the most interesting among the many that appeared on the melancholy occasion of the Princess Charlotte's decease.--It possesses considerable fancy and interest, and as a mere poem, would be read with pleasure. The influence of the changing season upon a beautiful oak at Claremont, is blended with the address to her who also graced the scene, and is made the vehicle for observing upon her laudable love of nature and retirement. The oak is rent by lightning, and all its strength and glory levelled by the momentary shaft: thus also were a nation's hopes overthrown!

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ANNALS OF HEALTH AND LONG LIFE;

with important Observations on Diet, Regimen, Plan of Life; &c.

including RECORDS of LONGEVITY, and Biographical Anecdotes of One Hundred and Forty of the Oldest and most remarkable Persons, in various Ages and Countries. By JOSEPH TAYLOR.

"Air and exercise; sobriety and temperance; the mind at ease, and a good conscience; are the grand preservers of health and guardians of old age."

"We are not to indulge our corporeal appet.i.tes with pleasures that impair our intellectual vigour, nor gratify our mind with schemes which we know our lives must fail in attempting to execute."

DR. JOHNSON.

"Mr. Taylor's Annals of Health and Long Life form a very useful volume; and the facts which it records are likely to promote the happiness of its readers, if they have sufficient virtue to walk in those paths of temperance which lead to health and longevity."

_Monthly Magazine, January 1819_

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GEMS OF BRITISH POESY,

Devotional, Elegiac, and Preceptive: containing the most sublime and beautiful Productions in the English Language.

"Live while you live," the epicure will say, "And seize the pleasures of the fleeting day."

"Live while you live," the sacred preacher cries, "And give to G.o.d each moment as it flies."

LORD! in my views let both united be; I live in pleasure when I live to thee. _Doddridge._

The delight arising from the recitation of poetry is justly ranked among the sweetest enjoyments of human life. This sentiment has been so general, in all ages, civilized and savage, that it would be superfluous to expatiate upon it, even with regard to the less elevated species of poetic composition. The application of it to the more elevated and sublime requires no comment; and our present attempt, therefore, requires no apology. The ill.u.s.trious names which decorate this volume are, in general, above our humble praise: their worth has been acknowledged by the general voice, and their eulogia established by the concurring suffrage of nations. The monuments of their genius, formed by their own hands, will perish only with the ruins of nature.--We shall only add, we are not aware that any one has been admitted which will not be pleasing to persons of every religious denomination, and which is not calculated to increase the spirit of piety, or of pure and general benevolence.

--_Preface._