revived him with oil and wine, he conveyed him, on his own beast, to an inn, where he himself took care of him during the remainder of that day and the following night. Next morning, before setting out on his journey, he gave the host a sum of money, and promised that, if it was not sufficient to defray the expenses of the wounded man till he recovered, he would pay the rest the next time he passed that way. "Which now of these three," demanded our Saviour, "was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves ?". The lawyer had only one answer: "He that shewed mercy on him." Then said Jesus unto him, "Go, and do thou likewise."--From this parable we learn, that, forgetting national animosities, religious differences, and personal provocations, it is the duty of all men to show kindness to one another, and to relieve those who are in distress.

6. The waterfall which I am about to describe, is situated at the distance of five miles from the place where I passed a few weeks last autumn. Accompanied by two friends, I set out to visit it early in the forenoon. The district of country through which we had to pass, is one of the most highly cultivated in this part of the island; and its appearance at this season was rendered peculiarly rich by the fields of waving corn ready for the sickle. We reached the banks of the river nearly two miles above the fall, and proposed to follow its course downwards. It is here a remarkably placid stream, flowing along so gently that its current is scarcely perceptible. After receiving a pretty large tributary, however, on the side opposite to that on which we were walking, its rapidity increases, and its channel becomes more narrow and rugged. The banks also, which, for several miles above, are scarcely elevated above the level of the water, become more precipitous, so much so indeed, that we could not always keep close to the edge of the stream, but had occasionally to turn aside in order to pass some steep or projecting rock. It was after getting round an obstacle of this kind, that we became aware of our near approach to the fall. A low sullen roar burst upon the ear, which, as we proceeded nearer, became so loud that we could scarcely hear one another speak. The prevailing sensation in our minds was that of mysterious awe; for as yet we could not see the mighty rush of waters, from which the noise proceeded. At last, on turning the angle of a rock, the whole cascade burst upon our view. It was one of the most magnificent sights I ever beheld. I cannot describe it, how. I can only note down a few of the most prominent objects, and leave you to group them together in your own imagination.

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Where the cataract commences, the channel has been narrowed to about ten feet. The first leap which the water takes is about fifty feet, the sheet gradually spreading wider as it descends. Immediately below this, there are two other leaps from narrow ledges of rock; but in neither of these does the stream bound clear out from the precipice, as in the uppermost. It tumbles and dashes from crag to crag and side to side, as if it had been stunned and confused by the first fall, and at last rolls gloomily into a deep pool at the foot of the precipice. This pool cannot be seen, however, from the top of the rock; and indeed, after it makes the third leap, you lose sight of the river altogether, till, nearly a quarter of a mile below, you catch a glimpse of it through the trees, flowing calmly and silently through the valley. Above the fall, there are very few trees, and the precipices also are almost naked; but downwards, as far as the eye can reach, the banks are clothed with the finest wood. -One celebrated writer calls the vapour which continually rises from a cataract like this, "the everlasting incense of the waters;" and another compares the rainbow which is sometimes seen above the foaming abyss, to "Love watching Madness." The following quotation from Thomson's Seasons will perhaps give you a more correct notion of this famous waterfall, than my very imperfect description:

Smooth, to the shelving brink, a copious flood

Rolls fair and placid: where, collected all

In one impetuous torrent, down the steep

It thundering shoots, and shakes the country round.
At first, an azure sheet, it rushes broad;

Then, whitening, by degrees, as prone it falls,
And from the loud-resounding rocks below
Dash'd in a cloud of foam, it sends aloft
A hoary mist, and forms a ceaseless shower.
Nor can the tortured wave here find repose:
But, raging still amid the shaggy rocks,
Now flashes o'er the scatter'd fragments, now
Aslant the hollow'd channel rapid darts;
And, falling fast from gradual slope to slope,
With wild infracted course, and lessened roar,
It gains a safer bed, and steals, at last,
Along the mazes of the quiet vale.

PART II.

I.-STYLE.

SECTION I.

PURITY OF STYLE.

Rudiments, p. 79.

I.

1. A variety of pleasing objects charms the eye.

2. If the privileges to which he has an undoubted right, and which he has so long enjoyed, should now be wrested from him, it would be flagrant injustice.

3. The religion of these people, as well as their customs and manners, was strangely misrepresented.

4. Whether one person, or more than one, were concerned in the business, does not yet appear.

5. The mind of man cannot be long without some food to nourish the activity of its thoughts.

6. They ought to have contributed the same proportion as we, yet we gave a third more than they.

7. Whom should I meet the other evening but iny old friend. 8. That sort of favours does real injury under the appearance of kindness.

9. I saw one person, or more than one, enter the garden.

10. Every person, whatever be his station, is bound by the duties of morality and religion.

11. The conspiracy was the more easily discovered from its being known to many.

12. The pleasures of the understanding are preferable to those of the senses.

13. Virtue confers supreme dignity on man, and should be his chief desire.

14. Eve was fairer than any of her daughters.

15. I cannot tell who has befriended me, unless it is he from whom I have received so many favours.

16. The confession is ingenuous, and I hope more from you than I could have done, if you had promised.

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17. Each of these words implies some pursuit or object relinquished.

18. No nation gives greater encouragement to learning than this does; yet, at the same time, none is so injudicious in the application.

19. I shall be obliged to him, if he will gratify me in that particular.

20. We have done no more than it was our duty to do.

21. The want of attention to this rule is the cause of a very

common error.

22. His vices have weakened his mind, and broken his health. 23. They could not persuade him, though they were ever so eloquent.

24. We need not, and we do not, limit the divine purposes. 25. The greatest difficulty was found in fixing just sentiments. 26. The error was occasioned by compliance with earnest entreaty.

27. You know the esteem I have for his philosophy.

28. He is resolved on going abroad.

29. Neither the one nor the other shall make me swerve from the path, which I have traced for myself.

30. Though conformable to custom, the practice is wrong. 31. This remark is founded on truth.

32. Every office of command should be intrusted to persons in whom parliament can confide.

33. The Saxons reduced the greater part of Britain under their own power.

34. He was accused of having acted unfairly.

35. Their conduct was agreeable to their profession.

36. She has an abhorrence of all deceitful conduct.

37. The wisest princes need not think it any diminution of their greatness, or derogation from their sufficiency, to rely upon counsel.

II.

1. The king soon found reason to repent of provoking such dangerous enemies.

2. The popular lords did not fail to enlarge on the subject. 3. The queen, to whom it was of the greatest importance that the two monarchs should be at peace, acted the part of mediator. 4. The removing of the term from Westminster, during the sitting of parliament, was illegal.

5. All these things required abundance of refinement and deli

cacy to manage with advantage, as well as a strict observance of times and seasons.

6. The haughtiness of Florio was very ungraceful, and disgusted both his friends and strangers.

7. When I made some suitable remarks upon his conduct, he began to ridicule me; but he had as well have let it alone.

8. The gardens were void of simplicity and elegance, and exhibited much that was glaring and whimsical.

9. They thought it an important subject, and the question was strenuously debated on both sides.

10. I am wearied with seeing so perverse a disposition.

11. They have manifested great candour in the whole transaction.

12. It is difficult to discover the spirit and design of some laws. 13. I am grieved to look over so many blank leaves in the book of my life.

14. I think that I am not mistaken in an opinion, which I have so well considered.

15. Let us not give too hasty credit to stories which may injure our neighbour: perhaps they are the offspring of calumny or misapprehension.

16. It is grievous to think with what eagerness two or three eminent personages have obstinately persisted in the introduction of such barbarisms.

SECTION II.

PROPRIETY OF STYLE.

Rudiments, p. 82.

I.

1. He is not in any degree better than those he so liberally condemns.

2. The meaning of the phrase, as I understand it, is very different from the common acceptation.

3. The favourable moment should be embraced, for he does not continue long of one mind.

4. I exposed myself so much among the people, that I was once or twice in danger of getting my head broken.

5. He is very dexterous in penetrating the views and designs of others.