whose "name in every instance is given.

The author is said to have spent more

than a year in its compilation. Why all

this toil for triumphs of an hour? i

"-'Young. i Life's a short summer-man

is-but a flower, -Dr. Johnson. ! Hy

turns we catch the fatal breath and die

;-Pope. The cradle and the tomb, alas },

how nigh 1 I " -Prior. - . . ' To be is

better far, than not to be. Sewell. .

..- ? Though all man's life may seem a

tragedy J - -Spenser. But light cares

speak when mighty griefs are

dumb.'-Daniel. Th» bottom is hut shallow

'whence 'they come.-Slr- Walter

Raleigh.. Thy Tate is the common fate of

all V-Long-fellow. ?Unmingled joys hero

no man befall r, .?Southwell. Nature to

each allots his proper sphere ;

Congreve. . Fortune makes folly her

peculiar care. ChurchlU. Custom does not

reason overrule.-Roches tec. ? And throw

a cruel sunshine on a fool. Armstrong.

Live well ; how long or short permit to

heaven.-Milton. They "who forgive most

Bhall be most for-given.-Bailey. Sin may

be clasped so close ¿we cannot see Its

taco ;-French. They keep each passion

down forever dear, -.Thompson. ? , Vile

intercourse, where Virtue has no place.

-Summerville. - . Thou pendulum betwixt

a smile and tear. Byron. ; - ? -Her

sensual snares let faithless Pleasure

lay,-SmoMett.-.. With craft and skill

to'ruin and betray ir -Crabbe". .

Soar.not,too high to fall, .but stoop to

rise-;-Massinger. We masters, grow of,

all that we despise. Cowley. Oh, then, .

renounce that impious self esteem

;-Beattie. : Riches'have wings and

grandeur is a dream.-Cowper. Think not

ambition wise because 'tis brave. -Sir

-Wm. D'avenant. Tho paths of filory lead

but to the grojvo. O ray. What is

ambition ? 'Tis a glorious cheat,

Willis. Only destructive to the bravo

and great. Addison-. What's all the

gaudy glitter of a crown 1 Dryden. -

.... The way to bliss lies not on a bed

of down. -F. Quarles. . ?? " How long we

live, not years, but actions tell

¡-Watkins. That man lives twice who

lives tho . first life well-Herrick.

Make, then, while vou may, your Oort

your friend.-Wm. Mason. Whom Christians

worship, yet not compre-hend*-Hill. The

trust that's given guard, and to your-

self bo just.-Dana... - ? For live wo

how wo may,,-yet; die we must.

,-Shakespeare. ,