'1 I04 ART or RE4DIN4 AIM WRITIN4. THE LAST TABLE. I persuade mysélf that I shall gratify many of my reader., by inserting hereset eral copies composed for the use of children at the writing school. I. Copies containing Moral. Insteuctions, beginning with every Letter ofthe Alphabet. Attend the advice Of the old and the wise. Be not ángry.nor fret, But forgive and forget. Can you thinkit no ill, To pilfer and steal ? Do the thing you are bid, Nor be sullen when chid. Envynone for their wealth, Or their honour or health. Fear, worship, and love, The great God above, Grow quiet and easy, When fools try to teize ye. Honour father and mother, Love sister and brother. It is dangerous folly, To jest with things holy. Keep your books without blot, Andyour clothes without spots, Let your hands do no wrong, Nor backbite withyour tongue. Make haste to obey, Nor dispute or delay. Never stay within hearing Of cursingand swearing. Offer God all the primeOf your strength and your time. Provokenot the poor, Tho' hé lie at your door. Quashall evil thoughts, And mourn foryour faults. Remember the liar Has his part in hell-fire. Shun thewicked, and rude, But converse with the good. Transgress not the rule, Or at home,or at school. Vie still with the best, And excel all the test. 'When you are at your play, Take heed what you say. XExcuse, butwith truth, The follies of youth. Yield a little for peace, And let quarrelling cease. Zeal and charity join'd. Makeyou pious and kind. Note, The letter X beginsno English word, so that we must begin that line with Ex ; unless the reader will choose this instead of it, namely, X is such a cress letter, Balks my morals and metre. H. Copies containing the whole Alphabet, or the twentyfour . Letters. . Knowledge shallbe promoted by frequent exercise. Happy hours are quickly follow'd by amazing vexations. Quick -sighted men by exercisewill gain perthetion. Adazzling triumph quickly flown, is bitt a gay vexation. III. Copies composedof short Letters to teach to Write even with Ease. Virtue in an eminent station raises our esteem. Art comes in to imitate or assist nature. Our most virtuous actions are not meritorious. Conversation is a sweet entertainment to wise men. Some incoveniences await our easiest moments. A covetous, oran envious man, is never at rest.
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