The American First Class Book; Or, Exercises in Reading and Recitation: Selected Principally from Modern Authors of Great Britain and America; and Designed for the Use of the Highest Class, in Public and Private Schools

Carter, Hendee & Company, 1834 - 480 pàgines

Continguts

• Lesson: 13
• The Contrast or Peace and War: 22
• The Headstone: 25
• Real virtue can love nothing but virtue a Dia: 35
• The Rainbow: 37
• Eternity of God: 39
• A Summer Morning: 66
• Cadmus: 68
• The Planetary System: 81
• Mercury an English Duellist and: 88
• The Sultan and Mr Haswell: 99
• Green River: 109
• April Day: 121
• Nature and Poetry favorable to Virtue Humility: 127
• Apostrophè to Mount Parnassus: 137
• Maternal Affection: 140
• New mode of Fishing: 142
• A Winter Scene: 143
• Thoughts on Letterwriting: 154
• The American Republic: 164
• An Evening Sketch: 165
• The Poet and the Alchymist: 177
• Slavery: 181
• On the reasonableness of Christian Faith BUCKMINSTER: 187
• All things are of God: 194
• The Coral Grove: 195
• Night from the Lay Preacher: 196
• Spring: 202
• The Rosemary: 208
• Persecution of: 209
• Romantic story: 217
• Character of Mr James Watt: 222
• The Monied Man: 228
• The Highlander: 230
• Thalaba among the Ruins of Babylon: 232
• Daily Prayer Morning: 234
• Scene after a Summer Shower: 239
• Baneful influence of skeptical philosophy: 240
• On the Dangers of Moral Sentiment unaccompanied: 246
• To a Waterfowl: 254
• Charity to Orphans: 258
• On the perishable nature of poetical fame: 260
• Lines written in a Highland Glen: 266
• Heroic Selfdenial: 272
• On the Waste of Life: 274
• The Young Minstrel: 275
• Ossians Address to the Sun Ossian: 281
• On the Use and Abuse of Amusements: 287
• Feelings excited by a long voyage: 295
• The Religious Cottage: 305
• The Discontented Pendulum: 314
• A belief in the Superintendence of Providence: 317
• The Greek Emigrants Song: 322
• Letter from the British Spy in Virginia: 324
• Thanksgiving: 329
• NewEngland: 330
• A Natural Mirror: 336
• Lament of a Swiss Minstrel over the Ruins of Goldau NEAL: 351
• A Thunderstorm among the Highlands of Scotland Wilson: 357
• Religion and Superstition contrasted: 362
• Scene from Percys Masque: 370
• The Churchyard first and second voices Karamsin: 377
• The Abuses of Conscience a sermon: 379
• Dirge of Alaric the Visigoth: 388
• The samecontinued: 391
• The American Eagle: 398
• Lochiels Warning: 406
• Prince Edward and his keeper: 412
• Arthur Hubert and attendants: 418
• Contrasts of Alpine Scenery: 422
• Battle Hymn of the Berlin Landsturm: 427
• Extract from Heaven and Eartha Mystery Byron: 428
• Extract from the Essay on Criticism: 433
• Gil Blas and the Archbishop: 436
• Malcolm Macduff and Rosse: 442
• Description of the Castle of Indolence and: 460
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Informació bibliogràfica

• Títol: The American First Class Book; Or, Exercises in Reading and Recitation: Selected Principally from Modern Authors of Great Britain and America; and Designed for the Use of the Highest Class, in Public and Private Schools
• Compilat per: John Pierpont
• Editor: Carter, Hendee & Company, 1834
• Original de: Universitat de Harvard
• Digitalitzat el: 24 Oct. 2007
• Nre. de pàgines: 480 pàgines