Friend of Youth, Or, New Selection of Lessons in Prose and Verse for Schools and Families: To Imbue the Young with Sentiments of Piety, Humanity and Universal Benevolence

Noah Worcester

Cummings and Hilliard, 1822 - Ethics - 300 pages

Contents

• General Rules for Reading: 1
• Invitation to the Young: 2
• The Importance of Letters: 4
• Importance of good Instructers: 6
• Dialogue between two Scholars: 8
• Improvements in the means of knowledge: 10
• Divine Instructions by Jesus Christ: 12
• Vii: 14
• Poetry Miss Williams 8 All animals the work and care of: 15
• Cruelty to Animals Pope: 18
• Poetry Ovid translated by Dryden 10 Eulogium on Christ and the Gospel Rousseau: 21
• Opposition between War and the Gospel Parish Poetry Herald of Peace: 23
• Divine compassion illustrated by Parables: 30
• Greenlanders Proof of a: 32
• Loo Choo Islanders Poetry Gillard: 33
• Fable the Bee the Ant and the Sparrow Gay 20 Corruption of News writers Johnson: 45
• Ode to God Derzhaven: 46
• The Whale Goldsmith: 48
• Smallest of known animals Vieth: 50
• A Battle Quincy Poetry Porteus: 51
• Fascinating power of serpents Barton: 55
• Importance of Christian Education Poetry Dwight: 58
• Influence of Education in regard to appetites and passions: 60
• Influence of Education in respec to the love of God 29 Love to mankind an important branch of Education: 64
• Influence of Education and habit on horses and dogs Percy: 66
• Effects and influence of war Channing Poetry Polemantios: 68
• Motion of Plants Smellie: 73
• Varieties of the Human Race Goldsmith: 74
• Rights and Duties of Rulers Blakslee Poetry Lomonosov: 77
• Pride not made for man Addison Poetry Cowper: 79
• Remarks on Patriotism Gallison: 81
• The Elephant Harris: 85
• Encouragement to use means for preventing war Moore: 88
• Reflection on Fire Works Addison 41 Citizens of New England bound to support liberty and correct abuses Webster: 92
• Humanity to captives improved: 96
• Extracts from Russian poetry: 98
• Volcano rising from the bottom of the ocean Clarke: 101
• Address to God in view of his works Fenelon: 103
• Poetry Cowper: 106
• On the death of a friend Johnson: 107
• Poetry Catskill Recorder: 109
• Kentucky Cavern Clarke: 110
• Celebration of Victories: 112
• Ice islands and Ice bergs Clarke: 115
• Noble Monument Poetry Montgomery: 117
• Elizabeth Fry Percy 53 Wiers Cave Calvin Jones 54 Best way to bear calumny Addison: 120
• The Stork Harris: 130
• Docility of animals Smellie 139: 142
• Salt Mines in Cracow Clarke: 147
• Coal Mines Clarke: 149
• Number Pages 66 Eulogium on Wm Penn Duponceau: 152
• Battle of Borodino Porter and Labaume: 155
• 14: 157
• Poetry Herald of Peace: 158
• 15: 159
• Abolition of Female Infanticide: 161
• Remarkable Rivers: 163
• Poetic Addresses to Animals Fawcett Smith Burns: 165
• Telemachus: 173
• Poetry Elegant extracts 73 Meteors Clarke: 175
• Aerolites Clarke: 176
• Scene at Beresina Labaume: 177
• The Safety Lamp: 179
• Calumny a heinous crime: 182
• 18: 184
• Fable of the Turkey and the Ant Gay: 187
• The love of Martial Glory: 188
• Mount Etna Clarke: 190
• 20: 191
• 82 Useful and entertaining Anecdotes Percy: 192
• Importance of selfcultivation Brit Mag: 193
• Good Rulers a substitute for Fleets and Armies: 195
• Cotopaxi Clarke: 198
• A winter evening in Iceland British Mag: 199
• Poetry Elegant Extracts 87 Trophies of Victory: 201
• Specimens of Indian Eloquence Heckewelder and Boudinot: 204
• Example of the Power of Custom: 206
• One hundred Varieties of Verse: 210
• 24: 215
• 27: 216
• 33: 217
• 37: 218
• 42: 219
• 46: 220
• 51: 221
• 55: 222
• 58: 223
• 6: 224
• Dangerous influence of Party Passions: 233
• Poetry Vermont Intelligencer 92 Volcanoes in the Island of Java Clarke: 237
• Natural and Martial Volcanoes compared: 239
• The Wild Girl: 241
• Amiable Traits in the character of the Indians Heckewelder: 243
• The benevolent John Howard: 245
• Effects of Christianity on an Indian Chief Heckewelder: 247
• Mistakes of men of Humane feelings Percy: 249
• Remarkable Works of Art Percy: 250
• Fire of Baku Pleasing Preceptor: 252
• Monitions on the flight of Time Johnson: 253
• Contents Number Page 102 Pitch Lake and Mud Lake Clarke: 255
• Leviathan or Crocodile Goldsmith: 256
• Archbishop Sharpe and the Robber Percy: 257
• Golden Verses of Pythagoras Fitzgerald: 259
• A glorious Example in Washington: 260
• Sleep Johnson: 262
• The Boa Constrictor Clarke: 264
• Means for diminishing the crimes and miseries of Man: 265
• The Vultures Farewell to her children Johnson: 267
• Remarkable reformation of a Prince: 270
• Dialogue Romulus and Numa Fenelon: 272
• The Mirage Clarke: 274
• The Man of Ross Pope: 276
• Progress of public opinion: 277
• The Shepherds way to wisdom Gay: 279
• Time H K White: 281
• Address to Mothers Cotton: 284
• Anecdotes of Humanity Percy ibid 121 The Mimic or Mockingbird Wilson: 285
• The Wild Boar and the Ram Gay: 287
• Plinys Eulogy of the earth: 289
• A Paraphrase on Ps Ixxiv 16 17 Williams: 290
• On Gaming Cotton: 291
• Curiosities of Chili Molina ibid 127 The village Preacher Goldsmith: 293
• The Thumb Sampson: 295
• Farewell to the young: 297

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Bibliographic information

• Title: Friend of Youth, Or, New Selection of Lessons in Prose and Verse for Schools and Families: To Imbue the Young with Sentiments of Piety, Humanity and Universal Benevolence; Volume 17 of Harvard reading textbooks preservation microfilm project
• Author: Noah Worcester
• Edition: 2, reprint
• Publisher: Cummings and Hilliard, 1822
• Original from: Harvard University
• Digitized: Mar 22, 2007
• Length: 300 pages