The National Preceptor: Or, Selections in Prose and Poetry: Consisting of Narrative, Descriptive, Argumentative, Didactic, Pathetic, and Humorous Pieces; Together with Dialogues, Addresses, Orations, Speeches, &c. Calculated to Improve the Scholar in Reading and Speaking; and to Impress the Minds of Youth with Sentiments of Piety and Virtue : Designed for the Use of Schools and Academies

Jesse Olney

Robinson, Pratt & Company, 1841 - 324 páginas

Índice

• The End of Perfection: 26
• The Two Bees: 27
• Heroism of a Peasant: 28
• Biographical Sketch of Major Andre: 29
• The Miraclea German Parable: 30
• The Compassionate Judge: 31
• The Prudent Judgean Eastern Tale: 32
• No Rank or Possessions can make the guilty mind happy Cicero: 34
• Lion and Dog: 35
• The Gentleman and his Tenant: 38
• Dishonesty Punished: 39
• Socrates and Leander: 40
• Socrates and Demetrius: 41
• The Dead Horse: 42
• Biographical Anecdotes: 43
• The Revenge of a Great Soul: 44
• Death of Prince William: 45
• Dwight: 48
• Damon and Pythias: 49
• Test of Goodness: 50
• The Mysterious Stranger: 51
• Earthquake in Calabria: 52
• or the Vanity of Riches 63 Schemes of Life often Illusory 64 The Hill of Science 65 The Vision of Mirza 70 The Voyage of Life: 53
• Dodsley: 55
• Mass Magazine: 62
• The Fox and the Cat: 64
• Sterne: 77
• Goldsmith: 81
• He never smiled again: 82
• Goldsmith: 98
• Charles W Thompson: 99
• Sterne: 100
• Goldsmith: 102
• Lloyd: 109
• John Foster: 116
• Dr Johnson: 118
• Dr Johnson: 121
• Aikin: 123
• Spectator: 126
• The Gascon Peasant and the Flies: 134
• Dr Johnson: 137
• The Journey of a Daya picture of human life Dr Johnson: 140
• Destruction of Jerusalem: 148
• Address to the Sun 76 Destruction of Jerusalemconcluded 81 Formation of Character 82 On Happiness of Temper 84 A Good Scholar 85 Select Sent...: 152
• Ossian: 160
• U S Literary Gazette: 161
• J Hawes D D: 162
• Goldsmith: 164
• May: 168
• Harris: 177
• Harris: 178
• Price: 179
• Aikin: 180
• Horne: 182
• Elegy written in a Country Church Yard: 185
• Goldsmith: 190
• The Blind Preacher: 194
• Specimen of Welch Preaching 102 Happiness 107 The Dervis and the Two Merchants 108 On the Present and Future State 113 The Just Judge 114 O...: 196
• Lacon: 199
• Lacon: 214
• Addison: 215
• Casabianca: 222
• On the Pursuits of Mankind: 249
• Song of the Greeks 1822: 273
• Tomorrow: 284
• The Miami Mounds: 304
• Addison: 315
• Halleck: 333

Informação bibliográfica

• Título: The National Preceptor: Or, Selections in Prose and Poetry: Consisting of Narrative, Descriptive, Argumentative, Didactic, Pathetic, and Humorous Pieces; Together with Dialogues, Addresses, Orations, Speeches, &c. Calculated to Improve the Scholar in Reading and Speaking; and to Impress the ...
• Autor: Jesse Olney
• Edição: 6
• Editora: Robinson, Pratt & Company, 1841
• Original de: Universidade do Estado de Ohio
• Digitalizado: 29 Set 2014
• Número de páginas: 324 páginas