The American Common-place Book of Prose: A Collection of Eloquent and Interesting Extracts from the Writings of American Authors

H. & E. Phinney, 1844 - 468 Seiten

Dwight	9

Buckminster	19

Passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge	25

National Recollections the Foundation of national Character	44

Influence of Christianity in elevating the female Character	55

A H Everett	75

Miss Sedgwick	81

Channing	111

Neglect of foreign Literature in America	277

Battle of Bunker Hill Cooper	283

Autumn and Spring Paulding	296

Anecdote of James Otis J Adams	304

Close of the Lives of Adams and Jefferson Webster	310

The Hospital in Philadelphia during the Pestilence C B Brown	316

Destruction of a Family of the Pilgrims by the Savages	329

Melancholy Decay of the Indians Cass	337

J Quincy 193	123

Importance of Knowledge to the Mechanic G B Emerson	133

Description of a Death Scene Miss Francis	141

Character of James Monroe Wirt	150

Patriotism and Eloquence of John Adams Webster	161

Effects of the modern Diffusion of Knowledge Wayland	169

Extract from an Address on retiring from the public Service of	176

Extract from Hyperion J Quincy Jun	185

Description of the Capture of a Whale Cooper	192

Hypochondriasis and its Remedies Rush	205

First and second Death Greenwood	215

Reflections on the Battle of Lexington E Everett	221

Christmas Irving	228

Mementos of the Instability of human Existence Fitch	234

Anecdote of Dr Chauncy Tudor	240

Necessity of Union between the States Jay	253

Morality of Poetry G Bancroft	259

The humble Man and the proud Thacher	266

Mont Blanc in the Gleam of Sunset Griscom	343

Eternity of God Greenwood	350

The Village GraveYard Greenwood	359

The Preservation of the Church Mason	367

Extract from a Speech on the British Treaty Ames	373

Grand electrical Experiment of Dr Franklin Stuber	380

Lafayettes first Visit to America Ticknor	393

Alexander Wilson North American Review	403

Poetical Character of Gray Buckminster	409

Professional Character of William Pinkney H Wheaton	415

Features of American Scenery Tudor	421

Pleasures of the Man of a refined Imagination Idle Man	427

Grandeur of astronomical Discoveries Wirt	434

Morbid Effects of Envy Malice and Hatred Rush	440

The Character of Jesus Thacher	448

The Twins Token	454

The St Lawrence N P Willis	460

Description of Kings College Chapel Silliman	467

Titel	The American Common-place Book of Prose: A Collection of Eloquent and Interesting Extracts from the Writings of American Authors
Zusammengestellt von	George Barrell Cheever
Verlag	H. & E. Phinney, 1844
Original von	Harvard University
Digitalisiert	5. Febr. 2009
Länge	468 Seiten

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