Elegant Extracts, Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose: Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons ; Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in Poetry

J. Johnson, 1808 - 1120 páginas

An anthology of prose passages primarily from Greek, Roman, and English authors.

Spectator	1

Advantages of a good Education	4

On the Immortality of the Soul	14

Folly of misspending Time	21

Authors	50

Spect 6	56

Seet	58

Modesty and Docility joined to Piety	68

What Metaphors the best	584

Valentine and Unnion	598

Example of Historical Narration	604

Orations Characters and Letters	613

624	645

Hume	747

Character of James IL	753

Character of Henry I	766

Great Talents not requisite for	74

Ridicule one of the chief Arts	85

A Letter to a young Nobleman	139

Introduction to the Catechism Gilpin	171

On the Conception and Birth of Christ	177

On the Resurrection of the Body	184

Honour due to Gods Word	190

Against wronging our Neighbour	196

Expostulation with Unbelievers	207

The Divine Legation of Moses	218

Fulfilment of the Prophecies an Argu	230

The Excellence of Scripture Stillingfleet	236

Prevalence of Christianity an Argu	244

Instances of Friendship in the Scrip	302

PHYSICOTHEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS	310

Father	326

924	342

229The Psalms	348

352	373

Classical and Historical	387

Epithets	403

The Introduction c of Arts at Rome	417

Rules of the Classics for Conversation	468

The best Authors to be often read	509

Greek and Roman Historical Critics	516

The Epic Writers came first	522

Monosyllables	554

Character of Henry V	780

The Monk	795

47 Example its Prevalence	801

Ulysses and Circe	808

Dialogue betwixt Mercury an English	815

Endeavours to please are scarcely	821

Scene between Shylock and Tubal Shakes	827

Letter to Lord	859

Boling 832	880

Property Origin and Right of	886

Simplicity its Beauty in Writing Brown	894

846	902

95	904

es hat Words may effect	910

On the Progress of the Arts	916

Tatlers Advice to his Sister	922

Humurous Scene between Dennis	928

A Citizens Family setting out	934

Contrivances of the Author	1006

934	1018

APPENDIX	1048

NATURAL HISTORY	1060

Domestic	1071

10	1077

27	1095

Guthrie 1099	1116

Título	Elegant Extracts, Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose: Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons ; Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in Poetry
Autor	Vicesimus Knox
Compilado por	Vicesimus Knox
Edición	9
Editor	J. Johnson, 1808
Procedencia del original	Biblioteca Nacional Central de Florencia
Digitalizado	27 Sep. 2013
Largo	1120 páginas

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