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On Spring,

The Pleasures of Virtuous Sensibility,

On the True Honor of Man.

Story of Palemon ond Lavinia,

Story of Serrano who was cast on a desert Island,

On the Employment of Time,

Observations on the Principles of Good Reading, page 11

Select Sentences,

The Handsome and Deformed Leg,

Retirement not suitable to a Melancholy Mind,

Epilogue to Addison's Cato,

Distribution of Happiness more equal than is supposed,

An Appeal to Parents,

Extract from the Eulogy on Dr. Franklin,

On Temperance in Pleasure,

Description of the first American Congress,
Adventures of General Putnam,

The Faithful American Dog,

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The Indian and the British Officer,

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The Hill of Science,

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The Book of Nature,

95

The Importance of a good Education,

* 98

On Gratitude.

101

On Forgiveness,

102

105

Motives to the practice of Gentleness,

A Suspicious Temper a source of Misery to its Possessor, 107 Diffidence of our Abilities, a mark of Wisdom,

109

On the importance of Order in distribution of our Time. 111 The mortifications of Vice greater than those of Virtue, 115 Douglass' Account of Himself,

On Contentment,

Rank and Riches afford no ground for Envy,
Description of America-a Poem,

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Patience under Provocations our Interest as well as Duty, 131 American Sages,

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Omniscience and omnipresence of Deity a source &c. 137 The Misfortunes of Men mostly chargable on themselves, 144 Columbia,

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Virtue,when deeply rooted,not to be influenc'd by Fortune 211

The Speech of Fabricus,

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Extract from the Oration of Thomas Dawes, Esq.

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Extract from Dr Belknap's Address,

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Importance of studying the Eng. Language grammatically, 23

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