The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IX (of X) - America - I
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At his entrance before the King, all the people gave a great shout.
Master Coppin bade us be of good cheer; he saw the harbor.
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- VOL. IX—AMERICA—ISample
- JOHN SMITH
- HIS STORY OF POCAHONTAS[1]
- WILLIAM BRADFORD
- (1620)
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- SAMUEL SEWALL
- (1720)
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- COTTON MATHER
- IN PRAISE OF JOHN ELIOT[13]
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- WILLIAM BYRD
- AT THE HOME OF COLONEL SPOTSWOOD[14]
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- OF LIBERTY AND MORAL AGENCIES[15]
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- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
- (1729)
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- II WARNINGS BRADDOCK DID NOT HEED[18]
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- III HOW TO DRAW LIGHTNING FROM THE CLOUDS[22]
- IV THE WAY TO WEALTH[23]
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- V A DIALOG WITH THE GOUT
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- VI A PROPOSAL TO MADAME HELVETIUS[25]
- GEORGE WASHINGTON
- I TO HIS WIFE ON TAKING COMMAND OF THE ARMY[26]
- II OF HIS ARMY IN CAMBRIDGE[27]
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- III TO THE MARQUIS DE CHASTELLUX ON HIS MARRIAGE[28]
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- JOHN ADAMS
- I ON HIS NOMINATION OF WASHINGTON TO BE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF[29]
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- II AN ESTIMATE OF FRANKLIN[30]
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- THOMAS PAINE
- IN FAVOR OF SEPARATION OF THE COLONIES FROM GREAT BRITAIN[31]
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- THOMAS JEFFERSON
- I WHEN THE BASTILE FELL[32]
- II THE FUTILITY OF DISPUTES[34]
- III OF BLACKS AND WHITES IN THE SOUTH[35]
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- IV HIS ACCOUNT OF LOGAN'S FAMOUS SPEECH[36]
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- GOUVERNEUR MORRIS
- I THE OPENING OF THE FRENCH STATES-GENERAL[39]
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- II OF THE EXECUTION OF LOUIS XVI[41]
- ALEXANDER HAMILTON
- I OF THE FAILURE OF CONFEDERATION[42]
- II HIS REASONS FOR NOT DECLINING BURR'S CHALLENGE[43]
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- JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
- I OF HIS MOTHER[45]
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- II THE MORAL TAINT INHERENT IN SLAVERY[46]
- WILLIAM E. CHANNING
- OF GREATNESS IN NAPOLEON[47]
- JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
- WHERE THE MOCKING-BIRD DWELLS[48]
- WASHINGTON IRVING
- I THE LAST OF THE DUTCH GOVERNORS OF NEW YORK[49]
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- II THE AWAKENING OF RIP VAN WINKLE[52]
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- III AT ABBOTSFORD WITH SCOTT[53]
- JAMES FENIMORE COOPER
- I HIS FATHER'S ARRIVAL AT OTSEGO LAKE[59]
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- II RUNNING THE GANTLET[64]
- III LEATHER-STOCKING'S FAREWELL[65]
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- WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT
- AN OCTOBER DAY IN FLORENCE[66]
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- WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT
- I THE FATE OF EGMONT AND HOORNE[67]
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- II THE GENESIS OF "DON QUIXOTE"[69]
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- GEORGE BANCROFT
- (1755)
- RALPH WALDO EMERSON
- I THOREAU'S BROKEN TASK[71]
- II THE INTELLECTUAL HONESTY OF MONTAIGNE[72]
- (1833)
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- NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
- I OCCUPANTS OF AN OLD MANSE[74]
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- II ARTHUR DIMMESDALE ON THE SCAFFOLD[77]
- III OF LIFE AT BROOK FARM[78]
- IV THE DEATH OF JUDGE PYNCHEON[79]