Best of
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IX (of X) - America - I
作者：Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924 [Editor]; Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting), 1851-1919 [Editor]
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章节目录
共 131 题- THE BEST
- WORLD'S CLASSICS
- RESTRICTED TO PROSE
- HENRY CABOT LODGE
- Editor-in-Chief
- FRANCIS W. HALSEY
- Associate Editor
- IN TEN VOLUMES
- Vol. IX
- AMERICA--I
- FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
- NEW YORK AND LONDON
- COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY
- FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
- The Best of the World's Classics
- VOL. IX
- AMERICA--I
- CONTENTS
- VOL. IX--AMERICA--I
- V Dialog with the Gout 68
- GEORGE WASHINGTON--(Born in 1732, died in 1799.)
- JOHN ADAMS--(Born in 1735, died in 1826.)
- THOMAS PAINE--(Born in 1737, died in 1809.)
- THOMAS JEFFERSON--(Born in 1743, died in 1826.)
- GOUVERNEUR MORRIS--(Born in 1752, died in 1816.)
- ALEXANDER HAMILTON--(Born in 1757, died in 1804.)
- JOHN QUINCY ADAMS--(Born in 1767, died in 1848.)
- WILLIAM E. CHANNING--(Born in 1780, died in 1842.)
- JOHN JAMES AUDUBON--(Born in 1780, died in 1857.)
- WASHINGTON IRVING--(Born in 1783, died in 1859.)
- FENIMORE COOPER--(Born in 1789, died in 1851.)
- WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT--(Born in 1794, died in 1878.)
- WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT--(Born in 1796, died in 1859.)
- GEORGE BANCROFT--(Born in 1800, died in 1891.)
- RALPH WALDO EMERSON--(Born in 1803, died in 1882.)
- NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE--(Born in 1804, died in 1864.)
- AMERICA--I
- JOHN SMITH
- HIS STORY OF POCAHONTAS[1]
- WILLIAM BRADFORD
- THE PILGRIMS LAND AND MEET THE INDIANS[7]
- SAMUEL SEWALL
- HOW HE COURTED MADAM WINTHROP[10]
- COTTON MATHER
- IN PRAISE OF JOHN ELIOT[13]
- WILLIAM BYRD
- AT THE HOME OF COLONEL SPOTSWOOD[14]
- JONATHAN EDWARDS
- OF LIBERTY AND MORAL AGENCIES[15]
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
- HIS FIRST ENTRY INTO PHILADELPHIA[16]
- II
- WARNINGS BRADDOCK DID NOT HEED[18]
- III
- HOW TO DRAW LIGHTNING FROM THE CLOUDS[22]
- IV
- THE WAY TO WEALTH[23]
- A DIALOG WITH THE GOUT
- VI
- A PROPOSAL TO MADAME HELVETIUS[25]
- GEORGE WASHINGTON
- TO HIS WIFE ON TAKING COMMAND OF THE ARMY[26]
- II
- OF HIS ARMY IN CAMBRIDGE[27]
- III
- TO THE MARQUIS DE CHASTELLUX ON HIS MARRIAGE[28]
- JOHN ADAMS
- ON HIS NOMINATION OF WASHINGTON TO BE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF[29]
- II
- AN ESTIMATE OF FRANKLIN[30]
- THOMAS PAINE
- IN FAVOR OF SEPARATION OF THE COLONIES FROM GREAT BRITAIN[31]
- THOMAS JEFFERSON
- WHEN THE BASTILE FELL[32]
- II
- THE FUTILITY OF DISPUTES[34]
- III
- OF BLACKS AND WHITES IN THE SOUTH[35]
- IV
- HIS ACCOUNT OF LOGAN'S FAMOUS SPEECH[36]
- GOUVERNEUR MORRIS
- THE OPENING OF THE FRENCH STATES-GENERAL[39]
- II
- OF THE EXECUTION OF LOUIS XVI[41]
- ALEXANDER HAMILTON
- OF THE FAILURE OF CONFEDERATION[42]
- II
- HIS REASONS FOR NOT DECLINING BURR'S CHALLENGE[43]
- JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
- OF HIS MOTHER[45]
- 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
- THE LAST OF THE DUTCH GOVERNORS OF NEW YORK[49]
- II
- THE AWAKENING OF RIP VAN WINKLE[52]
- III
- AT ABBOTSFORD WITH SCOTT[53]
- JAMES FENIMORE COOPER
- HIS FATHER'S ARRIVAL AT OTSEGO LAKE[59]
- II
- RUNNING THE GANTLET[64]
- III
- LEATHER-STOCKING'S FAREWELL[65]
- WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT
- AN OCTOBER DAY IN FLORENCE[66]
- WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT
- THE FATE OF EGMONT AND HOORNE[67]
- II
- THE GENESIS OF "DON QUIXOTE"[69]
- GEORGE BANCROFT
- THE FATE OF EVANGELINE'S COUNTRYMEN[70]
- RALPH WALDO EMERSON
- THOREAU'S BROKEN TASK[71]
- II
- THE INTELLECTUAL HONESTY OF MONTAIGNE[72]
- III
- HIS VISIT TO CARLYLE AT CRAIGEN-PUTTOCK[73]
- NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
- OCCUPANTS OF AN OLD MANSE[74]
- II
- ARTHUR DIMMESDALE ON THE SCAFFOLD[77]
- III
- OF LIFE AT BROOK FARM[78]
- IV
- THE DEATH OF JUDGE PYNCHEON[79]
- END OF VOLUME IX