Anecdotes for Boys

About this eBook

Author

Newcomb, Harvey, 1803-1863

Title

Anecdotes for boys

Credits

Produced by David Edwards, Jacqueline Jeremy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The University of Florida, The Internet Archive/Children's Library)

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Boys

Category

Text

eBook-No.

25540

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25540

Release Date

May 20, 2008

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Anecdotes for Boys
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS. — CHAPTER I. — CHAPTER II. — CHAPTER III. — CHAPTER IV. — CHAPTER V. — CHAPTER VI. — CHAPTER VII. — CHAPTER VIII. — CHAPTER IX. — CHAPTER X.
4. 4.ANECDOTES FOR BOYS.
5. 5.CHAPTER I. THE BOY MAKES THE MAN. — Benedict Arnold. — GEORGE WASHINGTON. — GOVERNOR RITNER. — ROGER SHERMAN.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. FILIAL PIETY. — GEORGE WASHINGTON. — Obey God rather than man. — A son’s love. — Filial piety rewarded. — Filial Tenderness. — Filial impiety punished. — Think how you will feel when your parents are gone. — Benefit of Obedience. — Reward of Disobedience. — Conscientious Obedience. — Cheerful Obedience, Sullen Obedience, and Disobedience.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. SOCIAL VIRTUES AND VICES. — Section I.—Brotherly Affection. Sergeant Glanville. — Generosity of an elder brother. — Section II.—The Golden Rule. generous blacksmith. — Michael Verin. — Section III.—Gratitude and Benevolence. planting trees. — Thomas Cromwell. — Lending to the Lord . — An Indian story . — Example of Disinterested Benevolence. — Section IV.—Manners. politeness. — Good Breeding . — Section V. — Overcome Evil With Good. a black boy — The converted soldier. — The forgiving school boy. — Section VI. — Use of the Tongue. advantages of speaking the truth. — Remember the bright side. — Section VII. — Punctuality. example of washington. — Samuel Wesley, Esq. — Five minutes too late. — Section VIII.— Contention . danger of contention . — Danger of Indulging anger. — Be kind to your sister. — Teazing and being teazed.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. BAD COMPANY AND BAD HABITS. — Profaneness. — Washington’s opinion of profaneness . — Howard’s opinion of Swearers . — Playing Truant . — Ruin of a Deacon’s son. — Bad Books. — An Example for boys. — Poison. — “Am I to blame, Mother?” — How it happened. — GOING TO THE THEATRE. — The Passion for Gaming. — Danger of Playing for amusement.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. INDUSTRY, LABOR, &c. — A lesson from the Birds and Fishes. — “ Business first, and then Pleasure .” — Industry .
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. TRUE GREATNESS. — True Greatness does not consist in feeling above others . — True Greatness lies not in being too proud to wait on one’s self. — True Greatness does not make a man difficult about his own accommodations. — True Greatness does not consist in being in the fashion.
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. ADVANTAGES OF HONESTY. — Colbert. — Two opposite examples . — Fruits of dishonesty .
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE. — Section I.—Reading . — Robert Hall . — Section II.—Love of Learning Encouraged . — Sir Isaac Newton . — Benjamin West . — Other eminent Persons . — Section III.—Dislike of Study . latin and labor.
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS. — Section I.—Fickleness . Hunting Squirrels . — Section II.—Independence of Character . — Section III.— Contentment . — The old black sheep . — Hunting after contentment .
14. 14.CHAPTER X. RELIGION. — Section I.— Religious Knowledge . the will. — A Little Reasoner . — A Wise Answer . — A Bad Bargain . — Simple Faith . — Proof that there is a God . — How to prove the Bible true . — Section II.— The Sabbath . Nothing lost by keeping the Sabbath . — A wise answer . — Danger of breaking the Sabbath . — But one Sabbath in the week . — Section III.— Early piety recommended . — Danger of delay . — Section IV.— Uncertainty of Life . — Sudden death of an impenitent sinner . — Sudden Death of a Christian .

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