Elegant extracts, or, Useful and entertaining passages in prose : selected for the improvement of scholars at classical and other schools, in the art of speaking, in reading, thinking, composing, and in the conduct of life.
| Other author | Knox, Vicesimus, 1752-1821. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | 1st American ed. |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Printed by Patrick Byrne, 1810. |
| Description | xvi, 600 pages |
| Supplemental Content | Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. Second series no. 20040. ^A575643 |
| Contents | Book the first. Moral and religious -- Book the second. Classical and historical -- Book the third. Orations and characters -- Book the fourth. Narratives, dialogues, letters, sentences, with other miscellaneous pieces, amusing and instructive -- A system of geography -- A chronological table. |
| General note | "To this edition is added A short system of geography, from Sharpe's translation of Holberg's Introduction to universal history, and a chronological table of remarkable events ..." |
| General note | Authorship attributed by Shaw & Shoemaker to Vicesimus Knox. |
| References | Shaw & Shoemaker 20040 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 20040). |
| Other title | Elegant tracts. |
| Other title | Useful and entertaining passages in prose. |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |