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Title:  The Algerine captive; or, The life and adventures of Doctor Updike Underhill: six years a prisoner among the Algerines. [Three lines from Shakespeare] : Vol. I[-II]. : Published according to act of Congress.
Author: Tyler, Royall, 1757-1826.
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CHAP. VII.Delightful task! to rear the tender thought,To teach the young idea how to shoot,To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind,To breathe th' enliv'ning spirit, and to fixThe gen'rous purpose in the glowing breast.THOMSON'S SEASONS.ARGUMENT.The Author keepeth a country School: The Anticipations, Pleasures and Profits of a Pedagogue.BY our minister's recommend|ation, I was engaged to keep a school, in a neighbouring town, so soon as our fall's work was over.How my heart dilated with the pros|pect, in the tedious interval, previous to my entering upon my school. How oft|en have I stood suspended over my dung fork, and anticipated my scholars, seated 0