The Wife for a Missionary
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A 19th-century novella urging dedication to foreign missions, depicting family sacrifice, counsel on choosing a missionary wife, and waiting on Providence.
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The Wife for a Missionary
Sights and Scenes in Europe: A Series of Letters from England, France, Germany, Switzerland and Italy, in 1850
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Mid-19th-century travel letters recount transatlantic voyages and detailed European sightseeing—London, Rhine, Geneva, Italy, Rome, Naples, Paris—mixing practical travel anecdotes and cultural notes.
Matrimony: Or, Love Affairs in Our Village Twenty Years Ago
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Mid-19th-century sketches of New England village courtship and matrimony. Explores unmeaning attentions, coquetry, and the social consequences of romantic conduct.
Love Affairs: Or, How a Flirt Was Caught in His Own Trap
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A 19th-century tale of flirtation and its social consequences in a New England village, examining courtship, reputation, and family expectations.
The Parent’s Monitor and Teacher’s Assistant: Consisting of Biographical Sketches, and Observations on Religious Education and Personal Piety
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1829 compilation urging parents and Sabbath-school teachers to begin early religious instruction. Biographical sketches (e.g., Joshua Rowley Gilpin) model child piety and parental duty.
Historical Sketch of the First Presbyterian Church in Saint Louis: A Sermon
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Historical sermon (1839) recounting the founding and early ministry of the First Presbyterian Church of St. Louis, urging reflection on mortality (Psalm 90:12) and church growth.
Death of Rev. Dr. Bullard
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Obituary and memoir of Rev. James Gallaher and a detailed account of Rev. Dr. Artemas Bullard's death in the Gasconade bridge train disaster, his funeral, and Sabbath reflections.
Discourse, Delivered … Nov. 5, 1855, at the Funerals of Rev. Artemas Bullard, D.D., Mr. Wm. L. Chappell, and Mr. J.A. Ross
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Funeral sermon on the Gasconade bridge tragedy, affirming God's sovereign providence amid sudden loss and urging faith. Includes a brief biographical sketch of Rev. Artemas Bullard.
Repentance: A Tract
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Explains evangelical repentance: seeing sin's guilt, feeling godly sorrow, and returning to God in faith. Uses the prodigal son to illustrate conversion and pardon in Christ.
The Pardon of Sin: Its Nature, Necessity, Properties, and Effects
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Treatise on the pardon of sin: it defines pardon as remission of penalty effected by Christ's atonement, granted by God's sovereign grace and embraced by faith.
The First Six Books of Caesar’s Commentaries on the Gallic War
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Preface and introduction to Peter Bullions' Latin adaptation of Caesar's Gallic War. Provides Latin grammar, syntax rules, translation methods, and pedagogical guidance for students.
The Principles of English Grammar
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Preface and usage directions to Peter Bullions' English Grammar (1847), outlining aims: a concise school manual with syntax focus, abundant exercises, and companion Latin & Greek grammars.
A Greek Reader
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Preface and introduction to Bullions' Greek Reader (1852) detailing purpose, structure, exercises in etymology and syntax, Greek idioms, pronunciation rules, and study method for students.
The Principles of Latin Grammar
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Preface and table of contents for Rev. Peter Bullions' Latin Grammar (18th ed., 1848). A school and college textbook presenting Latin principles, prosody, and English pronunciation rules.
Practical Lessons in English Grammar and Composition
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Elementary English grammar and composition primer for young beginners by Rev. Peter Bullions (1849). Lessons and exercises cover orthography, etymology, syntax, prosody, and parsing.
The First Part of Jacobs’ Latin Reader, Adapted to Bullions’ Latin Grammar
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Introductory Latin reader adapted to Bullions' Latin Grammar, offering idioms, an improved vocabulary, syntax and parsing instructions, and composition exercises for beginners.
First Lessons in Greek, Introductory to the Greek Grammar
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1850 introductory Greek primer by Rev. Peter Bullions. Simple lessons covering alphabet, vowels, diphthongs, breathings, accents, enclitics, contractions, punctuation, and euphony for beginners.
Select Orations of M. Tullius Cicero, With English Notes, for the Use of Schools and Colleges
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Introduction and preface to Peter Bullions' school edition of Cicero's Select Orations, with publisher's catalog of classical grammars, readers, and school textbooks.
An Analytical and Practical Grammar of the English Language
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Revised 1853 Analytical and Practical English Grammar by Peter Bullions. Expanded, rewritten edition covering orthography, etymology, syntax, prosody and classroom exercises.
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