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CONTENTS.
DISSERTATION ON ORATORICAL DELIVERY.
PART I.
Reading, Recitation, Declamation, and Oratory
PART II.
Application of the Inflexions of the Voice.
PART III.
Modulation and Management of the Voice
PART IV.
Outlines of Gesture
AMERICAN ORATOR.
Pieces in Prose.
CHAPTER I.
Paragraphs.
CHAPTER II.
Narrative Pieces.
Page 13
Section
1. Carazan's Vision
Section 2. Abdallah and Sabat
Adventurer 91
Bucannan 95
Lounger 99
Section 3. Character of a Clergyman
Section 4. Religion and Superstition Contrasted 100
Section 5. The Justice of Providence
Section 6. Review of Life
Adventurer 106
Foster 110
CHAPTER III.
Didactic Pieces.
Section 1. On Study
Bacon 118
Section 2. Hamlet's Directions to the players Shaks. 119
Section 3. Eloquence and Oratory
Section 4. Of Elocution
Thelwal. 121
ib. 122
Guardian 123
Section 5. Faults of Conversation
Section 6. On Satirical Wit
Section 7. Of Successful Speaking
Section 8. The Orator should study himself
Section 9. Wit injures Eloquence
Section 10. On the production of Ideas
Section 11. Oratory
Section 12. Remarks on Reading.
Section 13. Method in Speaking
Section 14. Ancient Eloquence
Section 15. Women polish and improve Society
Section 16. Fondness for Fashion Injurious
Section 17. Remarks on Preaching
CHAPTER IV.
Descriptive Pieces.
CHAPTER V.
Pathetic Pieces.
Sterne 124
Maury 126
ib. 127
Section 1. Remarkable Faults of bad Speakers Cresol. 148
Section 2. On Female Attractions
Greville. 149
ib. 150
Kaims 151
Sterne 153
Section 3. Flirtilla and Amelia
Section 4. Character of a young Lady
Section 5. Sensibility
Section 6. Liberty and Slavery
Section 7. The Palace of Pleasure
Section 8. The Temple of Virtue
Section 9. Descent into the Dolgoath Mine Silliman 163
ib. 128
ib. 129
ib. 132
Deinology 133
ib. 135
Fordyce 137 ib. 139 ib. 142
Anon. 144
Section 1. The Blind Preacher
Anon. 170
Section 2. Dr. Mason's interview with Gen. Hamilton 174
Section 3. The Close of Life
Section 4. The Dying Infidel
Blair 178
Saurin 180
ib. 154
Fordyce 155
ib. 160
CHAPTER VI.
Promiscuous Pieces.
Section 1. Novels and Romances
Foster 183
Section 2. Duelling
Beauties of History 185
Section 3. Compendious view of the Bible Porteus 191
Section 4. The Commencement of a Century Anon 200
Section 5. On Writing Letters
205
Different kinds of Public Speaking.
Eloquence of Popular Assemblies.
210
Burke 211
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Section 1. The Eulogium of the Perfect Speaker.
Section 2. Eulogium of Antoinette
Section 3. Panegyric on the British Constitution ib. 212
Section 4. Invectives against Hastings Sheridan 213
Section 5. Burke on the Eloquence of Sheridan 216
Section 6. Eulogium on Lord Chatham Junius 216
Section 7. Cicero and Demosthenes compared Camb. 217
Section 8. Portraits of Mahomet and Jesus contrasted 218
Section 9. Eulogium on the Duke of Bedford
Section 10. Character of a lowly Hero illustrated
Section 11. Walpole against Mr. Pitt
Section 12. Mr. Pitt's Reply
Section 13. Eulogy on Washington
Section 14. Eulogy on Hamilton
Section 15. Eulogy on Fisher Ames
Section 16. The Character of Brutus
Fox 219
221
Eloquence of the Bar.
Section 1. Paul's defence before Agrippa
Section 2. Sentence passed on John Slater
Section 3. Speech in favour of a School-Master
222
223
Ames 225
ib. 229
Anon. 234
Ames 240
209
244
248
Wilds 249
Dr. Johnson 251
Section 4. Erskine against Williams, publisher of Paine's
Age of Reason 258
Section 5. On the Character of a Judge Martin 257
Section 6. Burr and Blennerhasset Wirt 253
Section 7. Erskine against Demosthenes
Section 8. Emmet's Vindication
263
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Section 9. Griffin against Cheetham for a Libel
Another part of the same Speech
Section 10. Cicero's Oration against Verres
Eloquence of the Pulpit.
Section 1. Remarks on Pulpit Eloquence
Section 2. The Commandments
Section 3. Nathan's Parable
Section 4. Parable of the Prodigal Son
Section 5. The Atheist, his attainments, &c.
Section 6. The Omnipresence of the Deity
Section 7. The Liberty of Man and the Fore-Knowledge
of God Horsley 296
Section 8. Character and Government of God Mason 298
Section 9. Divinity of Jesus Christ
Section 10. Sufferings of our Saviour
Section 11. Pure religion and genuine devotion
Section 12. Transition from Time to Eternity
Section 13. Early Piety
Section 14. Devotion a source of Happiness
Section 16. Triumph of Life and Death
Section 17. Domestic Happiness
Section 18. On Patience
Section 19. Christianity a Practical Principle
Select Specches.
Section 1. On Prejudice
Section 2. Disquisition on Patriotism
Section 3. Burke's Eulogy on his Son
266
269
275
278
ib. 301
Jay 305
Fawcet 308
Logan 310
ib, 311
Blair 318
Section 15. Reflections on God as our Creator Fawcet 315
Zolicofer 319
Jay 324
ib. 327
283
287
288
289
Foster 290
ib. 292
Hannah Moore 330
Dexter 335
337
339
aine's
n 258
257
t 253
290
292
edge
296
298
301
305
308
310
311
318
315
319
324
327
330
335
The importance and blessings of Union Jay 341
Section 4. Danger of War between the States
Hamilton 343
ib. 345
Dwight 348
352
Section 8. Washington's speech to the first Congress 354
Section 9. Extracts from Washington's Farewell
357
Pieces in Poetry.
General Rules for Reading Poetry.
Section 5. Subject continued Section 6. Character of Moses Section 7. The Force of Talents
Section 2. Othello's Apology
1. Verses, the sound of which is an Echo to the
Sense
363
Shakspeare 365
3. Discourse between Adam and Eve Milton 367
1. Nothing formed in Vain
2. National Prejudices and Slavery
Section 3. Reflections on a Future State
4. On Versification
5. On Pride
361
Thompson 370
Cowper 371
Thompson 372
Pope 373
ib. 375
Section 1. The Morning in Summer
Section 2. The Sabbath Morning
3. A Paraphrase on 13th. ch. of 1st. Corinth. 378
Section 4. An Improved Imagination, &c.
Akenside 380
Thompson 376
Sabbath 377