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MISCELLANEOUS READINGS IN POETRY.

Printed in the prosaic form, with marginal directions.)

8. Speech of Marullus to the Roman Mob,

Shakspeare,

4. Hamlet's Soliloquy on Death,

Shikspeare,

5. Speech of Satan to his Legions,

Milton,

4. The Last Minstrel-Patriotism,

Walter Scott,

7. A Church-yard Scene,

Blair,

8. A pology for the Pig,

Southey, .

9. Childe Harold's Song,

12. On Procrastination,

Young,

13. Address to Independence,

Smollett,

14. Pleasures of Memory,

Rogers,

15. Beauty and Expression,

Moore,

16. The Slave's Remonstrance,

Knowles,

17. Alexander's Feast,

(Printed in the prosaic form.)

20. The Passions,

Collins,

21. Satan's Address to the Sun,

Milton,

22. On the Being of a God,

Young,

23. A Snow-storm. The Miseries of Life,

Thomson,

24. The Dying Christian to his Soul,

Pope,

25. The Flight of Imagination,

Akenside,

26. Instability of Human Glory,

H. Kirke White,

27. The Jackdaw,

Couper,

28. Universal A doration,

Moore,

29. Jephtha's Daughter to her Father,

Byron,

30. The Treasures of the Deep,

33. Hymn before Sunrise in the Vale of Chamouni, Coleridge,

34. Lines on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye,

Wordsworth,

35. Address to the Ocean,

Byron,

86. The Hostage. Damon and Pythias,

J. C. Mangan,

37. The Legend of Horatius,

Macaulay,

88. The Skylark,

Shelley,

39. Hymn of the Moravian Nuns,

Longfellow,

40. The Bridge of Sighs,

Hood,

41. The Death of Arthur,

Tennyson,

(Printed in the usual manner.)

42. Retreat of the French Army from Moscow,

47. The Parish Poor-house,

Crabbe,

48. The Mariner's Hymn,

Mrs. Southey,

49. To Mary in Heaven,

Burns,

Moore,

50. Instability of Friendship,

81. The Deserted Village,

Goldsmith,

52. The Country Clergyman,

55. Hymn to Adversity,

Gray,

56. The Pulpit,

Cowper, .

57. Ode in Imitation of Alcæus,

Jones,

58. On Sacred Reading,

A. Bell,

59. The Leper,

Willis,

60. The Battle-Flag of Sigurd,

Motherwell,

6). The Cloud,

Shelley,

02. The Arab-Maid's Song,

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63. The Christian's Hopo,

64. To a Sea-gull,

65. The Star of Heaven,

66. The Voice and Pen,

67. The Fairy Thorn,

68. Gougaune Barra,

69. Sir Turlough, or the Church-yard Bride,

70. The Forging of the Angler,

71. To the Nightingale,

MISCELLANEOUS READINGS IN PROSE,

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1. The Operations of Nature,

2. The Planetary and Terrestrial Worlds,

3. On the Approach of Evening,

4. Sorrow for the Dead,

5. On Human Grandeur,

6. The Pleasures of Science,

7. On Study,

8. Human Life, the Journey of a Day,

9. Means of acquiring Distinction,

10. Liberty and Slavery,

Jl. The Genius of Shakspeare,

12. On War,

13. To his Grace the Duke of Grafton,

14. Reyno and Alpin,

15. Death and Funeral of a Pauper,

16. Insignificance of the World,

17. The Fate of Burns-Importance of Self-denial,

18. The Elder's Death-bed,

19. Punishment of a Spy,

20. The Effects of Religion,

21. The Uncertainties of Fortune,

22. Salathiel's Account of the Fall of Jerusalem,

23. Ossian's Address to the Sun,

24. Eulogium on Marie Antoinette, Queen of France,

25. Character of Napoleon Bonaparte,

26. “Press on,

27. Character of Pitt (Lord Chatham),"

28. The Study of Nature,

29. Dante and Milton,

30. Connexion of Science and Religion,

31. The Advantages of Education,

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READINGS IN PULPIT ELOQUENCE.

1. The Practice of Patience,

Jeremy Taylor,

2. The Inefficiency of Human Works,

Melville,

3. Without God in the World,

Robert Hall,

4. Consolations of Religion,

Finlayson,

5. The Death of the Wicked,

9. The Power of Conscience,

Horne,

10. On Infidelity,

A. Thomson,

11. On Happiness,

Sterne,

12. On the Approaches of Death,

Logan,

13. The most extensive Wealth not productive of

Kirwan,

15. On the Uncertainty of Life,

16. The Influence of Satan,

Chalmers,

17. God is Love,

Watson,

18. The Effects of Evil Example,

O'Keefe,

19. Human and Divine Justice,

Sherlock,

20. The Majesty of the Redeemer,

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READINGS IN SENATORIAL AND JUDICIAL ELOQUENCE.

1. Mr. Pitt (Lord Chatham), in Reply to Mr. Horace Walpole, .

2, Lord Chatham (Mr. Pitt), on the American War,

3. Lord Mansfield, on Privilege of Parliament,

4. Mr. Grattan, on the National Grievances,

5. Lord Erskine, in favour of Mr. Hardy,

6. Sir James Mackintosh, on the Liberty of the British Press,

7. Mr. Burke, on Conciliating the Colonies,

8. Mr. Canning, on the Slave Trade,

9. Mr. Sheridan's Invective against Mr. Hastings,

10. Mr. (Lord) Brougham, on the State of the Law,

11. Mr. (Lord) Brougham, on Negro Slavery,

12. Mr. Webster, on Slavery in the United States,

13. Mr. Patrick Henry, on British Government in America,

14. Contest between Mr. Flood and Mr. Grattan,

15. Mr. Grattan, in Reply to Mr. Corry,

16. Mr. Curran, in Defence of Mr. Finnery,

17. Mr. Curran, on Universal Emancipation,

18. Lord Erskine, in Defence of Mr. Stockdale,

19. Mr. Sheridan's Panegyric on Justice,

20. Mr. O'Connell

, in Defence of Mr. Mages-the Law of Libel,

21. Mr. Sheil's Reply to Lord Lyndhurst,

MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS FOR RECITATION.

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1. Saul's Address,

2. The Dying Chief,

3. The Burial of Sir John Moore,

4. The Destruction of Sennacherib,

5. The Battle of Hohenlinden,

6. Lord Ullin's Daughter,

7. The Soldier's Funeral,

8. Casabianca,

9. The Dying Soldier,

10. Crescentius,

11. The Star of Bethlehem,

12. The Soldier's Dream,

13. Bruce to his Army,

14. Eliza,

15. Lochinvar,

16. The Ghebers' Attack,

17. The Exile of Erin,

18. Tell's Birth-place,

19. Flight of Xerxes,

20. Glenara,

21. Harmosan,

22. Miriam's Song,

23. War-song of the Greeks,

24. The Fall of D’Assas,

25. The Drum,

26. Death of De Boune,

27. The Mother and her Dead Child,

28. The African Chief,

29. The Slave's Petition,

33. Gertrude Von Der Wart,

36. William and Margaret,

37. The Idiot Boy,

38. Christian Warfare, .

39. An Epicedium,

40. The Dying Gladiator,

41. The Convict Ship,

42. The Murdered Traveller,

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44. The Grasp of the Dead,

45. The Spring Journey,

46. Time,

47. The Spanish Champicn,

48. The Downfal of Poland,

49. The Mariner's Dream,

50. Scene before the Siege of Corinth,

51. Scene after the Siege of Corinth,

52. The Arab's Farewell to his Horse,

53. The Lament of the Irish Emigrant,

54. Lord William,

55. Cæur de Lion at the Bier of his father,

56. The War of the League,

57. The Last Days of Herculaneum,

58. The Bridal of Malahide,

59. Virginia—a Lay of Ancient Rome,

60. Mary Queen of Scots,

61. The Gambler's Wife,

62. The Sack of Baltimore,

63. Orange and Green,

64. The Field of Waterloo,

65. The Lady of Provence,

66 Marco Bozzaris,

67. Hymn on Modern Greece,

68. Death of Roderic Dhu,

69. The Mother of the Maccabees,

70. The High-born Ladye,

71. The Progress of Madness,

72. Boadicea,

73. The Song of the Shirt,

74. The Glove and the Lions,

75. Song of Old Time, .

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(Printed in the prosaic form.)

78. The Ruined Cottage,

Mrs. Maclean,

79. The Prisoner of Chillon,

Byron,

80. Battle of Flodden Field, and Death of Marmion, Scott,

81. Mary the Maid of the Inn,

Southey, .

82. The Pauper's Death-bed,

Mrs. Southey,

83. Ode to Eloquence,

Carey,

84. Ginevra,

Rogers,

85. The Massacre of Glencoe,

Scott,

86. O'Connor's Child,

Campbell,

87. Celadon and Amelia,

Thomson,

88. The Legend of Lochbuy,

Thomas Nimmo,

89. Jugurtha's Prison Thoughts,

Wolfe,

90. Marriage of Kennedy and Matilda,

Hogg,

91. The Palm Tree,

Mrs. Hemans,

92. The Death of Samson,

Milton,

93. Love, a tale,

Coleridge,

94. The Sword-chant of Thorstein Raudi,

Motherwell,

95. Battle of Albuera, .

Byron,

96. The Polish Children,

99. The Norman Baron,

Longfellow,

100. Vision of Belshazzar,

Byron,

101. The Men of old,

R. M. Milnes,

DRAMATIC EXTRACTS.

SPEECHES AND SOLILOQUIES.

1. Brutus on the Death of Cæsar,

Shakspeare,

2. Mark Antony on the Death of Cæsar,

Shakspeare,

3. Richmond encouraging his Soldiers,

Shakspeare,

4. Henry V. to his Soldiers at Harilour,

Shah speare,

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1. Brutus and Cassius,

2. Macduff, Prince Malcolm, and Rosse,

8. Henry IV. Northumberland, and Hotspur,

4. Prince Henry and Sir John Falstaff,

5. Coriolanus and Aufidius,

6. Wolsey and Cromwell,

7. Scene from “ Venice Preserved,"

8. Rienzi and Angelo,

9. Lochiel's Warning,

10. Glenalvon, Norval, and Lord Randolph,

11. Gesler, Sarnem, William Tell, and Albert,

12. The Banishment of Catiline,

13. Sir Edward Mortimer and Wilford,

14. Scene from the Tragedy of “ Ion,"

15. The King and the Miller of Mansfield,

COMIC EXTRACTS FOR RECITATION.

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1. An Orator's First Speech in Parliament,

2. Yorkshire Angling, •

3. Toby Tosspot,

4. The Razor Seller,

5. The Confession,

6. The Newcastle Apothecary,

7. Hodge and the Vicar,

8. A Cheap Dinner,

9. The Spirit of Contradiction,

10. The Three Black Crows,

11. A Bachelor's Complaint,

12. Faithless Nelly Gray,

13. The Tinker and Miller's Daughter,

14. Modern Logic,

15. Orator Puff,

16. The Spider and the Fly,

17. The Collegian and the Porter,

18. The Frenchman and the Rats,

19. The Farmer and Barrister,

20. The Best of Wives,

21. Lodgings for Single Gentlemen,

22. The Jester Condemned to Death,

23. The Well of St. Keyne,

24. Contest between Nose and Eyes,

25. The Splendid Shilling,

26. The Bashful Man,

27. Report of a Law-suit-Goody Grim v. Lapstone,

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