LESSONS IN E L O CU TI O N; OR, IN Prose and Verse, FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF YOUTH IN READING AND SPEAKING. BY WILLIAM SCOTT. TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED, ELEMENTS OF GESTURE; ILLUSTRATED THE VARIOUS PASSIONS OF THE MIND. ALSO, AN APPENDIX, TO WHICH IS ADDED, IN THE WORK. STEREOTYPED BY T. 8. CARTER & CO. PLYMOUTH, Mass DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS, to wit : District Clerk's Office. BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the eighteenth day of March, A. D. 1825, in the forty-ninth year of the Independence of the United States of America, Ezra COLLIER, of the said District, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof hg.claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : :" Lessons in Elocution; or a Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse, for the improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking. By WILLIAM Scotr. To which are prefixed, Elements of Gesture ; illustrated by four plates, and rules for expressing with propriety the various passions of the mind. Also, an Appendix, containing lessons on a new plan. To which is added, an abridgment of Walker's Rules for the pronunciation of Greek and Latin proper naines, with a list of classical names which occur in the work." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, “ An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of naps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned ;” and also to an Act, entitled, “ An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled, An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned; and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical, and other prints.” JNO. W. DAVIS, şçlerk of the District - സ ന് - ദ cട് - മ് മ് - പ 10. INTRODUCTORY LESSONS. Page 26 1. On the speaking of speeches at schools, Walker, 9 2. On the acting of plays at schools, 3. Rules for expressing with propriety, the principal passions and humours, which occur in reading 4. Rules respecting elocution, 10. The sick lion, the fox, and the wolf, 12. The picture, ibid. 60 15. Remarkable instance of friendship, Art of Speaking, 62 20. Will Honeycomb's Spectator, 22. Address to a young student, 23. Advantages of, and motives to, cheerfulness, Spectator, 75 3. Piety to God recommended to the young, Blair, 80 11. Needle-work recommended to the ladies, ibid. Guardian, که ما - ر - می - 12. On pride, 85 (RECAP ) 4005 1846 |