The public school speaker and reader, ed. by J.E. Carpenter

Joseph Edwards Carpenter

1869

Contents

• ELOCUTION: 1
• On Pause: 8
• On Pitch: 14
• On Reading Verse: 24
• Hymn before Sunrise: 27
• VIII: 30
• The BoatRace: 33
• SELECTIONS: 38
• Strife and Peace: 39
• One Niche the Highest: 47
• Daily Telegraph: 53
• The Death of Socrates: 59
• The Flower of the Forest: 73
• Wealth versus Enjoyment: 79
• Character of Dr Johnson: 89
• Taxes: 95
• of Worcester: 105
• Joseph Addison: 117
• Una and the Lion: 126
• The Sale of the Pet Lamb: 132
• The Cry of the Children: 140
• Zaras EarRings: 152
• Robert Browning: 154
• The Influence of Beauty: 167
• The Wonders of the Lane: 176
• How May was first Made: 182
• The Sicilian Vespers: 188
• Cowpers Grave: 199
• Lake Leman by Night: 205
• The Ministry of: 213
• The Last: 220
• ORATORYFORENSIC AND SENATORIAL: 249
• Rev Newman Hall on the Dignity of Labour: 273
• The March to Magdala: 287
• DRAMATIC SCENES AND DIALOGUES: 314
• Death of King Henry IV: 331
• Rienzi and Angelo: 363
• Scene from the Road to Ruin: 371
• DRAMATIC SPEECHES AND SOLILOQUIES: 392
• Mordaunt to Lady Mabel: 405
• The Armada: 413
• The Spanish Champion: 419
• The Glove and the Lions: 425
• Lord Macaulay: 479
• Alexanders Feast or the Power of Music John Dryden: 481
• Lodgings for Single Gentlemen: 522
• Thomas Hood: 528
• Nothing to Wear: 541
• Eyes and Nose: 547
• Laugh and Get: 555
• Doctor Dobbs and his Horse Nobbs: 563

Bibliographic information

• Title: The public school speaker and reader, ed. by J.E. Carpenter
• Editor: Joseph Edwards Carpenter
• Published: 1869
• Original from: Oxford University
• Digitized: Jul 31, 2006