The Elocutionist: Consisting of Declamations and Readings in Prose and Poetry for the Use of Colleges and Schools

Jonathan Barber

A.H. Maltby, 1836 - 392 Seiten

Inhalt

• Remarks of Mr Clinton in the senate of the United States on threats of disunion among the States: 13
• Extract from Mr Madisons speech on the federal consti tution: 14
• On the dissolution of the Irish parliament: 16
• Speech of Mr Plunket on the competency of the Irish par liament to pass the measure of union between Ireland and England: 18
• Further continuation of the argument: 20
• Reply of Mr Pitt to the charge of youthful inexperience: 23
• Apostrophe to the Queen of France: 25
• On conciliation with America: 26
• Address to the surviving soldiers of the revolution: 28
• Mr Hamiltons speech on the federal constitution: 30
• Morality essential to true greatness: 32
• Supposed speech of John Adams: 34
• Extract from Mirabeaus speech on Neckars Finance: 37
• Erskines speech on Paines Age of Reason: 39
• Lord Chathams speech in the house of lords on the ad dress to the throne Nov 18 1777: 43
• Speech of Patrick Henry: 47
• Hamlets address to the players: 50
• Curran for Finnerty the printer: 51
• Extract from a speech of Mr Burkes on Junius: 55
• Reply of lord Thurlow to the duke of Grafton: 56
• Extract from the plea of Thomas Muir esq: 57
• On dueling: 59
• Erskine for Cuthell: 60
• Currans remarks on Armstrong: 62
• XXVIDuty of a member of parliament: 64
• Tribute to the enterprising spirit of the NewEngland colonists: 65
• Mr Burkes opinion relative to the right of taxing America: 67
• Mr Ames on the British treaty: 68
• Extract from a speech of Mr Fox on the French war: 70
• Curran on the employment and character of Informers: 71
• Unprecedented growth of American population: 73
• Rapid growth of America: 74
• Speech of Philips for a gardener: 76
• On an address to the throne: 82
• Extract from general Washingtons address to the American army in 1783: 84
• Speech of Mr James Otis: 86
• Extract from an appeal to the Irish parliament: 88
• Col Barres speech on the stampact bill: 90
• Extract from Mr Quinceys speech on foreign relations: 91
• Extract from a speech of Mr Fox in the British parlia ment: 93
• Extract from the speech of Sir James Mackintosh: 97
• Extracts from Erskines speech for Stockdale: 100
• Hyder Ali: 109
• Advantages of an English origin: 112
• Destruction of Scio: 114
• Potent agency of steam: 115
• Conclusion of Rev Robert Halls sermon before the volunteers of Bristol in the prospect of invasion by France: 117
• On the death of Hamilton: 119
• The upright lawyer: 121
• Characteristics of a christian patriot: 123
• Secrets of guilt never safe from detection: 125
• Redgauntlets address to his nephew: 128
• Falstaffs ragged regiment: 131
• Reply of Rob Roy McGregor to Mr Osbaldistone: 132
• The philosophy of hatred: 134
• Extract from Mr Webstert speech on the Greek revo lution 54: 136
• Defence of J A Williams: 139
• On atheism: 140
• The present systems of education defective: 142
• Conclusion of Dr Rushs chapter on the mode of in struction in elocution: 145
• Industry necessary to the attainment of eloquence: 147
• Discovery of America by Columbus: 149
• Execution of the earl of Argyle: 156
• Battle of Hastings: 158
• Description of Cadiz: 162
• Character of Cromwell: 163
• Character of Howard: 167
• Character of Cowpers poetry: 169
• Anecdotes of Mozart: 173
• Influence of the natural laws on the happiness of in dividuals: 176
• Same subject continued: 183
• On happiness of temper: 187
• Description of a tournament: 190
• Animated description of a battle: 196
• Interview between Waverly and Fergus MacIvor at Carlisle previous to the execution of the latter: 200
• Death of Morris the Spy: 205
• Funeral of Steenie Mucklebackit: 208
• Postoffice in Fairport: 216
• Destruction of a family of the Pilgrims by the Pequod Indians: 223
• Stagecoach: 231
• Diedrich Knickerbockers NewEngland farmer: 235
• Not at home: 237
• Case of Lord Mansfields wig: 239
• The mice: 244
• A state of probation considered with reference to Divine goodness: 245
• The telescope and microscope: 249
• On sincerity: 250
• Religion the only basis of society: 252
• Without God in the world: 253
• On gaming: 255
• Mementos of the instability of human existence: 257
• Effects of the bible on the intellectual character: 261
• On the memory of our fathers: 264
• Revelations Chapter v: 266
• Psalm exxxix: 267
• Ode to Disappointment: 268
• Lucy: 270
• Grave of the mother of Washington: 271
• Ode sung at the funeral of Dr Spurzheim: 273
• To a waterfowl: 274
• The Chevaliers lament: 275
• Catherina: 276
• The Old Man: 278
• CVIOn Prayer: 280
• What is Time: 281
• The Poplar Field 232: 282
• Elegy in a country church yard: 283
• Inscription for the entrance into a wood: 286
• Gertrude: 287
• Greece: 289
• Against Procrastination: 290
• Discipline: 291
• The Apostrophe to Light: 294
• The Millennium: 295
• Morning Hymn: 297
• Address to the Ocean: 299
• The Thunder Storm: 301
• Address to a Mummy 1: 303
• To a Musquito: 305
• Frost: 307
• Epistle to Joseph Hill esq: 308
• The Cameleon: 310
• Report of an adjudged case: 312
• Paper a conversational pleasantry: 313
• The country Bumpkin and Razor seller: 314
• The Gascon Peasant and the Flies: 316
• Lodgings for Single Gentlemen: 318
• The fat Actor and the Rustic: 320
• The Old Cheese: 321
• The March to Moscow: 323
• The New Castle Apothecary: 326
• The Modest Retort: 328
• To a Pig: 329
• Hotspurs Description of a Fop: 331
• The Sailor Boys dream: 332
• CXXXVIIIThe battle of Blenheim: 334
• The Isles of Greece: 336
• Ode to Madness: 338
• Casabianca: 347
• Marco Bozzaris: 348
• Hohenlinden: 350
• Satan calling the Fallen Angels: 351
• Othellos Address to the Senate: 353
• Speech of Henry V before Harfleur: 354
• Antonys Address to Cæsars body: 356
• Meeting of Satan and Death at the gate of Hell: 359
• Scene from the Tragedy of King John: 362
• Tent scene between Brutus and Cassius: 366
• Coriolanus and Aufidius: 370
• Cardinal Wolsey and Cromwell 373: 373
• Hamlet and Horatio: 376
• Antonio and Shylock: 379
• Hamlet Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: 383
• Prince Henry and Falstaff: 390

Bibliografische Informationen

• Titel: The Elocutionist: Consisting of Declamations and Readings in Prose and Poetry for the Use of Colleges and Schools; Band 964 von Harvard reading textbooks preservation microfilm project
• Autor/in: Jonathan Barber
• Herausgeber: Jonathan Barber
• Zusammengestellt von: Jonathan Barber
• Ausgabe: 2
• Verlag: A.H. Maltby, 1836
• Original von: British Library
• Digitalisiert: 23. Okt. 2018
• Länge: 392 Seiten