Lessons in elocution: or, A selection of pieces in prose and verse, for the improvement of youth in reading and speaking, as well as for the perusal of persons of taste. : With an appendix, containing examples of the principal figures of speech and emotions of the mind. / By William Scott, teacher of English reading, and author of A new spelling and pronouncing dictionary, &c.

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PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

PART. I.—LESSONS in READING.

SECTION I.

SECTION II.

SECTION III.

SECTION IV.

SECTION V.

SECTION VI.

SECTION VII.

SECTION VIII.

PART. II.—LESSONS in SPEAKING.

SECTION I. ELOQUENCE OF THE PULPIT.

SECTION II. ELOQUENCE OF THE SENATE.

SECTION III. ELOQUENCE OF THE BAR.

SECTION IV. SPEECHES DELIVERED ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS.

SECTION V. DRAMATIC PIECES.—

I. DIALOGUES.

II. SPEECHES AND SOLILOQUIES.

BOOKS SOLD BY William Young, Bookseller and Stationer, The corner of Chesnut and Second Streets, Philadelphia:

JUST PUBLISHED BY William Young,

PART I. LESSONS IN READING.

SECTION I .

SELECT SENTENCES.

II.

III.

IV.

VI. THE FOX AND THE GOAT.

VII. THE FOX AND THE STORK.

VIII. THE COURT OF DEATH.

IX. THE PARTIAL JUDGE.

X. THE SICK LION, THE FOX, AND THE WOLF.

XI. DISHONESTY PUNISHED.

XII. THE PICTURE.

XIII. THE TWO BEES.

XIV. BEAUTY AND DEFORMITY.

XV. REMARKABLE INSTANCE OF FRIENDSHIP.

XVI. DIONYSIUS AND DAMOCLES.

XVII. CHARACTER OF CATILINE.

XVIII. AVARICE AND LUXURY.

XIX. HERCULES's CHOICE.

XX. WILL HONEYCOMB's SPECTATOR.

XXI. ON GOOD BREEDING.

XXII. ADDRESS TO A YOUNG STUDENT.

XXIII. ADVANTAGES OF, AND MOTIVES TO, CHEERFULNESS.

SECTION II.

I. THE BAD READER.

II. RESPECT DUE TO OLD AGE.

III. PIETY TO GOD RECOMMENDED TO THE YOUNG.

IV. MODESTY AND DOCILITY.

V. SINCERITY.

VI. BENEVOLENCE AND HUMANITY.

VII. INDUSTRY AND APPLICATION.

VIII. PROPER EMPLOYMENT OF TIME.

IX. THE TRUE PATRIOT.

X. ON CONTENTMENT.

XI. TRANSMIGRATIONS OF A MONKEY.

XII. JOURNAL of the LIFE of ALEXANDER SEVERUS.

XIII. CHARACTER OF JULIUS CAESAR.

XIV. ON MISPENT TIME.

XV. CHARACTER OF FRANCIS I.

XVI. THE SUPPER AND GRACE.

XVII. RUSTIC FELICITY.

XVIII. HOUSE OF MOURNING.

SECTION III.

I. THE HONOR AND ADVANTAGE OF A CONSTANT ADHERENCE TO TRUTH.

II. IMPERTINENCE IN DISCOURSE.

III. CHARACTER OF ADDISON AS A WRITER.

IV. PLEASURE AND PAIN.

V. SIR ROGER DE COVERLY'S FAMILY.

VI. THE FOLLY OF INCONSISTENT EXPECTATIONS.

VII. DESCRIPTION OF THE VALE OF KESWICK IN CUMBERLAND.

VIII. PITY, AN ALLEGORY.

IX. ADVANTAGES OF COMMERCE.

X. ON PUBLIC SPEAKING.

XI. THE INDIAN AND BRITISH OFFICER.

XII. ON THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL.

XIII. OF THE VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD BY COMMODORE ANSON.

XIV. ON PEDANTRY.

XV. ON THE DEATH OF A YOUNG LADY.

SECTION IV.

I. DESCRIPTION of the AMPHITHEATRE of TITUS.

II. REFLECTIONS IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY.

III. The CHARACTER of MARY QUEEN of SCOTS.

IV. CHARACTER OF QUEEN ELIZABETH.

V. CHARLES V.'s RESIGNATION of his DOMINIONS.

VI. IMPORTANCE OF VIRTUE.

VII. ADDRESS TO ART.

VIII. FLATTERY.

IX. THE ABSENT MAN.

X. THE MONK.

XI. ON THE HEAD-DRESS OF THE LADIES.

XII. ON THE PRESENT AND A FUTURE STATE.

XIII. STORY OF THE SIEGE OF CALAIS.

SECTION V.

I. ON GRACE IN WRITING.

II. ON FEMALE ORATORY.

III. On the BEING of a GOD.

V. RESIGNATION to PROVIDENCE RECOMMENDED.

V. ADVANTAGES of HISTORY.

VI. BATTLE of PHARSALIA and DEATH of POMPEY.

VII. AWKWARDNESS IN COMPANY.

VIII. VIRTUE MAN'S HIGHEST INTEREST.

IX. ON the PLEASURE ARISING from OBJECTS of SIGHT.

X. LIBERTY AND SLAVERY.

XII. THE CANT OF CRITICISM.

XIII. STORY OF LE FEVER.

SECTION VI.

I. THE SHEPHERD AND THE PHILOSOPHER.

II. ODE TO LEVEN WATER.

III. ODE FROM THE 19th PSALM.

IV. RURAL CHARMS.

V. The PAINTER who pleased NOBODY and every BODY.

VI. DIVERSITY in the HUMAN CHARACTER.

VII. The TOILET.

VIII. THE HERMIT.

IX. The DOUBLE TRANSFORMATION.

X. The JUDGMENT of HERCULES.

SECTION VII.

I. THE FATHER AND JUPITER.

II. THE CAMELION.

III. DESCRIPTION of a COUNTRY ALE-HOUSE.

IV. CHARACTER of a COUNTRY SCHOOLMASTER.

V. STORY of PALEMON and LAVINIA.

VI. CELADON and AMELIA.

VII. DESCRIPTION of MAB QUEEN of the FAIRIES.

VIII. ENQUIRY CONCERNING HAPPINESS.

IX. DESCRIPTION OF A GAME AT CARDS.

X. ELEGY WRITTEN in a COUNTRY CHURCHYARD.

XI. SCIPIO restoring the CAPTIVE LADY to her LOVER.

XII. POPE's humorous COMPLAINT to Dr. ARBUTH|NOT of the IMPERTINENCE of SCRIBBLERS.

XIII. HYMN to ADVERSITY.

XIV. The PASSIONS. An ODE.

SECT VIII.

I. MILTON's LAMENTATION for the LOSS of his SIGHT.

II. L'ALLERO, or the MERRY MAN.

III. ON the PURSUITS of MANKIND.

IV. ADAM and EVE's MORNING-HYMN.

V. PARTING of HECTOR and ANDROMACHE.

VI. FACETIOUS HISTORY of JOHN GILPIN.

VII. OVERTHROW OF THE REBEL ANGELS.

VIII. ALEXANDER's FEAST; or, The POWER of MU|SIC. An ODE for St. CICILIA's DAY.

PART II. LESSONS IN SPEAKING.

SECTION I. ELOQUENCE OF THE PULPIT.

I. On TRUTH and INTEGRITY.

II. ON DOING AS WE WOULD BE DONE UNTO.

III. ON BENEVOLENCE AND CHARITY.

IV. ON HAPPINESS.

V. ON THE DEATH OF CHRIST.

SECTION II. ELOQUENCE OF THE SENATE.

I. SPEECH of the EARL of CHESTERFIELD, in the HOUSE of LORDS, FEB. 22. 1740, on the PENSION BILL.

II. LORD MANSFIELD's SPEECH in the HOUSE of LORDS, 1770, on the BILL for the further preventing the delays of JUSTICE by reason of PRIVILEGE of PARLIAMENT.

III. Speech of Mr. PITT (created afterwards EARL of CHATHAM) in the House of Commons, Dec. 17th, 1765, on the AMERICAN STAMP-ACT.

IV. SPEECH of Mr. FOX in the HOUSE of COM|MONS, Nov. 25, 1779, on the loss of AMERICA.

SECTION III. ELOQUENCE OF THE BAR.

I. PLEADINGS of LYSIAS the ORATOR in Favor of certain ORPHANS defrauded by an UNCLE, Exe|cutor to the Will of their FATHER.

II. CICERO AGAINST VERRES.

III. CICERO FOR MILO.

SECTION IV. SPEECHES DELIVERED ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS.

I. CAIUS MARIUS to the ROMANS; showing the Ab|surdity of their hesitating to confer on him the RANK of GENERAL merely on ACCOUNT of his EXTRACTION.

II. SPEECH of PUBLIUS SCIPIO to the ROMAN AR|MY before the Battle of the TICIN.

III. SPEECH of HANNIBAL to the CARTHAGINIAN AR|MY, on the same OCCASION.

IV. Speech of ADHERBAL to the Roman Senate, im|ploring their Assistance against JUGURTHA.

V. Speech of CANULEIUS to the Consuls; in which he demands that the PLEBEIANS may be admitted into the Consulship, and that the law prohibiting PATRI|CIANS and PLEBEIANS from intermarrying may be repealed.

VI. SPEECH of JUNIUS BRUTUS over the dead BODY of LUCRETIA.

DEMOSTHENES to the ATHENIANS, exciting them to prosecute the WAR against PHILIP.

SECTION V. DRAMATIC PIECES.

I. DIALOGUES.

I. BELCOUR and STOCKWELL.

II. HENRY AND CHIEF JUSTICE.

III. LADY TOWNLY and LADY GRACE.

IV. PRIULI AND JAFFIER.

V. BONIFACE and AIMWELL.

VI. HAMLET and HORATIO.

VII. LOVEGOLD and LAPPET.

VIII. BRUTUS and CASSIUS.

IX. CHARON, MERCURY, and GHOSTS.

X. CARDINAL WOLSEY AND CROMWELL.

XI. SIR CHARLES AND LADY RACKET.

XII. BRUTUS and CASSIUS.

II. SPEECHES AND SOLILOQUIES.

I. HAMLET's ADVICE to the PLAYERS.

II. DOUGLAS's ACCOUNT of HIMSELF.

III. DOUGLAS's ACCOUNT of the HERMIT.

IV. SEMPRONIUS's SPEECH for WAR.

V. LUCIUS's SPEECH FOR PEACE.

VI. HOTSPUR's account of a For.

VII. HOTSPUR's SOLILOQUY on the CONTENTS of a LETTER.

VIII. OTHELLO's Apology for his Marriage.

IX. HENRY IVth's SOLILOQUY ON SLEEP.

X. CAPT. BOBADILS's method of Defeating an ARMY.

XI. SOLILOQUY of HAMLET's UNCLE on the MUR|DER of his BROTHER.

XII. SOLILOQUY of HAMLET on DEATH.

XIII. FALSTAFF's ENCOMIUMS on SACK.

XIV. PROLOGUE to the TRAGEDY of CATO.

XV. CATO's Soliloquy on the Immortality of the Soul.

XVI. RICHARD IIId's Soliloquy on his Deformity.

XVII. RICHARD IIId's Soliloquy the Night before the Battle of BOSWORTH.

XVIII. SOLILOQUY of DICK the APPRENTICE.

XIX. BRUTUS's Harangue on the death of CAESAR.

XX. ANTONY's Oration over CAESAR's Body.

XXI. FALSTAFF's SOLILOQUY on HONOR.

XXII. THE WORLD compared to a STAGE.

APPENDIX. CONTAINING A Concise and Systematic Course of LESSONS on a New Plan.

I. EXAMPLES of ANTITHESIS; or the OPPOSITION of WORDS or SENTIMENTS.

II. EXAMPLES of ENUMERATION; or the mentioning of PARTICULARS.

III. Examples of SUSPENSION; or a delaying of the Sense.

IV. Examples of PARENTHESIS; or Words interposed in Sentences.

V. Examples of INTERROGATION; or Questioning.

VI. Examples of CLIMAX; or a gradual increase of SENSE or PASSION.

VII. Examples of JOY, GRIEF, COURAGE, FEAR, LOVE, and ANGER.

VIII. Examples of ADMIRATION, CONTEMPT, PITY, HATRED, PRIDE, HUMILITY, CHEERFULNESS, ME|LANCHOLY, COMMANDING, INTREATY, HOPE, and DESPAIR.

IX. Examples of THREATENING, BOASTING, PER|PLEXITY, GRATITUDE, AWE, HORROR, REPROACH|ING, REVENGE, RIDICULE, REMORSE, JEALOU|SY, and HUMOR.