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Author: Bingham, Caleb, 1757-1817.
Title: The Columbian orator: containing a variety of original and selected pieces; together with rules; calculated to improve youth and others in the ornamental and useful art of eloquence. / By Caleb Bingham, A.M. author of The American preceptor, Young lady's accidence, &c. ; [Three lines from Rollin] ; Published according to act of Congress.
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Print source: The Columbian orator: containing a variety of original and selected pieces; together with rules; calculated to improve youth and others in the ornamental and useful art of eloquence. / By Caleb Bingham, A.M. author of The American preceptor, Young lady's accidence, &c. ; [Three lines from Rollin] ; Published according to act of Congress.
Bingham, Caleb, 1757-1817., Bingham, Caleb, 1757-1817. American preceptor.
Boston:: Printed by Manning & Loring; for the author, no. 44, for David West, no. 56, and for John West, no. 75, Cornhill., May, 1797.
Subject terms:
Elocution.
Juvenile literature -- 1797.
Anthologies.
URL: https://name.umdl.umich.edu/N24063.0001.001
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PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
THE COLUMBIAN ORATOR, &c.
INTRODUCTION. GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR SPEAKING; EX|TRACTED FROM VARIOUS AUTHORS.
OF PRONUNCIATION IN GENERAL.
OF GESTURE.
SOME PARTICULAR RULES FOR THE VOICE AND GESTURE.
PRACTICAL PIECES FOR SPEAKING; CONSISTING OF ORATIONS, ADDRESSES, EXHORTATIONS FROM THE PULPIT, PLEADINGS AT THE BAR, SUBLIME DESCRIPTIONS, DEBATES, DECLAMATIONS, GRAVE AND HUMOR|OUS DIALOGUES, POETRY, &c. VARIOUSLY INTERSPERSED.
EXTRACT FROM AN ORATION ON ELO|QUENCE, PRONOUNCED AT HARVARD UNIVER|SITY, ON COMMENCEMENT DAY, 1794.
EXTRACT FROM PRESIDENT WASHINGTON'S FIRST SPEECH IN CONGRESS, 1789.
SPEECH OF PAULUS EMILIUS TO THE ROMAN PEOPLE, AS HE WAS ABOUT TAKING THE COM|MAND OF THEIR ARMY.
EXHORTATION ON TEMPERANCE IN PLEASURE.
JUDAH'S PLEA FOR HIS BROTHER BENJAMIN, BEFORE JOSEPH IN EGYPT.
EXTRACT FROM THE PLEA OF THOMAS MUIR, ESQ. AT HIS CELEBRATED TRIAL IN SCOTLAND.
ON THE STARRY HEAVENS.
PAPER, A POEM.
EXTRACT FROM CATO'S SPEECH BEFORE THE ROMAN SENATE, AFTER THE CONSPIRACY OF CATILINE.
DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE GHOSTS OF AN EN|GLISH DUELLIST, A NORTH-AMERICAN SAVAGE, AND MERCURY.
SPEECH OF AN INDIAN CHIEF, OF THE STOCK-BRIDGE TRIBE, TO THE MASSACHUSETTS CON|GRESS, IN THE YEAR 1775.
ON THE CREATION OF THE WORLD.
LINES SPOKEN AT A SCHOOL-EXHIBITION,
EXTRACT FROM MR. PITT'S SPEECH IN THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT, IN THE YEAR 1766, ON THE SUBJECT OF THE STAMP-ACT.
SCENE FROM THE FARCE OF LETHE.
EXTRACT FROM THE EULOGY ON DR. FRANK|LIN, PRONOUNCED BY THE ABBE FAUCHET, IN THE NAME OF THE COMMONS OF PARIS, 1790.
EPILOGUE TO ADDISON'S CATO.
SELF-CONCEIT. AN ADDRESS, SPOKEN BY A VERY SMALL BOY.
HOWARD AND LESTR. A DIALOGUE ON LEARNING AND USEFULNESS.
CHRIST'S CRUCIFIXION.
THE WONDERS OF NATURE.
DIALOGUE ON PHYSIOGNOMY.
ORATION DELIVERED AT PARIS BY CITIZEN CARNOT, PRESIDENT OF THE EXECUTIVE DI|RECTORY, AT THE FESTIVAL OF GRATITUDE AND VICTORY, CELEBRATED AT THE CHAMP|DE-MARS, MAY 29, 1796.
ADDRESS OF MR. ADET, FRENCH AMBASSA|DOR, ON PRESENTING THE COLORS OF FRANCE TO THE UNITED STATES, 1796.
PRESIDENT WASHINGTON'S ANSWER.
THE OPPRESSIVE LANDLORD.
LORD MANSFIELD'S SPEECH, IN SUPPORT OF A BILL FOR PREVENTING DELAYS OF JUSTICE, BY REASON OF PRIVILEGE OF PARLIAMENT, 1770.
EXTRACT FROM A SERMON ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT.
CHRIST TRIUMPHANT OVER THE APOSTATE ANGELS.
SLAVES IN BARBARY; A DRAMA IN TWO ACTS.
ACT I.
SCENE I. A Garden.
SCENE II. The Highway.
SCENE III. Hamet's House.
SCENE IV. The street in Tunis.
ACT II.
SCENE I.
SCENE II. The fare, a large square.
CONCLUSION OF A CELEBRATED SPEECH OF MR. PITT, IN 1770, IN SUPPORT OF A MOTION MADE IN PARLIAMENT, TO REQUEST THE KING TO LAY BEFORE THAT BODY ALL THE PAPERS, RELATIVE TO CERTAIN DEPREDATIONS OF THE SPANIARDS, AND LIKEWISE, TO A TREATY WHICH HE WAS THEN NEGOCIATING WITH SPAIN.
SOCRATES' DEFENCE BEFORE HIS ACCUSERS AND JUDGES.
DIALOGUE ON COWARDICE AND KNAVERY.
MR. SHERIDAN'S SPEECH, AGAINST MR. TAYLOR.
PART OF CICERO'S ORATION AGAINST CAT|ILINE.
DESCRIPTION OF THE FIRST AMERICAN CON|GRESS; FROM THE VISION OF COLUMBUS.
SPEECH OF BUONAPARTE, COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE FRENCH ARMY IN ITALY, TO HIS BRETHREN IN ARMS.
REFLECTIONS OVER THE GRAVE OF A YOUNG MAN.
SCENE FROM THE DRAMA OF "MOSES IN THE BULRUSHES."
SPEECH OF CAIUS CASSIUS TO HIS COLLECT|ED FORCES, AFTER THE DEATH OF CESAR.
PART OF MR. ERSKINE'S SPEECH, AGAINST MR. PITT, 1784.
EXTRACT FROM PRESIDENT WASHINGTON'S ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES. SEPT. 17, 1796.
DIALOGUE ON THE CHOICE OF BUSINESS FOR LIFE.
SPEECH OF BUONAPARTE, COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE FRENCH ARMY IN ITALY, BEFORE HIS ATTACK ON MILAN. APRIL 26, 1796.
MR. PITT'S SPEECH, NOV. 18, 1777, IN OP|POSITION TO LORD SUFFOLK, WHO PROPOSED TO PARLIAMENT TO EMPLOY THE INDIANS AGAINST THE AMERICANS; AND WHO SAID, IN THE COURSE OF THE DEBATE, THAT "THEY HAD A RIGHT TO USE ALL THE MEANS, THAT GOD AND NATURE HAD PUT INTO THEIR HANDS, TO CONQUER AMERICA."
DIALOGUE BETWEEN A SCHOOL-MASTER, AND SCHOOL-COMMITTEE.
EXTRACT FROM MR. PITT'S SPEECH, IN ANSWER TO LORD MANSFIELD, ON THE AFFAIR OF MR. WILKIN, 1770.
ON THE GENERAL JUDGMENT-DAY; FROM DWIGHT'S CONQUEST OF CANAAN.
ON THE WORKS OF CREATION AND PROV|IDENCE.
SPEECH OF MR. FOX, IN THE BRITISH PAR|LIAMENT, ON AMERICAN AFFAIRS, 1778.
THE CONJURER, A DIALOGUE.
EXTRACT FROM MR. PITT'S SPEECH IN THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT, JAN. 20, 1775.
SPEECH OF GALGACHUS TO THE CALEDO|NIAN ARMY.
MODERN EDUCATION. DIALOGUE BETWEEN A PRECEPTOR OF AN ACAD|EMY, AND PARENT OF AN OFFERED PUPIL.
THE EXISTENCE OF GOD, DEMONSTRATED FROM THE WORKS OF CREATION; BEING A SERMON PREACHED AT PROVIDENCE, BY JON|ATHAN MAXCY, A. M. PRESIDENT OF RHODE-ISLAND COLLEGE, 1795; FROM ROMANS i.20.
THE DIGNITY OF HUMAN NATURE. EXTRACT OF AN ORATION DELIVERED AT RHODE-ISLAND COLLEGE, 1796.
INFERNAL CONFERENCE.
EXTRACT FROM MR. PITT'S SPEECH IN THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT, MAY 13, 1777.
ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT.
THE DISSIPATED OXFORD STUDENT, A DI|ALOGUE BETWEEN A BROTHER, AND HIS TWO SISTERS.
EXTRACT FROM A SPEECH IN CONGRESS, APRIL, 1796, ON THE SUBJECT OF THE TREATY WITH GREAT-BRITAIN.
EXTRACT FROM AN ORATION, PRONOUNCED AT WORCESTER, (MASS.) JULY 4, 1796; BY FRANCIS BLAKE, ESQ.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF AMERICA. EXTRACT FROM A POEM SPOKEN AT DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, ON COMMENCEMENT DAY, 1795.
DIALOGUE BETWEEN A MASTER AND SLAVE.
PART OF MR. O'CONNOR'S SPEECH IN THE IRISH HOUSE OF COMMONS, IN FAVOR OF THE BILL FOR EANCIPATING THE ROMAN CATH|OLICS, 1795.
SCENE FROM THE TRAGEDY OF TAMERLANE.
COLONEL BARRE'S SPEECH IN THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT, 1765, ON THE STAMP-ACT BILL.
THE LAST DAY. EXTRACT FROM A MANUSCRIPT POEM.
A DIALOGUE ON LOQUACITY.
AMERICAN SAGES.
EXTRACT FROM MR. PITT'S SPEECH, NOV. 18, 1777, ON AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
SCENE FROM THE TRAGEDY OF CATO.
EXTRACT FROM AN ORATION, DELIVERED AT BOSTON, JULY 4, 1794, IN COMMEMORATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.
DIALOGUE BETWEEN A WHITE INHABITANT OF THE UNITED STATES AND AN INDIAN.
EXTRACT FROM AN ORATION, PRONOUNCED AT BOSTON, JULY 4, 1796.
DAVID AND GOLIATH.
AN ORATION ON THE POWERS OF ELO|QUENCE, WRITTEN FOR AN EXHIBITION OF A SCHOOL IN BOSTON, 1791.