In the preparation of this work, free use has been made of the writings of standard authors upon Elocution, such as Walker, McCulloch, Sheridan Knowles, Ewing, Pinnock, Scott, Bell, Graham, Mylins, Wood, and many others. In the selection of articles for Reading Exercises, great care has been taken to present variety of style and subject, to attract by interest of matter, to elevate by purity and delicacy of sentiment, and especially to furnish the mind with valuable information, and to influence the heart by sound moral and religious instruction. Considerable liberty has been taken with the articles selected, in order to adapt them to the especial purpose for which they are here designed. Much change and remodeling have been necessary. The lessons are therefore credited as taken "from" the author named. GESIC TILRCISE 1. TI 3. De 6. In 11. Rom 12. The 14. The 16. The 17. The 18. The 19. AH 21. Pros 22. APO 4. Sele 26. Char 1994. Spees '). Repl 1. Char 6. Industry necessary for the Orator 8. Schemes of Life often Illusory 21. Prospects of the Cherokees 26. Character of Napoleon Bonaparte 29. Speech in reproof of Mr. Pitt. . . . . 172 Dewey. 178 180 185 . 42. Paul's Defense before King Agrippa 48. La Fayette and Robert Raikes 65. Massachusetts and South Carolina . . 117. New Year's Night of an Unhappy Man 122. Family of Marco Bozzaris . 125. On the Removal of the British Troops. 129. Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" 131. The Best Kind of Revenge. 135. The Voyage of Life: An Allegory 136. Colloquial Powers of Franklin 138. Influence of Natural Scenery . 141. The Crusader and the Saracen 144. Prince Henry and Falstaff. 147. Impeachment of Warren Hastings * 151. The Natural and Moral Worlds 154. The Teacher and the Sick Scholar 156. The Little Brook and the Star 160. Supposed Speech of John Adams 164. Anecdote of the Duke of Newcastle. 166. Speech on Trial of a Murderer 168. Observance of the Sabbath. LESSONS IN POETRY. EXERCISE. . . . . . 32. The Gouty Merchant and the Stranger 38. Mary, the Maid of the Inn. 44. Hector's Attack on the Grecian Walls. 45. Rienzi's Address to the Romans . . |