So all was clear'd, and to the field they haste. Flow'd from their lips, in prose or numerous verse; LOVE. AND said I that my limbs were old, In peace, Love tunes the shepherd's reed; In hamlet's dances on the green. Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above; For love is heaven, and heaven is love. CONTENTS. Preface, E-say on Elocution, Termination of the Essay, Remarks on reading Prose, Verse, and blank Verse,. CAUSES OF BAD READING AND SPEAKING. Dwyer. Too slightly sounding the accented Vowels, ....... accent, . Ibid. 60 The liquid sound of K, C, or G hard, before the Vowels Ibid. 60 short sound,.. .... Not sounding the H where it ought to be sounded, and the reverse, frequently mistaken in reading or speaking, ...... Ibid. How to pronounce the possessive pronoun thy,. mine, ...... ... Ibid. 62 63 63 63 64 Ibid. 67 Ibid. 67 Page ELOQUENCE OF RELIGION. The Saviour's Sermon on the Mount, I. Corinthians, XV. Chapter, Paul's Defence before Agrippa, Extract from the XIV. Chapter of Job, 80 Character of a Christian Mother,...By Rev. W. B. Kirwan. 81 The Cause of the King against the Honourable Mr. Justice Curran. 93 ELOQUENCE OF POPULAR ASSEMBLIES. .Ibid. 102 Dwyer. 143 Extract from an Oration, delivered in the New-York Forum, Lord Chatham's Speech against arming the Savages, in 1778, Brutus' Harangue on the death of Cæsar,. Antony's Oration over Cæsar's Body,...... 145 Griffin. 146 Shakspeare. 149 ... Ibid. 150 Eulogy pronounced at the city of Washington, October 19, .. Wirt. 152 Description of Gen. Conway's situation on the Repeal of the American Stamp Act,.... Description of Junius,..... Lamentation for the loss of his Son,... Character of Mr. Fox, in support of his India Bill,. Invective against Mr. Corry in reply to his Aspersions,. Ibid. 176 A Speech delivered at Cheltenham, on the 7th October, 1819, Page SUBJECTS DESCRIPTIVE AND MISCELLANEOUS. The Self Inflicting Torments of the Gamester...... Godwin. 187 A Description of the field of Battle, where Varus the Roman Eulogy on General Washington,. . . . 188 On General La Fayette's Reception in the United States, Marco Bozzaris, The American Flag, .Alfred B. Street. 235 237 Goldsmith. |