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prefixed, are mostly abstracted from Chapman's

Orator, and are fuller and more minute, it is believed, than what is commonly to be met with in compilations of this sort.

LIVING AUTHORS, it is hoped, will not be displeased that useful and elegant passages have been borrowed of them, since, as they wrote to reform and improve the age, they will perceive at once, that to place their most important instructions, and salutary admonitions, in the hands of Young Persons, and to adapt them to the use of SCHOOLS and ACADEMIES, is to contribute most effectually to the accomplishment of their benevolent design. The works themselves at large are so voluminous and expensive, as to be precluded from a general circulation..... extracts, therefore, are highly expedient, or rather absolutely necessary.

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Section 1. On Study

CHAPTER III.

Didactic Pieces.

Bacon 118

Section 2. Hamlet's Directions to the players Shaks. 119

Section 3. Eloquence and Oratory

Thelwal. 121

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Anon. 144

Section 14. Ancient Eloquence

Deinology 133

Fordyce 137

Section 15. Women polish and improve Society
Section 16. Fondness for Fashion Injurious
Section 17. Remarks on Preaching

CHAPTER IV.

Descriptive Pieces.

Section 1. Remarkable Faults of bad Speakers Cresol. 148

Section 2. On Female Attractions

Section 3. Flirtilla and Amelia

Section 4. Character of a young Lady

Section 5. Sensibility

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Section 6. Liberty and Slavery

Section 7. The Palace of Pleasure

Greville. 149

ib. 150

Kaims 151

Sterne 153

ib. 154

Fordyce 155

ib. 160

Section 8. The Temple of Virtue

Section 9. Descent into the Dolgoath Mine Silliman 163

CHAPTER V.

Pathetic Pieces.

Section 1. The Blind Preacher

Anon. 170

Section 2. Dr. Mason's interview with Gen. Hamilton 174

Section 3. The Close of Life
Section 4. The Dying Infidel

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CHAPTER VI.

Promiscuous Pieces.

Section 1. Novels and Romances

Section 2. Duelling

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Foster 183

Beauties of History 185

Section 3. Compendious view of the Bible Porteus 191 Section 4. The Commencement of a Century Anon 200 Section 5. On Writing Letters

PART II.

Different kinds of Public Speaking.

CHAPTER I.

Eloquence of Popular Assemblies.

205

209

Section 1. The Eulogium of the Perfect Speaker. 210 Section 2. Eulogium of Antoinette Burke 211

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Section 3. Pa gyric on the British Constitution ib. 212
Section 4. Inves against Hastings. Sheridan 213
Section 5. Burke on the Eloquence of Sheridan . 216
Section 6. Eulogium on Lord Chatham Junius 216
Section 7. Cicero and Demosthenes compared Camb. 217
Section 8. Portraits of Mahomet and Jesus contrasted 218
Section 9. Eulogium on the Duke of Bedford
Section 10. Character of a lowly Hero illustrated
Section 11. Walpole against Mr. Pitt
Section 12. Mr. Pitt's Reply

Section 13. Eulogy on Washington
Section 14. Eulogy on Hamilton

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Fox 219

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223

Ames 225

Section 15. Eulogy on Fisher Ames
Section 16. The Character of Brutus

CHAPTER II.

Eloquence of the Bar.

Section 1. Paul's defence before Agrippa
Section 2. Sentence passed on John Slater
Section 3. Speech in favour of a School-Master

ib. 229

Anon. 234

Ames 240

244

248

Wilds 249

Dr. Johnson 251

Section 4. Erskine against Williams, publisher of Paine's

Age of Reason 258

Section 5. On the Character of a Judge

Section 6. Burr and Blennerhasset
Section 7. Erskine against Demosthenes
Section 8. Emmet's Vindication

Martin 257
Wirt 253

Section 9. Griffin against Cheetham for a Libel
Another part of the same Speech

Section 10. Cicero's Oration against Verres

CHAPTER III.

Eloquence of the Pulpit.

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Section 1. Remarks on Pulpit Eloquence
Section 2. The Commandments

283

287

Section 3. Nathan's Parable

288

289

Foster 290

ib. 292

Section 4. Parable of the Prodigal Son
Section 5. The Atheist, his attainments, &c.
Section 6. The Omnipresence of the Deity
Section 7. The Liberty of Man and the Fore-Knowledge
of God Horsley 296
Section 8. Character and Government of God Mason 298
Section 9. Divinity of Jesus Christ
Section 10. Sufferings of our Saviour

Section 11. Pure religion and genuine devotion
Section 12. Transition from Time to Eternity
Section 13. Early Piety

Section 14. Devotion a source of Happiness

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ib. 301 Jay 305 Fawcet 308 Logan 310

ib. 311

Blair 313

Section 15. Reflections on God as our Creator Fawcet 315

Section 16. Triumph of Life and Death

Section 17. Domestic Happiness

Section 18. On Patience

Zolicofer 319
Jay 324

ib. 327

Hannah Moore 330

CHAPTER IV.

Section 19. Christianity a Practical Principle

Select Speeches.

Section 1. On Prejudice

Section 2. Disquisition on Patriotism

Section 3. Burke's Eulogy on his Son

Dexter 335

337

339

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