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CONTENTS OF THE PRINCIPLES OF ELOCUTION.

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ery of Glass, 78; Disease of the Throat, 149,
Disinterestedness, 158: Diogenes, 17; Dismiss.
ing, 207; Distraction, 207, Dr Faustus and the
Devil, 183; Division of Prose and Poetry, 79,
164; Doctor 'm. 38; Down with your Dust, 141;
Dorsal and Abdominal Muscles, 37, Dr. and l'a-
ver, 106: Don't know him, 119; Double Mean-
ing. 78; Dotage, 207; Don't wear, 208; Dress.
101; Dramatic, 153; Drunkard, 113; Draco's
Laws, 151; Dyspepsia, 104; Dueling, 122; Du-
ties, 30; Dying but once, 81; Dynamics, 140-2;
Dying Christian, 123.

A-Its Sounds, 17, 18, 19, 20-2-4-7-9: Ab-95; Difference 55, 64; Difficulty, 201; Discov
stract Questions. 134-5: Action and Reaction,
82: Accent, 69, 80: Accommodating, 24: Acute
Pain, 196: Admiration, 179, 198: Admonition,
199, 201: Advice to a Traveler, 151: Afraid to do
Ill, 143: Afraid of Work, 80: Affectation, 202:
Affectuous and Heart, 71: A Fool, 192: Afirm-
ing, 200: Agriculture, 96: Agrippa's Promise kept,
186: A get off, 33: Alderman's great Toe, 147:
Alexander and the Pirate, 110: All the Pauses,
93: All the World a Stage, 154: Ail the Vowel
sounds, 33: Amazement, 185, 201: Amusements,
52: Anecdote on every page: Analysis and Syn-
thesia, 24-9, &c.: Analogies, 27. 72: Anger, 154, E-its Sounds, 21-2-4-9, 57-8, 17; Eat Bacon,
180-2: Anthony's Challenge, 89: Anxiety, 217: 203; Ecstasy, 175: Educators, 25; Education, 18,
Application, 102: Appropriate Sign, 148: Archi-25, 76, 143-7, 162, 180, 236; Effects of Know-
tecture, 103: Arab and Foot prints, 86: Arbitra-ledge, 138; Effective Style, 162; Effects of Suc-
ry Rules, 162: Articulation, 24, 56: Arms, 224-9: cess, 204; Eliza's wise Choice, 207; Elocution,
A Scold, 55: Association of Ideas, 169: Aspi-18. 28, 33-9, 45, 156: Elocution st, 37; Eloquence,
rates, 65: Attention, 187: Astonishment, 198: 126, 163-4; Emmet's Betrothed, 76; End, Cause,
Attitudes, 10, 236: Au, 25-6: Authority, 44, Effect, 124-8, 132; Emphasis, 98, 118; by Stress,
202: Autumn, 75, 96: Awkwardness, 257: Aver-101-2-3: by Changing it, 102-4-5; by higher Pitch,
sion, 179.
106; by Quantity, 107-8-9; by a Pause, 113;
B-one Sound, 35: Base Character, 145: Beau- Enjoyment. 94; Eau, Ew, 25; Enunciation, 61;
ty, Wit and Gold, 142: Beautiful World, 197: Encouraging, 208; Envy, 152; Epitaph, 129; En-
Beauty, 136, 154: In the Deep, 164: Be earnest, vy and Jealousy, 166; Earnestness of Manner,
139, 152: Beware of relying too much on Inflec-151; Error and Truth, 24; Equality, 51; Eter
tions, 169: Bible. 17, 123. 146: Birth Day, 71:nal Joy, 28; Eternal Progress, 37: Etiquette of
Bigots, 102: Blood Globules, 10: Loasting, 210:
Blushing, 40: Boards or Sheep, 85: Bound in
calf, not lettered, 220: Botany, 93: Book-keep-
ing, 36: Blundering on the Truth. 72: Boys and
Frogs. 97: Botany Bay Patriots, 160: Blind
man's Rose, 169: Blown up Lieutenant, 71: Bo-
dy and Mind, 70: Bonaparte's Check, 52: Boun-
daries of Knowledge, 56: Boundless Nature of
Oratory, 66: Book of Nature, 213: Bourdaloue,
171: Braying, 223: Breathing, 9, 69, 87: Brough-
am's Eye, 45: Brotherly Love, 190: Bruce and
the Spider, 213: Brutus, 32: Buffoonery, 204:
Bunyan's Indictment, 211: Butterfly, 117.

Stairs, and of Riding, 191; Evening Bells. 27;
Ethics, 106; Eve's Lament, 137; Everything
Useful, 214: Eve, 233; Experience, 87, 144; Ex-
clamation, 90; Extemporizing, 128, 156; Explo
sion and Expulsion, the difference, 26, 63; Ex-
tremes, 208; Eyes. 228.

F-its Sounds. 42-3: Face, 227; Faults in Ar-
ticulation, 43; Fatigue, 209; Far West, 8; Feet
and Hands. 11, 225-6. 236; Female Education,
137; Fear, 191: Fisherman, 115; Finishing one'
Studies, 67: Force of Habit, 115; Folly and Wis-
dom. 97; Flying from and to the Church, 117;
Forehead, 252; Free to do Good, 192, Freedom,
C-its Sounds, 36-7-8-9; Cadence, 139; Catch-28, 78; Franklin's Epitaph. 204; Freedom of
ing a Tartar, 27; Causes of Greek Perfection, Thought, 45; Free Schools. 173; 44 Sounds, 63;
27; Cause and Effect, 32, 99; Census of 140, Frederick the Great, 47; Friendship, 171; Free-
156; Ch. 37-9, 59: Changes, 40; Change, of Ac-dom of the Press, 148; Forming Theories, 232;
cent, 71-2; Characteristics of Man. 119: Chil- Fright, 183; Fury, 180.
dren and Animals, 121; Chinese, 33; Chinese
Physicians. 136; Cheerfulness, 172; Child of
Promise, 198; Christian Character, 53; Choice
of a Husband, 135; Chemistry, 95; Cicero, 32,
74, 118, 166, 233; Clay, 149; Clemency to Ruffi-
ans. 210, 215; Clergyman in Lent, 63; Classifica-
tion of Consonants, 64-5-7-8; Client's Bones,
145; Cobler, 122: Colon, 87; Colonel, his own
trumpeter, 118; Coincidences, 7; Combina-
tions of Waves, 130; Common Opinions, 55;
Common Sense, 107; Compassion, 117, 123. Com-
pressions and Contractions, 21; Commendation,
205; Conciseness. 164; Conduct towards Swear-
ers, 125; Confidence.-Courage, 210; Confine-
ment of Debtors, 139; Contentment, 83; COL-
quering Love, 168: Conjunction, 168; Contrary,
157; Cons derate Minister, 46; Contempt, 190;
Construction of Houses, 105: Contrasts, 33; Con-
sonant Sounds, 35; Constitutional Law, 115;
Cottage for the Poor, 226; Cure for Sore Eyes,
223; Curran, 19; his Daughter, 76.

D-ts Sounds, 40-1; Day of Life. 84; Dandy
Officer, 155: Dandies and Puppies, 221; Danger-
ous Biting. 76; Dangers of bad Company, 131;
Dear Wife, 28; Delivery and Painting, 94;
Death of a Heart-Friend, 97; Dead and Living
Temples, 201; Deformed Chest, 9: Debt, 118;
Deceiver, 145; Declamatory and Hortatory. 153;
Dead Languages, 221; Departed Year. 45; Death
and Idleness, 137: Demosthenes, 32, 74, 145, 166,
233 Denying, 206; Despair, 155, 213; Delight,
173; Despotism, 126; Delivery, 150-8; Dia-
phragm, 10; Devotion, 19; Desire, 178; Dia-
tonic Scale, 34. 154; Diphthongs, 31-2; Discre-
tion, 177; Discovery of a Beauty. 229; Disobe-
dience to Deceased Parents, 227; Dissimulation,

G-its Sounds. 44-5-6; Gambling 153; Gener
al Intelligence, 23; Geography, 101; Garrick
175. 224; he sat for Fielding's portrait, 219;
Gentleman and Tenant, 8; Genius. 219; Ges-
tures, 231; Gh, 42-5; Giving, Granting, 210
Glottis, 11; Goblin full of Wrath, 126; Good
Sense. 84; Goodness of Providence. 81; Good
Works, 126; Goldsmith's Gold Pill. 121: Good
Name, 125; Good Example. 149; Government,
116 159; Grand Objects. 56; Gradations, 50;
Gratitude, 163, 211: Gravity, 209: Greek and
Irish, 101; Great Mistake, 21; Grief, 154, 213;
Grumblers, 151;

H-47.62-3-5-8; Half Murder. 127; Hamlet's
Instructions on Delivery, 157; Hands and Feet,
11. 224-9; Habits of Thought, 19; Habits. 29;
Hatred. 179. 182; Happiness. 204; Hard Ques-
tions. 223; Harrison and Sunday School Teach-
er. 41; Half Mourning, 61; Hally and Newton,
65; Heart and Lungs, 10; Head. 227; Hanging
for Fashion's Sake, 91; Hearing and Speaking,
168; Heathens going to Heaven, 133; Historian,
194; Too High or too Low, 133; Home, 41. 166;
Hope, 157, 178; Honesty, 174; Honor, 49, 193,
209; Howard, 59, 25, 226; Hoarseness-Cause,
and Cure. 62; Horticulture. 98 Holding one's
own, 69: Horace, 74; How to Prize good For-
tune. 209; How to Succeed, 146, 236; How to
get rid of Admirers, 149: How to produce Sounds,
18: Human Form Clothed. 8; Human Nature,
178; Human Testimony, 181; Humbugs. 108;
Humanity Rewarded. 33

I-its Sounds. 23-4: 21-2-9, 58: Important
Considerations, 73, 108: Ideas. 159; Ignorance
and Error, 160-9; and Willfulness, 161: Impa-
tience, 210; Importance of Early Principles 158;

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CONTENTS OF THE PRINCIPLES OF EI OCUTION.

Imagination, 166: Inadequacy of Language, 85; | Orator's Field. 165-how they are made 68; Ori-
Independence Forever, 104, 132; Indian Virtue, gin of Language, 66; Oratorical and Poetica!
235; Injuring Others, 205; Inflections, 119, 125, Actions and Gestures, 11. 12, 13, 14 15, 16; and
169; Inducing Disease, 127; Influence. 79, 160; from 172 onwards; Orthography, 64-5-6-7, 81;
Importance of Observation, 85; Inconsistency, One Thing at a Time, 114; Orthoepy. 81; Ou,
115: Industry, 99, 164; Innocent and Guilty, 2; | 26; Oa and Ow, 32; Osseus or Bony System, 7
In the Truth, 48; Interrogation. 89; Intellectual. Our Country, 151, Our Food. 31: Our Book, 237;
71; Intentions, 71; Intuition, 157; Inval ds, 122; Ourselves and others, 43; Our Sight, 134.
Involuntary efforts, 99, Investigation of Thought,
190; Irresolution, 172, 217; It looked so Pretty,

129

P-52: Parenthesis, 91; Party Spirit, 35; Pa-
tience and Perseverance, 42; Patrick Henry's
Treason, 143; Passions and Actions. 170-1, 206,
J-its Sounds, 44.58: Jaw Breakers, 61, and 212; Pardoning, 217; Patience won't have me,
from 17-62; Jealousy, 214. 224; Joy, 173: Jolly66; Parsh Clerk and the Banns, 84; Painting,
Laughter, 174: Judging, 215: Jury and the Liar,
120. Justice, 92: Just Aristides, 134.
K-i■ Sound, 37; Keel Hauling 75: Keeping
Time from Eternity, 64; K ng and his Fool,
Kinds of Poetry. 90, King of Poland in France,
207; King's Evil, 31; K ngly Dinner. 151; Kings
and their Trade. 156; Kirwan, 27; Known by the
Fruits, 77: Kosciusko, 96.
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L-48; Labor, 72; Language (two kinds). 21 ;
Laconics, often; Law, 109; Last words of Mar-
mion, 115; Lafayette, 94: Language of Feeling,
222; Laughing Scientifically, 77; Lawyer's at,
22. Lawyers Mistake, 29; Lawyer and Physi-
cian, 90; Lawyer and Client. 107, 176; Learning,
118; Legendary Tales, 106; Listening, 187: Liv-ness, 142, Polycarp and hs Lord. 153; Poor
ing Temples, 89: Lisping, 36: Logic, 156: Loins
of the Mind, 63; Look at Home. 175; Lost Purse,
203: Long Enough. 49; Lord Thurlow's Speech
from the Woolsack, 200: Love, 176. 187, 159, 217;
Love of Justice. 186; Love and Liberty, 140;
Love and Alcohol, 125: Love on the Scaffold,
232; Love and the Stars. 109: Lovely Qualities,
233; Luxury, 171; Lying, 155; Lycurgus, 51;
Lyceums, 148.

209; Painter and the King, 92; Patriots, 133;
Pelayo, 186: Pauses. 85, &c.: Period. 88; Perse-
verance, 146 Perplexity, 217; Peter the Great
251;217; Peter Pricker Prandle. 52; Philosophy of
Mind, 98 123. &c.: Philosopher Outdone, 195;
Philosophy, 121; Physiological Ignorance. 203;
Phrenology 228. Philosophy and Love. 57; Play
on Worus. 174; Perspiration, &c., 8; Pitch, 123,
143-4-7; Pitt, 31. ; Ph, 42-3; Pleasures of
Piety, 217, Plato, 17; Play on X's, 56; Poor
Priest and the King at Prayer. 208: Political
Economy, 111; Position of Body, 17; Polyglot of
Body and Mind. 230; Poisoned Cup and Cyrus;
18; Pioneers, 150: Position in Bed. 79; Polite-
Fund, 200; Point of Law. 132; Pope and the 1,
159: Pots and all gone. 173: Princ ples of Elo-
cution, from 17-237; Prejud ce, 140; Precept
and Example. 141: Precipitancy, 62; Pride, 154,
21, 219: Prize of Immortality, 14; Preceding
Principles, 125, &c.; Position of Feet and Hands,
11: Progress of Society, 119; Prayer to the Con-
gregation, 39; Provers on every page, Prom-
ises. 124; Promising, 219; Principal and Inter-
M-49: Management of the Breath, 97; Man est, 59: Powerful Stimulus 145: Punning, 172;
a Microcosm, 88 203; Making Resolutions, 203; Fronunciation, 81, 84: Provincialisms, 83; Iro-
Madness, 231; Making Game of a Lady, 113:longation of Sound, 70. 73: Providence, 117: Pi
Material of all Sounds. 47; Means of Happiness, ty 177, 225, $3; Tublic Speakers should live long-
95; Mahomet and the Hill. 112: Malice. 216; est, 149: Pursuit of Knowledge, 108; Pupil and
Matter and Manner, 50, 131. 15, 161: Mathe- Apprentice. 46; Pulpit and Theatres 132; Pune-
matics, 54 Mark to Hit, 113: Means of getting tual Hearers. 139: Punishments, 218; Pulpit
Living, 105; Mediums. 20-1: Male and Female Flattery, 19: Pungent Preaching, 212.
Voices, 147; Maxims, everywhere; Mercy. 177: Q-37: Quack, 82: Qualifications of Teach-
Mathematical Honor. 68; Matrimony, 56: Mel-ers, 20: Quaker Presen's, 199: Qualities, 22:
ancholy, 216: Means to be used, 19; Men and Quantity, 70: Qualities of Voice, 140, 142: Qua-
Brutes. 38: Merchants and Pigeons, 111; Men-ker and So'dier, 12: Question Direct, 9:
tal Violence, 57: Mediocrity, 137: Melody, 135-6:
Miser, 87; Mineralogy, 91: Mrth. 174: Minor
Passions, 199: Ministry of Angels. 171; Mock
Trial of a K ng, 205; Moon Eclipsed. 93: Mono R-53-4: Rainbow, 175: Ranges of Voice,
tone. 119: Mourners, 187: Movement of Voice, 134: Raising Rent, 70: Rage, 150: Rapture. 175:
13-; Modulation, 143-4; Modes of Spelling, 67; Reading. 33. 57, 103, 120: Reading Rooms, 46:
Mother's Injunction and Bible, 82: Mouthing, Range of Knowledge, 66: Railery, 192, 220-
116: Mother perishing in a Snow Storm. 111; Reasoning, 202: Recitations. 166: from 2:7-316
Mother and Daughter in Prison, 1-5; Modesty, Rec pients, 32: Reading by vowel sounds. 33:
21, 223: Mouth. 229; Mr. Psalter. 36: Music. Religious Persecutions 1-7 Reading Discours-
101, 163-4-5; Mummy, 23; Muscle Breakers, 43, es, 71: Remorse 184. 220: Refusing, 219: Rea-
2, and among the Letters; My Mother. 210; son, 131, 227: Reproach, 182: Reproving, 221:
Musical Fun. 34: Muscular System. 7; Muscular Revision, 117 Refinement, 93: Rhetoric. 156:
Action. 9, and elsewhere; Mutual Vistake, 9. Rhetorical Pause, 92, 108: Rhetorical Action,
N-50-1: Nature always True. 159. 205; Nat-234: Reforms 164: Riches and Talent, 132:
ural Theology, 90: Nature and Art. 151: Natu- Right Views, 50 Rythm, 96: Rhymetry and
ralists and Rea ists. 137: Narrow Escape, 25; the Queen, 12:5 k. Ja's Address to the Peru-
Natural Philosophy 25: Natural Death 42: Nat-vians, 153: Rhyme, 167: Rese, 72: Revenge
ural and Spiritual 18; Natural History. 86; Nat
Fortune's Wheel, 167: Niagara Falls. 167: New
Character. 99: New Field 68; Nerves of Or-
ganic Life. 5-of Motion and Sense, 6-of Res-
piration, 6: Ng. 51: Nobleman and Beggar Boy.
191; Newton and his Dog, 225; Nothing True
but Heaven, 189; Nothing from Nothing. 167;
Aumber. 155; Nursery, 39.

Queen's Reprimand to her Daughter. 224:
Queen Elizabeth and her Ladies, 195: Quino-
tillian, £29.

191: Ruined Debtor's satisfaction, 179: Rum and
Grave Stones, 44: Ronge. 168: Routes, 216.

S-36-8-9, 42, 46: Sadness and Sorrow, 16:
Safe now, 222: Satan's Speech, 169: Saving
Fuel, 20: Sailor and Countess' Eyes, 35: Sailor
and Highwayman. 114: Semi-colon, 86: Science,
114: Scientific Enthusiasm, 1-1: Servi'e Imita-
tion. 12: Seasons, 28: Selfishness, 128, 163:
O-25-6-7; 19. 24-9. 30. 57; Obeying Orders. Scorn, 190. 222: Seeing Right, 220: Seeing a
146: Observe, 205; Oiand Oy, 31: Old and New Wind. 23: Self-love, 73: Sea Lawyers, 77.
Methods of Spelling. 65-6-7: Old Habits, 124; Sense governs, 129: Sheridan, 107: Shouting,
On y way to teach Reading, 169: Only Natural 115: School Teachers. 130: Sight Reading. 57
Sound. 1; and Notes on, 47; One Tongue Skips and Slides. 167: Shame, 223: Schoolmas
enough. 48: Opening the Mouth, 110: Operating ter and Pupils, 43: Sharp Reply, 163: Slander,
Creumstances, 162; Oratory, 27, 4, 110, 156; 159: Slender Voice, 155: 8 nking in the Sto-

CONTENTS OF READINGS AND RECITATIONS.

mach, 92; bounds, 22; Simple Laughter, 192; Simple Bodily Pain,
196; Spec lation like a Cold Bath, 144; Strong Points, 106; Stand-
ing, 22; Starry Firmament [Addison], 46; Strength of Voice, 145;
Society owes all a Living, 63; Sources of Faults, 235; Socrates
and the Tyrants, 102; Speaking the Gauntlet, 116; Student's Poe-
try, 116; Sommerfield and the Bishop, 138; Standard of Speaking,
152; Sterling Integrity, 154; Style, 148, 151-9, 160-1-2; Stress,
67; Sublimity and Pathos, 22; Striking out Beauties, 177; Stage
Regulator, 178; Sowing and Reaping, 180; Suggestions, 154, 235;
Surmise, 215; Suspicion, 224; Stupidity, 30; Stretch of Thought,
231; Spinsters, 54; Successful Speaker, 128; Swiss Retort, 127;
Swearing King, 103; Standing, 22; Swearing, 167; Surprise, 188,
223; Stages of Progress, 170.

T-39, 41; Talent, 120; Tale of Wonder, 226; Tallow and

Talent, 158; Telling Stories, 78; To teach Children, 109; Tele-
scope, 91; Terror, 183, 225, 231; Temperance, 198 Teaching,
225; Theology, 19; Tendency of our Language, 157; Theatres,
174; Thinking, 176; Thought and Feeling, 114; Thats, 49; This-
de Sifter, 60; True Wisdom, 34; Triphthongs, 32: Three Essen-
dals in all things, 51: Th, 60-1, True Empire, 76: Three De-
grees of Speech, 112: Three modes of Existence, 121: Thorax,
9: Tight Dressing, 9: These are my Jewels, 196: Time în Man,
166: Truth, 171, 192: True Happiness, 172: This World, 202:
A fleeting show, 189; True Eloquence, 209: To act a Passion, 212:
Too common, 221: True Modesty, 21: To and The, 57: Tough
Animal, 79: Truths not Fictions, 170: Too hard, 142: Truth and
Nature, 130: To prevent Suicide, 108: Turn Bread into Stones,
202: Tyrolese Songs, 234: Transition, 146: True Philosophy, 135:
To succeed, 146: Tremor of Voice, 156: Try again, 166: Tran

383

quillify, 172: Tweedledum and Tweedledee, 228: The Feet, 174
Twilight Dews, 193: Thou art, O God, 188: The Rose, 72: The
Union, 55.

U-28-9, 30, 22, 24, 55, 58: Ugly Dreams, 165: Unaccented
Vowels, 75: Uncertain quantity of Wine, 62: Unwelcome Visitor,
74: Use of Spelling, 68.

V-43: Vanity Reproved, 162: Vain Mother, 58: V. ieties on
every page : Veneration, 189, 226: Ventriloquism, 60: Vehemence
of Action, 232: Views of Truth, 211: Virtue the best Treasure, 222;
Virtue before Riches, 160: Virtuous Friendship, 237: Vexation,
227: Voice, 166; Vocal Organs, 11; Vocal Gymnastics, 23.

W-55, 26; Warren's Address at the Battle of Bunker Hill,
paraphrased, 57; War and Truth, 90; Washington and Mother,
194; and W. and the U. S., 100; Wh, 62; What is Ours, 61; Wet
Minister, 18; What a Bug! 226; Waves or Circumflexes, 130-3
Weeping Emperor, 218; What the Youth had learned, 115; Who
is wrong in the Argument, 122; What for? 150; We love them
so, 60; Who rules? 53; Whitfield Rambling, 50; Wm. Penn, 37;
Wirt, 150; Windpipe, &c., 11; Wife, 153; Wild Oats, 19; Win
ter Evenings, 62; Wisdom of our Ancestors, 129: Weeping, 194
William and Lucy, 194: Word Painting, 95, 139, 142: Whipped
for making Rhymes, 191: Words, 20: Worth, 65: Woman, 75,
133, 136, 152: Wonder, 188, 226: Woman as she should be, 32:
Working a Passage, 98: Wrong Choice, 47: Written Language,
53-4: World not all a fleeting show, 85: Written Page, 230.
X-Pages 56, 57, 63, 64, 65, and 38.
Y-Pages 68, 22, 23, 24, 29, 63, 64.
Z-Pages 38, 46, 63, 67: Zo-ol-o-gy, 7, 104.

CONTENTS OF READINGS AND RECITATIONS.

Dire effects of Time, 161; Disappointed Ambition,
240; Domestic Love and Happiness, 201; Doctor
and Pupil, 293; Douglas' Account of Himself, 244
Duties of American Citizens, 311; Dying Christian
to nis Soul, 123.

A-A Battle Field, 242; Abuse of Authority, 269;nity of Human Nature, 305; Discoveries, 304
Action in War, 232; Accomplished Young Lady,
261; Adams and Jefferson, 273; Address to Death,
213; Address to the Ocean, 262; Adherence to
Truth, 270; Advantages of Knowledge, 291; Affec-
tation in Ministers, 235; A fawning Publican, 216;
Against the American War, 243; Alexander's Feast,
815; Alexander Selkirk, 295; All Labor equally
honorable, 379; All the World's a Stage, 154; A
Mother's Kindness, 207; A Mother's Love, 239;
America (poetry), 277; America (prose), 280; Amer-
ican Flag, 288; Anthony's Oration over Cæsar, 252;
Aaron Burr and Blennerhassett, 268; A Tale of
Wonder, 226; A Rainy Day, 239; Aspirations of
Youth, 246; Atheist and Acorn, 250; Austrian
Slanders and Hungarian Bravery, 316; Autumn
Evening, 75.

B-Balance of happiness equal, 239; Baron's
Last Banquet, 289; Basque Girl, 313; Battle Field,
295; Be earnest! Heart's Apostle, 139; Beauty,
Wit, and Gold, 142; Beautiful Cloud, 131; Beau-
ties of Nature, 302; Benefits of Agriculture, 288;
Beggar's Petition, 275; Beware the first approach
of Crime, 88; Beware of Avarice, 226; Best of
Wives, 314; Bitter Want, 212; Book of Nature,
203; Bud of Moral Beauty, 231; Brutus' Harangue,
261; Burial of Sir John Moore, 242.

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E-Earth has been all alive, 281; Early Rising
and Prayer, 261; Education, 278; Effects of Gen-
tleness, 246; Eloquence, words of fire, 222; Em-
met's Betrothed, 76; Einmet's Vindication in full,
306; Eulogium on Kosciusko, 298; Eulogium on
the South, 254; Eulogium on the North, 254; Eu-
ropean Freedom, V. N. B.; Evening Bells, 27; Eve's
Love for Adam, 294; Eve's Lament on leaving Par
adise, 137; Exile of Erin, 273; Expressive Silence!
muse His praise, 183; Exhortation to be courageous,
208.

F-Falls of Niagara, 167; Famine in Ireland, 376;
Fancied Infalibility, 238; Fatal Remembrance, 229;
Fear of Death, 185; Female Character, 295; Fever
Dream, 265; Fire-Side, 285; Flight of Time, 282;
Flight of Xerxes, 241; Flowers and Precipice, 314;
Fortune Teller, 282; Footsteps of Angels, 278;
Fourth of July, 373; Freedom's Song, 204; Free-
dom's Votaries, 234; Frenchman and his Host, 281.
G-Gambling, 153; Gambler's Wife, 257; Gen-
tleness, 177; Genius, 259; Genuine Taste. 257;
C-Capabilities of Hungary and her Sympathi-Ginevra, 272; Giving a Daughter in Marriage, 210;
zers. 316; Cassius against Cæsar, 242; Carelessness Give thy thoughts no tongue, 151; God in Nature,
of Wrongs, 225; Cato's Senate, 276; Cato's Solilo- 276; God's Works praise him, 46; Golden Medium,
quy, 310; Changing, forever Changing, 48; Changes 219; Good in all Providences, 77; Goodness of God,
of Mind, 236; Changing and Unchanging, 259; 256; Goodness of Providence, 81; Good Night, 282;
Charms of Youth, 202; Charity (St. Paul), 261; Good Merchant, 297; Grave of the Renowned, 310;
Character of Woman, 248; Character of Cassius, Greek Literature, 287; Groves-God's First Tem-
224; Character of Pitt, 297; Character of Bona- ples, 283; Grief deploring loss of Happiness, 184.
parte, 802; Character of a good Parson, 315; Chase
(the), 284; Cheerfulness in Retirement, 172; Chest-
mut Horse, 249; Childe Harolde, 262; Christ stilling
the Tempest, 380; Cicero's Oration, Verres, 308;
Comfort in Affliction, 122; Commerce, Art, and
Religion, 375; Comfort in Dying, 216; Concealed
Love, 286; Confidence not to be placed in Man, 130;
Constancy of Woman, 295; Converse with God,
207; Coral Grove, 260; Coquetry Punished, 263;
Curiosity, 134; Curran's Daughter, 76; Cure for
Hard Times, 285.

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H-Hail! Memory, Hail! 234; Hannibal to his
Soldiers, 247; Hamlet's Instructions on Delivery,
157; Happy the School Boy, 227; Harvest Moon
112; Hast thou dream't, 165; Hatred cursing, 179;
Heart-Friend, 230; Heavenly Love, 137; Highest
Occupation of Genius, 259; Honest Fame, or none,
148; Home, how that blessed Word. 166; Honesty.
174; Hohenlinden, 290; Home, 313; Hope, 157;
Hope for All, 178; How sleep the Brave, 162; Hot
spur's Apology, 155; How to live, 161; How bean-
tiful the World, 197; How beautiful is Night, 205;
D--Dagger Scene, 193; Daily Self-Examination, How Scholars are made, 370; Human Life, 309; Hun-
86; Darkness. 258; Days of Trial to All, 104; Da-gary and her Sympathizers, 316; Hungary's grea
vid's Lament over Absalom, 266; Death of a Heart
Friend, 79; Death and Sin, 101; Deserted Wife,
304; Despair of Mercy, 212; Dew-drop in Spring,
291; Destruction of Benacherib's Army, 240; Dig-

Struggles, 300; Hunters of Gold, 87; Hypocrites
in Religion, 71; Hypocrite, 273.

1-Idleness, 810; Imagination, 221; I met a
Fool in the Forest, 192; Immortality of the Soul,

CONTENTS OF READINGS AND RECITATIONS.

238: Immortal Mind, 257; Improvement of Mind,
without Display, 248; Industry and Eloquence.
301; Indian Names, 248; Infant Sleeping in a
Garden. 239; Influence of Gold 280; Influence of
the Wife and Good, 309; Invocation to Mirth, 174.
J-Joy expected, 173; Judgment on Adam, 179;
Judging according to strict Law, 215.

K-Knapp's Trial, 251.

L-Languishing Love, 176; Land of Rest, 278;
Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers, 311; Last linger-
ing Look, 290; Last Acconnt 'twixt Heaven and
Earth, 184: Liberty and Union, 255; Life of a
Drunkard, 253; Life is Real, 305; Lily of the Vale,
73; Lochinvar, 297; Lo! the poor Indian, 167;
Lord Ullin's Daughter. 290; Lord Thurlow's Speech,
200; Love described, 176; Lost Bride, 272; Loss of
National Character, 282; Loving is Living, 288;
Love of Praise in every Heart, 145: Love's Sacrifice,
313; Lucius' Speech. 276; Lucy, 307.

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Right of England to tax America, 373; Right of
Free Discussion, 256; Rise with the Lark, 227,
Rolla's Address to the Peruvians, 153.

235; Sailor Boy's Dream, 262; Satan's Decisive
-Sacrifices to Liberty, 229; Saintly Chastity,
Speech, 190; Satan's Farewell to Heaven, 182; 8a-
tan's Speech to his Legions, 160; School Friendships
pents in Social Life, 149; Sempronius' Speech, 276;
often Illusive, 91; Serpents of the Still, 258; Ser-
Shakspeare, 289; Shakspeare's Apothecary, 69;
Ship sailing, 241; Sin and death, 101; Slander, 294;
Shylock's Revenge, 181; She walks in Beauty, 238;
Slander, 260; Something beyond this World, 308;
Sonnet-Enfranchised Bird, 218; Soul forms the
Body, 290; Soul's Defiance, 286; Soul's glimpses of
Immortality, 377; Speech of Belial, dissuading
fore the Roman Senate, 293; Specimen of Indian
War, 275; Spectacles, 377; Speech of Cataline be-
of Human Liberty, 377; Star of Bethlehem, 294;
Language, 292; Spirits of the Departed, 137; Spirit
Stream of Life, 296; Sublimity of Mountain Scenery,
250; Submission to Heaven, 201; Sunset Cloud,
83; Surprise at unexpected Events, 223; Supposed
Speech of John Adams, on adopting the Declara-
tion, 245; Sure Rewards for Virtue, 305.

Madness, 213: Maid of Mallahide, 267;
Majesty of the Law, 293: Man is dear to Man, 70;
Man made to face the Storm, 152; Maniac, 270;
Marco Bozzarris, 267; Maria DeTorquenioda, 314;
Marseilles Hymn of Liberty, 292; Maternal Affec-
tion, 33; Meek-eyed Morn appears, 170; Merchant
and Scholar, 371: Merchants and Shipmasters, 378;
Midnight's holy Hour, 45; Military Despotism and
Insubordination, 281; Milton, 119; Ministering
Spirits. 47; Ministry of Angels, 171; Mirth and
Melancholy, 174; Misspent Time, 217; Modulation,
2:4: Modern Republics, 271; Moloch's Oration for
War, 303; Moral Truth intelligible to All, 244;
Moonlight and a Battle Field, 255; Mortal Coldness
of the Soul, 179; Moral effects of Intemperance,
240; Mother's Injunction, 82; Mother perishing in
the Snow Storm, 111; Music the Food of Love,
187: Music! thou rest of Life, 173; Muse of Inspi-jected, 304; The Rose had been washed, 72; The
ration. 235; My Birth Day, 71; My Mother's Voice,
125: My Country, 250; My Native Land, 151.

N-Nature always True, 206; Nature and Gar-
rick, 224; Nature of Eloquence, 286; Nature's
Wants are few, 284; Nature's Universal Joy, 127;
Nature's Visible Works, 144; National Glory, 241;
National Union, 250; Natural History of Love, 274;
Needle, 272; New England and the Union. 377;
Night Scene in Turkey, 246; Nobility of Labor,
266: No Excellence without Labor, 305; Nose and
the Man, 265.

-Ode on the Passions, 249; Old Age honora-
ble, 228; Old Hat, 296; Old Oaken Bucket, 256;
O Sacred Solitude, 181; One good Turn deserves
another. 375; One fatal Remembrance, 229; Orator
Puff. 315; Ossian's Address to the Moon, 241; Os-
sian's Address to the Sun. 244; Othello's Apology,
292: Our Country, 240; Our thoughts are Bound-
less, 235; Our Toils and their Reward, 238; Our
Exit, 287.

P-Parrhasius and the Captive, 274; Pardoning
a cruel Persecution, 217; Patriotic Triumph, 263;
Partings and Meetings, 299; Parts of the Whole,
233; Patrick Henry's Speech, 277; Patriots of the
Revolution, 55; Passing away of the Indians, 114;
Passion's Language, 183; Passage of the Red Sea,
286; Patriots have toiled, 133; Peace and War con-
trasted, 257; Pelayo, 186; Perry's Victory, 260;
Perfect Orator, 279 Pilgrims and their Destiny,
312; Physical Education, 284; Playing the Fool, 192;
Pleasures of Piety, 217; Player's Profession, 222;
Play-Place of Early Days, 276; Pompeii, 275; Po-
litical Corruption, 310; Power of Eloquence, 280;
Power of Imagination, 166; Press On (prose), 246;
Press On (poetry), 279; Presence of God, 182; Pri-
mal Duties, 160; Progress of Life, 110; Progress of
Liberty, 256; Progress of Government, 290; Public
Faith, 309.

Q-Quality of Mercy, 177; Qualities surpassing
Loveliness, 233; Queen Mab, 289;

-Raptures, 175 Razor Seller, 271; Recita-
tion, 282; Recitations instead of Theaters, 264;
Reproaching for want of Courage. 183; Resolve, be
Men, 150; Respect to Old Age, 282; Resurrection
of the Lord, 294; Revolutions in Nature, 232;
Ra and Poor Man, 263; Richard the Third, 304;

T-Talent always Ascendant, 269; Temperance
in Food and Drink, 309; The Alps, 270; The Bea-
con (James), 89; The Butterfly, 117; The Bible
worthy of all Acceptation, 128; The Day of Life,
84; There's beauty in the Deep, 164; The Epitaph,
113; The Fisherman. 115; The Freeman (Cowper),
129; The Devil's Soliloquy, 190; The Drunkard,
301; The Hermit, 249; Thanatopsis (Bryant), 287;
The Murderer (Webster), 251; The Invalid abroad,
252; The Quiet Hour of Feeling, 90; The Plow,
879; The Rainbow of Omnipotence, 175; The Re

Whiskers, 243; They know not my Heart, 176;
New Year. 279; Time's softening Power, 291; Tran-
Three black Crows, 259; Time flies, 259; Time-
quility, 190; Tit for Tat, 263; This World's not a
fleeting Show, 85: "Tis Midnight deep, 227: Thun-
302; To-day and To-morrow. 301; Tranquil Medi-
der Storm on the Alps, 803; To Mary in Heaven,
tations, 89; Tribute to Washington, 289; Tribute
and False Liberty, 168; True Love, 189; True Phi-.
to William Penn, 312; True Elocution, 244; Trus
losophy, 168; True happiness has no localities, 172;
Twilight Dews, 193; Turkey, England, and United
True Friendship, 260; True Pleasure defined, 258;
States, 300.

U-Universal Emancipation (Gratton), 271.

son), 291; Village Blacksmith (Longfellow), 299;
V-Vanity, 308; Victim Bride and Miser (Harri-
of Youth, 244; Virtuous Friendship, 238; Voice of
Virtue the best Treasure, 222; Virtue the Guardian
205: Vulture and Captive Infant, 247.
Infant Freedom (weep not), 78; Voice of Nature,

tle of Bunker Hill, 57; Washington a man of Genius,
W-Warren's Address (paraphrased), at the Bat-
376; Water for me, 871; Waterloo-the Ball and
Battle, 264, Way to be Happy, 278; What Com-
merce has done, 378; What Eloquence is, 166;
What's Fame, 262; What the wise Man does, 283;
Wife, Children, and Friends (Spencer), 279; Wil
derness of Mind, 258; Wirt's Introductory, 150,
Wisdom's Harp, 132; Wise Men's Course, 223; Wol
297; Work enough for All, 380; Works of the Slan-
sey's Soliloquy on Ambition, 312; Woman's Prayer,
derer, 311; World to Come, 230; World at a Dis
tance, 253; Worship, 188; Worship! God is pass
ing by, 102; Worship and Rejoice, 183.

Y-Yon Cloud is Bright, 96; Youth and Age. 289.

DIALOGUES.

Ancient and Modern Virtue, 368; City Finishing (F. F. D.), 3381
Dandy (FFD), 357; Debating Club (FF D), 344; Dress and Assurance, {7
FD), 336, English Traveler (FFD), 360; Feinale Exquisite, 38; Gridiron,
(FFD), 397 I'll Try; or, Yankee Marksmau (FFD), 336; Import
ance of Literature, 372; Julias Cesar (Kuowies), 319; Mau is best as be
is (FFD), 300; Pedantry (FFD), S39; Paligree (F F D), 350; bre
nology, a discussion (FF D), 351; Freciseness (F F D), 341; Quarter
Day FFD), 302: School Committee (F FD), 334; Superior value of
d Arromshments, 209; Temperance Dialogne (individual cop
0 317: Tort-se (FFD), 362; Vanity punished (FF D), 381; Vis
lage school, (F FD), 341; William Tell, 374.

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