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62. Eulogistic of Adams and Jefferson,

EDWARD EVERETT. 163

63. In Commemoration of the Completion of the Bunker-Hill

67. On being Installed Rector of the University of Glas-

gow,

Lord Brougham. 171

70. Commemorative of the First Settlement of New Eng-

land,

71. In Behalf of Catholic Emancipation,

72. The Reward of Monarchs,

73. Reflections in Westminster Abbey,

78. Character of Schiller,

79. Law,

80. Contributions of the New World to the Old,

D. WEBSTER. 178

Rev. Sidney Smith. 180

E. EVERETT. 182

Addison. 184

Thomas Carlyle. 190

Stevens. 192

D. WEBSTER. 194

81. Peroration to the Invective against Warren Hastings, Sheridan. 196

82. Panegyric on the Eloquence of Sheridan,

93. Rolla to the Peruvians,

Burke. 197

Sheridan, 215

96. On the Bill to refund to Gen. Jackson the Fine imposed upon

him at New Orleans, 1815,

97. On Arming for War with England, 1811,

102. Rainy Weather,

103. Hannibal to his Soldiers,

109. Character of Columbus,

110. A Ship under Full Sail,

111. From his Inaugural Address on Entering upon the Presidency

of the United States,

JEFFERSON. 242

112. Repudiation of the Charge of French Influence during the

116. On Increasing the Army, preparatory to the War of

47. The Seventh Plague of Egypt. The Tempest,
51. God is Every Where,

52. The Destruction of Sennacherib,

53 Hymn before Sun-rise, in the Vale of Chamouny,
56. The Might with the Right,

92. Henry V.'s Speech before the Battle of Agincourt,

94. Cato's Soliloquy on the Immortality of the Soul,

107. Van Den Bosch persuades Philip Van Artevelde to accept the

126. Van Artevelde's Address to the Men of Ghent, Henry Taylor. 268

152. Wallenstein's Reflections on hearing of the Death of young

THE ELOCUTIONIST.

PRINCIPLES OF ELOCUTION.

ELOCUTION, as a department of ornamental education, is the art of speaking and reading according to a certain established standard of elegance. Instruction in the art may be said to have two objects, good colloquial or conversational speech, and the power of reading aloud and making formal addresses with effect. Some persons, when called upon to read or speak before a considerable multitude, deliver themselves in an ungainly manner; while others charm all who are present. It must be obvious, that to bring out the best powers of the voice, and extend the gift of agreeable speaking beyond the comparatively small circle in which it is usually found, are objects of considerable importance.

Elocution is divided into

I. ARTICULATION and PRONUNCIATION; under which are comprehended, distinctness, force, and freedom from pro

vincialisms.

II. INFLECTION and MODULATION, which have a regard to the slides, shifts, and pauses of the voice, natural to certain constructions of language, and suited, with other modifications of the voice, as to force, height, and time, to the expression of certain sentiments and passions.

III. EMPHASIS, which is to be guided by the comparative importance of words in a sentence.

IV. GESTURE, Comprehending those attitudes, motions, and looks, which are suitable to certain passions, and lend force or embellishment to the meaning of the speaker.