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CLINTON, Foreign Conquest,

COBDEN, American Vessels,

COLERIDGE, The Good Great Man,
66 Chamouny,

66 Translations,.

COLLINS, HOW Sleep the Brave,

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Ode on the Passions,

COMBE, On the Exercise of Speaking,
COMPILATION, Religious Persecution,
Against Duelling,

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CONRAD, The Death of Taylor,.

COTTON, To-morrow,

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COWPER, Affectation in the Pulpit,

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COYNE, Moses at the Fair,

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CRITTENDEN, Government Extravagance, . 351
CROKER, Reply to Macaulay,
Perils of Reform,

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CROLY, Death of Leonidas,

66 Catiline to the Conspirators,

Catiline's Last Harangue,

Seventh Plague of Egypt,

Heaven on the Side of Principle, 226
Against Corry, .

Union with Great Britain,

Religion Independent,

Sectarian Tyranny,

GREENE, Baron's Last Banquet,

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HAMILTON, On Government, .

66 The South in 1776,

66 The South in 1812,

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"Wm. Tell on Switzerland, 488
"Tell among the Mountains,
Knox, The Curse of Cain,

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JOHNSON, DR, Fate of Charles XII.,
66 The Wise Man's Prayer,..
JOHNSON, E., The Water Drinker,
Joussos, R., Europe's Struggles,
JONSON, BEN, Catiline to his Army,
KELLOGG, Spartacus to the Gladiators,
KENNEDY, The Mechanical Epoch,..
KAEMNITZER, Rich and Poor,
KING, Future of the U. S.,. .

KNOWLES, J. S., Speech of Caius Gracchus, 116
"Alfred to his Men,

"Cæsar at the Rubicon, . .473
"St. Pierre to Ferrardo,

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KORNER, Battle-hymn,

KOSSUTH Appeal to the Hungarians,

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MONTGOMERY, JAMES, Love of Country,.
The Common Lot, 75
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.378 MOORE, The Torch of Liberty,.
.379 MORE, Duty to Country,
.379 MORRIS, Judiciary Act,.
66 Free Navigation,

58 MORTON, Not ashamed of his Occupation,. 504
MOUNTFORD, Plea for the Sailor,

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185 NAPOLEON, To the Army of Italy,
.285 NAYLOR, American Laborers,
.492 NEELE, Where is he,.

.313 NICHOL, Day conceals,

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O'CONNELL, Religious Liberty,
Irish Disturbance Bill,
OSGOOD, Labor is Worship,

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SCIPIO, to his Army,. . . .

SCOTT, SIR WALTER, Princes of Crusade,
Lochinvar,
Marmion taking Leave, 416

Death of Marmion,
Death of Bertram,
Love of Country,.

SEGUR, DE, Utility of History,.
SERGEANT, Military Qualifications,
SHAKSPEARE, Polonius to Laertes,

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Brutus on Cæsar's Death,
Mark Antony,.

SHEA, The O'Kavanagh,

SHELLEY,

Peace and War,

66 Drones of the Community,

SHEIL, Charges against Catholics,

66 Irish Aliens,

England's Misrule,

SHERIDAN, Atheistic Government,

Terrorism of Jacobins,

126 VERPLANCK, America's Contributions,

. 126 VIRGINIA, Ballad of,

141 VILLEMAIN, The Christian Orator,
WALKER, Rules of Inflection,

66 On Gesture,

Failure of his Method,
WALPOLE, How to make Patriots,
Against Pitt,

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France and the U. S.,
Foreign Influence,

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260 WEBSTER, Eloquence of Action,

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Opposition,

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TOCQUEVILLE, DE, Democracy,

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TRELAT, To the Peers,

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UHLAND, The Passage,

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Peaceable Secession,

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SHIRLEY, Death's Final Conquest,
SIMMS, The Union and Government,

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SMITH, HORACE, Merchant and Stranger,

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SMITH, SYDNEY, Taxes,

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Government Vigor,

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WHATELY, Against Artificial Elocution,
WHITE, J. BLANCO, Sonnet,
WILKES, Bold Predictions,

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Rejection of Reform,. .

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Conquest of Americans,

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SMITH, W. R., Prosperity,

SOUTHEY, Wat Tyler to the King,

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WIRT, Instigators of Treason,

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SOUTHEY, CAROLINE B., Pauper's Death-bed,

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350 YANKEE, To a Child,

71 YOUNG, Time's Midnight Voice,

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64 Frivolous Pleasures,
540 YRIARTE, The Monkey and Magpie,

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WOLFE, GEN., To the Army before Quebec, 147
WOLFE, CHARLES, Defence of Poetry,

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INTRODUCTORY TREATISE.

I. ORATORY.

ORATORY, which has its derivation from the Latin verb oro, signifying to plead, to beseech, may be defined the art of producing persuasion or conviction by means of spoken discourse. The word eloquence, in its primary signification, as its etymology implies, had a single reference to public speaking; but it is applied by Aristotle, as well as by modern writers, to compositions not intended for public delivery. A similar extension of meaning has been given to the word rhetoric, which, in its etymological sense, means the art of the orator, but now comprehends the art of prose composition generally.

ORATORY AMONG THE ANCIENTS.

It is apparent, from the speeches attributed by Homer to the chiefs of the Iliad, as well as by the commendations which he bestows on Nestor and Ulysses for their eloquence, that the art of Oratory was early understood and honored in Greece. But it was not till Demosthenes appeared that Grecian eloquence reached its perfection. Demosthenes, who, by the consent of all antiquity, was the prince of orators, still maintains his preeminence. Of his style, Hume has happily said: "It is rapid harmony, exactly adjusted to the sense; it is vehement reasoning, without any appearance of art; it is disdain, anger, boldness, freedom, involved in a continued stream of argument; and of all human productions, the orations of Demosthenes present to us the models which approach the nearest to perfection." It is related of this great orator, that, in his first address to the people, he was laughed at and interrupted by their clamors. He had a weakness of voice and a stammering propensity which rendered it difficult for him to be understood. By immense labor, and an undaunted perseverance, he overcame these defects; and subsequently, by the spell of his eloquence, exercised an unparalleled sway over that same people who had jeered at him when they first heard him speak in public. The speeches of Demosthenes were not extemporaneous. There were no writers of short-hand in his days; and what was written could only come from the author himself.

After the time of Demosthenes, Grecian eloquence, which was coëval with Grecian liberty, declined with the decay of the latter. In Rome, the military spirit, so incompatible with a high degree of civil freedom, long checked tho

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