The Elocutionist

图书图片

PDF

THE

ELOCUTIONIST:

A COLLECTION OF

PIECES IN PROSE AND VERSE,

PECULIARLY ADAPTED TO DISPLAY THE ART OF READING, IN

THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE SENSE OF THE TERM;

PRECEDED BY AN INTRODUCTION ON THE

PRINCIPLES OF ELOCUTION.

• JAMES SHERIDAN KNOWLES,

AUTHOR OF THE TRAGEDY OF “VIRGINIUS," ETC.

Twenty-fifth Edition. Creatly Enlarged.

EDITED BY

ROBERT MULLAN.

BELFAST
WILLIAM M

1874.

260. 9. 286.

CONTENTS.

PAGE

xvii

INTRODUCTION.

Table of the Inflections . . . . . . . XV

RULES FOR THE INFLECTING OF SENTENCES, OR

PARTS OF SENTENCES.

Rule I.—Complete and Independent Sense . . . xvii

II.-Negative Sentences . . . . . .

III.-Introductory Parts of a Sentence. .

xviii

Exception to the First and Third Rule . . xix

INTERROGATION.

IV.-Questions asked by Pronouns and Adverbs. xix

V.—Questions asked by Verbs . . . . . XX

VI.-Questions put disjunctively.

Exemplification of the Three preceding Rules . XX

Exceptions . . . . . . XX

PARENTHESIS.

VII.-How the Parenthesis should be pronounced , xxi

Exception . . . . . . .

SERIES. . . . .

VIII.-COMP. SERIES-Commencing and Concluding xxiji

IX.--SIMPLE SERIES-Commencing and Concluding xxiv

Numerical Table of the Simple Series . . xxiv

HARMONIC INFLECTION.

Observations and Examples

XXV

EXCLAMATION.

X.-A Word repeated in form of an Exclamation xxvii

ACCENT.

XI.-Words the same, in Part of their Formation xxvii

RHETORICAL DIVISION OF WORDS.

Of Words-emphatic, accented, and unaccented xxvii

EMPHASIS.

Of Emphasis-absolute and relative . . xxviii

XII.-Emphatic Phrase . . . . . . XXX

RHETORICAL PUNCTUATION.

Rule and Observations . . . . . . xxxi

ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE INFLECTIONS.

The Character of Mary, Queen of Scots . . . . xxxii

Brethren should dwell together in Harmony . . . xxxiv

References of the Illustrations to the Rules and Notes . XXXVI

Hazlitt.

PROMISCUOUS SELECTIONS IN PROSE.

On Grieving for the Dead . . . . . Adam Smith, 3

On Remorse . . .

Ibid. 4

Discontent, the Common Lot of all N

Johnson, 6

On the Sublime in Writing .

Blair,

Reflections in Westminster Abbey

Addison, 11

Virtue, Man's Highest Interest

Harris, 12

The Monk . . .

• Sterne, 14

On Military Glory . . . . . . Marmontel,

Liberty and Slavery . . . . . . . Sterne,

Reyno and Alpin .

. . Ossian, 18

Story of the Siege of Calais

Fool of Quality,

On Living to One's-Self.

Comal and Galvina . . . . . . . Ossian,

On the Psalms . . . . . . . Horne,

Anningait and Ajut . . . . .

Johnson,

On the Pleasure of Painting. . . . . Hazlitt,

Damon and Pythias.

. . Fool of Quality, 34

On the Abuse of Genius, with reference to the

Works of Lord Byron . . . .

. Knowles, 36

Harley's Death

. . Mackenzie, 38

Advantages of uniting Gentleness of Manners.

with Firmness of Mind . . . . Chesterfield,

The Elder's Death-bed

Wilson,

On Lord Byron's Lines upon the field of Waterloo Knowles,

The Perfect Orator. ..

dirt beruan,

Lord Byron considered as a Moralist and

dered as a Moralist, and a Poet Knowles,

Story of Le Fevre . .

. Sterne,

The Distressed Father .

. .

'Mornings at Bow-street,

On Shakspeare . . . .

Hazlitt, 58

Character of Napoleon Bonaparte . . . . Channing, 62

Wit injures Eloquence

Maury, 71

On the Dignity of Human Nature . . . Channing,

The Hill of Science.

Aikin's Miscellanies,

The Planetary and Terrestrial Worlds.

etary and Terrestrial Worlds . . . Addison,

Effects of Sympathy in the Distresses of Others . . Burke, 77

An Exhortation to the Study of Eloquence . . Cicero, 78

On the Cultivation of the Intellectual Powers . . Tayler, 79

The Falling Leaf . . . . . . Anonymous, 81

Happiness. · · · · · min

. Ibid. 82

The Idiot

.. Blackwood's Magazine, 83

. . . . .

PULPIT ELOQUENCE.

The Departed Spirits of the Just are Spectators of

our Conduct on Earth

Time and Manner of the Arrival of Death . .

Finlayson, 85

. Logan, 86

PAGB

On the Threatened Invasion in 1803 . . . Hall, 87

The Christian Mother

.. . Kirwan, 89

Christ our Consolation and Relief, under the Ap-

prehension of being Separated by Death from

those we Love .

Lngan,

Infatuation of Mankind, with regard to the Things

of Time . . . . . . . . Kirwan, 91

Danger of Delay, in Matters of Religion . . Logan, 93

On the Death of the Princess Charlotte . . . Hall, 95

On the Death of the Princess Charlotte . . Chalmers, 99

Sitting in the Chair of the Scorner .

Logan, 102

The Plurality of Worlds not an Argument aga inst

the Truth of Revelation . . .

Chalmers, 103

Christ's Agony . . ,

u ne

The Deluding Influence of the World

The Deluding In Auence of the World'

. . Kirnan, 107

There is no Peace to the Wicked

• logan, 109

On the Importance of an Interest in the Divine

Favour

. Cappe,

The Melancholy Effects of Early Licentiousness

(in a Sermon preached for the Female Orphan

House) . .

. .. . . Kirwan, 113

Religion the distinguishing Quality of our Nature Logan, 114

On the Internal Proofs of the Christian Religion Channing, 115

On Te

ith · · · · · · Montgomery, 118

Character of Ruth ,

. . Fox, 12)

The Union of Friendship with Religion Recom .

mended

.. Hutton, 123

On the Education of Females

Montgomery, 127

Exhortation to Youth to cultivate a Devotional

Spirit . . . . . . . . . Taylor,

ANCIENT AND MODERN ORATORY.

110

130

Hannibal to his Soldiers .

. . Livy, 133

Speech of Lord Chatham, in the House of Peers,

against the American War, and against em-

ploying the Indians in it . . . . . . 135

Cicero against Verres . . . . .

138

Inrective against Hastings . . . . Sheridan, 141

Cicero for Milo . .

143

Lord Chatham's Replý to Sir Robert Walpole '.'.'

147

Caius Marius to the Romans . . . . Sallust, 149

Demosthenes to the Athenians, exciting them to

prosecute the War against Philip . . .

151

Curran for Hamilton Rowan .

156

Beginning of the First Philippic of Demosthenes.

158

The first Oration of Cicero against Cataline . . 160

An Extract from Mr. Brougham's Speech on Ne-

gro Slavery

161

Peroration to Sheridan's Invective against War

ren Hastings . .

163

Panegyric on the Eloguence of Sheridan

« 上一页继续 »