The American Union Speaker: Containing Standard and Recent Selections in Prose and Poetry, for Recitation and Declamation, in Schools, Academies and Colleges : with Introductory Remarks on Elocution, and Explanatory Notes

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Thompson, Brown, 1875 - 536 páginas
 

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The Foundation of National Greatness W E Channing
17
Intemperance W E Channing
18
Inconsistent Expectations Mrs Barbauld
19
The Patriots Sword vindicated T F Meagher
21
On being found Guilty of Treason T F Meagher
23
Address to the American Troops at L I Washington
24
Character of Chatham H Grattan
25
The Press and the Union R Choate
27
American Literature and the Union R Choute
28
The Love of Reading R Choate
29
Eloquence of the American Revolution R Choate
30
Tribute to Webster R Choate
32
Skilful Labor and Cultivated Intellect R Choate
33
The Empire of Mind R Choate
35
The City of our Liberty R Choate
36
Specimen of the Eloquence of James Otis Mrs L M Child
37
Webster in the Dartmouth College Case G S Hillard
38
The Ambition of Webster G S Hillard
39
The Danger of Exclusive Devotion to Business G S Hillard
40
Speech in the Convention of Delegates of Virginia P Henry
41
The Perfect Orator
42
The Same Concluded P Henry
43
Reply to the Duke of Grafton Lord Thurlow
44
Cæsars Pause upon the Rubicon
45
In Prospect of War Robert Hall
46
The American Indians J Story
47
Classical Learning J Story
48
An Appeal to the Loyalty of South Carolina
49
The Same Concluded
50
Burr and Blennerhassett
51
Cause for Indian Resentment J Story
52
E Kellogg
54
Winthrop L Beecher PAGE
55
Anonymous
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O Connell
60
J S Knowles 60 Anonymous
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Dewey
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G Croly
64
A Jackson 64 A Jackson 65 W Wirt 66 W Wirt 69 53 Speech on the British Treaty 54 Speech against a Libeller 56 On sending Relief to Ireland F A...
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A Collision of Vices
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Measures not Men
67
Parliamentary Reform
68
Denunciation of Slavery
69
The Teachers of Mankind
70
The Greatness of Washington
71
Washington a Man of Genius
72
Irish Aliens and English Victories
73
The Iliad and the Bible
74
On admitting California into the Union
75
A Highway to the Pacific 77 Address to Polish Exiles in London 78 Kossuth on his Credentials 79 Eulogy on OConnell 80 National Bankruptcy 81 A...
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E H Chapin
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Naylor 79 Anonymous
80
R Y Hayne
83
Plunkett
84
Phillips 85 C Phillips 86 C Phillips
86
Sheil
98
Dr Wayland
100
W H Seward
102
T H Benton
103
Kossuth 103 L Kossuth
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Let there be Light
106
Mirabeau
107
Sumner
108
Robespierre
109
The Mayflower and the Pilgrims
111
E Everett 111 86 The Indian Chief to the White Settler 84 The Discovery of America
112
Adams and Jefferson
113
The Men of SeventySix
116
The Same Concluded
117
Our Common Schools
119
Websters greatest Parliamentary Effort
120
What Good will the Monument
122
Emancipation of the Catholics of Ireland 93 The Public Informer 94 Red Jackets Speech to the Missionary 95 Partition of Poland 96 National Disgrac...
123
J P Curran 123 J P Curran
124
Cram
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J Fox 127 C J Fox 128 C J
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J Q Adams
132
Influence of the Character of Washington
152
Peaceable Secession impossible
158
The Love of Country and of Home
159
The Bells
160
The Raven
161
Spirit of Patriotism
162
Lochinvar
163
Liberty of Speech
164
Highland WarSong
165
The Battle of Naseby
166
Look not upon the Wine
167
The Relief of Lucknow
168
Parrhasius and the Captive
169
Reply to the Reflections of Mr Walpole
170
The Bended
171
The Better Land
172
Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers
173
Bernardo Del Carpio
174
Bernardo and King Alphonso
175
The Bridge of Sighs
176
Song of the Shirt
177
Look Aloft
178
Press
179
Kindness
180
How s my Boy?
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Excelsior
182
A Psalm of Life
183
The Launching of the Ship
184
The Negros Complaint
185
Loss of the Royal George
186
Slavery
187
The Seminoles Reply
188
The Three Beats
189
John Hancock
190
The Soldier from Bingen
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Give me three Grains of Corn Mother
192
Tells Apostrophe to Liberty
193
William Tell among the Mountains
194
The Barons Last Banquet
195
Peroration of Opening Speech against Hastings
196
Chamouni
197
How they brought the Good News
198
The Sword
199
The Fireman
200
Speak Gently
201
Extract from Demosthenes on the Crown
202
New England
203
Song for Saint Cecilias
204
The Sailors Song
205
Napoleon
206
Warrens Address at Bunker Hill
207
H Grattan
209
Thanatopsis 210 The BattleField
210
Hallowed Ground
211
The Exile of Erin
212
Lord Ullins Daughter 214 Fall of Warsaw 215 Hohenlinden F S Key J Montgomery J Montgomery
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E A Poe PAGE
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Sir W Scott 220 Sir W Scott 221 Sir W Scott
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Sir W Scott
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Anonymous 227 N P Willis
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Mrs Hemans 232 Mrs Hemans 234 Mrs Hemans
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Mrs Hemans 236 Mrs Hemans
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Beecher H
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J G Lockhart
242
Public Rumor
266
Mrs Norton
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Mrs A M Edmond
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Washingtons Birthday February 22 1864
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J S Knowles 269 J S Knowles
270
Limit to Human Dominion
271
The Commencement of the AntiSlavery Move ment
272
A G Greene
273
E Johnson
274
Political Morality
275
Ideas the Life of a People
276
S T Coleridge
277
R Browning
278
Our Countrys Greatest Glory
279
Miss Landon 279 Anonymous
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Anonymous
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The Reconstruction of Louisiana
282
The Bible
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The Bible Its Influence Its Deep and Lasting Power
284
W Collins
285
Samuel Adams
286
J G Percival
287
J Dryden
289
B W Proctor
290
J Pierpont 290 J Pierpont
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Bryant 292 W C Bryant 294 W C Bryant
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T Campbell 300 T Campbell
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T Campbell 303 T Campbell
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WarSong of the Greeks 1822 T Campbell
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The Flight of Xerxes Miss Jewsbury
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Old Ironsides O W Holmes
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Charge of the Light Brigade A Tennyson
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Arnold Winkelreid J Montgomery
311
New Englands Dead I MLellan
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Never Give Up Anonymous
314
Marco Bozzaris F G Halleck
317
The Widow of Glencoe W E Aytoun
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Burial of Sir John Moore C Wolfe
321
The Maniac Lewis
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Rienzi to the Romans Miss Mitford
324
The Bell of the Atlantic Mrs Sigourney
326
The Struggle for Fame C Mackay
328
The SailorBoys Dream Dimond
329
Entry of the Austrians into Naples T Moore
331
Battle Hymn of the Berlin Landsturm Körner
332
The Main Truck or a Leap for Life G P Morris
333
Catiline on his Banishment G Croly
334
Apostrophe to the Ocean Lord Byron
335
Battle of Waterloo Lord Byron
337
The Destruction of Sennacherib Lord Byron
339
Antonys Address to the Romans Shakspeare 841
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Hamlets Soliloquy Shakspeare
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Soliloquy of Hamlets Uncle Shakspeare
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Perseverance keeps Honor bright Shakspeare
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Macbeths Soliloquy Shakspeare
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Romeo in the Garden Shakspeare
348
Polonius to Laertes Shakspeare
349
Wolsey on being cast off by the King Shakspeare
350
Wolsey to Cromwell Shakspeare
351
Griffiths Description of Wolsey Shakspeare
352
RECENT SELECTIONS PROSE
353
The Orators of Revolutions R Choate
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The Eloquence of Revolutions R Choate
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American Nationality R Choate
358
The Same Concluded R Choate
359
The National Ensign R C Winthrop
360
An Appeal to the People J Bright
361
The Assault on Charles Sumner A Burlingame
363
Strength of the Government T Parsons
365
The Higher Law A P Peabody
366
Step to the Captains Office and Settle G B Cheever
368
Washington and Lincoln C Sumner
370
Lincolns Address at Gettysburg A Lincoln
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Sumners First Speech in the Senate G W Curtis
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Our Reformers J C Fremont
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R H Dana Jr
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G Putnam G Putnam 377
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J A Andrew 380 J A Andrew
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Swain
384
W Phillips
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A H Stephens
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G W Curtis 387 G W Curtis 388 G W Curtis
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Carl Schurz
393
O W Holmes
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Bishop Whipple
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A H Rice
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Sumner
398
N P Banks
400
T Parker 400 T Parker
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S Dickinson
403
G W Curtis 403 R H Dana Jr
405
Not
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Our Countrys Call
408
The American Flag
411
Lexington 1875
412
The Great Bell Roland
413
The Massachusetts Line
416
On the Shores of Tennessee
417
A BattleSong for Freedom
419
The Voice of the North
421
The Watchers 298 Barbara Frietchie 299 Fall of the Indian Heroes 300 Union and Liberty 301 Sheridans Ride W C Bryant 408 W C Bryant 410 G ...
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The Execution of Montrose
432
The Face against the Pane W E Aytoun
435
T B Aldrich
437
HUMOROUS SELECTIONS PROSE
439
Mr Puffs Account of Himself 306 Lyceum Speech of Mr Orator Climax 307 Bullum vs Boatum C Dickens
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R B Sheridan 444 Anonymous
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G A Stevens
449
Fuss at Fires Anonymous
451
Mr Pepperages Peroration Anonymous
452
Fourth of July Oration C F Brown
453
Mark Twain on European Guides S L Clemens
455
The Duel T Hood
459
Music for the Million T Hood
465
The Height of the Ridiculous O W Holmes
467
The September Gale O W Holmes
468
Love and Murder Anonymous
470
The Removal Anonymous
472
Nongtongpaw C Dibdin
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The Alarmed Skipper J T Fields
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The ColdWater Man J G Saxe
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Whittling J Pierpont
479
How to have what we Like Horace Smith
481
The Three Black Crows Byrom
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Helps to Read Byrom
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The Throes of Science F Bret Harte
484
The Smack in School E W Palmer
485
STANDARD DIALOGUES 331 Prince Arthur of Bretagne Shakspeare
489
Quarrel of Brutus and Cassius Shakspeare
493
Dogberrys Charge Shakspeare
496
Indigestion Anonymous
499
The Two Robbers Dr Aiken
501
The Miser Fielding
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The Letter Anonymous
505
The Frenchmans Lesson Anonymous
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How to Tell Bad News Anonymous
507
The Choleric Father R B Sheridan
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Rolla and Alonzo R B Sheridan
512
The English Traveller Anonymous
514
The Embryo Lawyer Allingham
517
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Página 341 - Ingratitude, more strong than traitors' arms, Quite vanquished him : then burst his mighty heart ; And, in his mantle muffling up his face, Even at the base of Pompey's statue, Which all the while ran blood, great Caesar fell.
Página 218 - As home his footsteps he hath turned, From wandering on a foreign strand ? If such there breathe, go mark him well ; For him no minstrel raptures swell ; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim ; Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch concentered all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.
Página 179 - Be not too tame, neither, but let your own discretion be your tutor; suit the action to the word, the word to the action; with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature; for anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was and is to hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure.
Página 219 - Eske River where ford there was none: But ere he alighted at Netherby gate The bride had consented, the gallant came late: For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar. So boldly he...
Página 178 - Who is here so base, that would be a bondman ? If any, speak ; for him have I offended. Who is here so rude, that would not be a Roman ? If any, speak ; for him have I offended. Who is here so vile, that will not love his country ? If any, speak ; for him have I offended. I pause for a reply.
Página 348 - The letter, as I live, with all the business I writ to his holiness. Nay, then, farewell ! I have touch'd the highest point of all my greatness ; And, from that full meridian of my glory, I haste now to my setting : I shall fall Like a bright exhalation in the evening, And no man see me more.
Página 209 - O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, now conceals, now discloses?
Página 347 - tis not to me she speaks: Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven, Having some business, do entreat her eyes To twinkle in their spheres, till they return. What if her eyes were there, they in her head; The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars, As daylight doth a lamp; her eye in heaven Would through the airy region stream so bright, That birds would sing, and think it were not night. See, how she leans her cheek upon her hand! O, that I were a glove upon that hand, That I might touch...
Página 292 - When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one, as before, will chase His favorite phantom; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee. As the long train Of ages...
Página 335 - There was a sound of revelry by night. And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry ; and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men : A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again ; And all went merry as a marriage-bell, But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell.

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