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MISCELLANEOUS READINGS IN POETRY.

Printed in the prosaic form, with marginal directions.)

1. A Plea for Mercy, .

Shakspeare,

2. The Seven Ages, .

Shakspeare,

3. Speech of Marullus to the Roman

Shakspeare,

4. Hamlet's Soliloquy on Death,

Shakspeare,

b. Speech of Satan to his Legions,

Milton, .

1. The Last Minstrel-Patriotism,

Walter Scott,

7. A Church-yard Scene,

Blair, .

8. Apology for the Pig,

Southey, ·

9. Childe Harold's Song,

Byron, .

10. Midnight, .

Thomson,

11. Curse of Kehama, .

Southey, .

12. On Procrastination,

Young, .

13. Address to Independence,

Smollett,

14. Pleasures of Memory,

Rogers,

15. Beauty and Expression, .

Moore, .

16. The Slave's Remonstrance,

Knowles,

17. Alexander's Feast, .

(Printed in the prosaic form.)

20. The Passions,

Collins, •

21. Satan's Address to the Sun,

Milton, .

22. On the Being of a God,

Young,

23. A Snow-storm. The Miseries of

Thomson,

24. The Dying Christian to his Soul,

Pope,

25. The Flight of Imagination,

Akenside,

26. Instability of Human Glory,

H. Kirké White,

27. The Jackdaw, .

Couper, .

3. Universal Adoration,

Moore, .

29. Jephtha's Daughter to her father,

Byron, .

30. The Treasures of the Deep,

Mrs. Hemans, .

31. The Common Lot, .

J. Montgomery,

32. A View of Death, .

Bryant, .

33. Hymn before Sunrise in the Vale of Chamouni Coleridge,

34. Lines on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye,

Wordsworth,

35. Address to the Ocean,

Byron, .

36. The Hostage. Damon and )

J. C. Mangan,

37. The Legend of Horatius,

Macaulay,

88. The Skylark,

Shelley, .

39. Hymn of the Moravian Nuns,

Long fellow,

40. The Bridge of Sighs,

Hood, .

41. The Death of Arthur,

Tennyson,

(Printed in the usual manner.)

42. Retreat of the French Army from Moscow, • Croly, .

47. The Parish Poor-house,

Crabbe,

48. The Mariner's Hymn,

Mrs. Southey,

49. To Mary in Heaven,

Burns, .

50. Instability of Friendship,

Moore, .

61. The Deserted Village,

Goldsmith,

52. The Country Clergyman,

55. Hymn to Adversity,

Gray, .

56. The Pulpit, .

Couper, .

57. Ode in I'mitation of Alcæus,

Jones, .

58. On Sacred Reading,

A. Bell, ..

Willis,

59. The Leper,

60. The Battle-Flag of Sigurd,

Motherwell,

61. The Cloud,

Shelley, .

62. The Arab-Maid's Song,

Moore, .

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MISCELLANEOUS READINGS IN PROSE.

1. The Operations of Nature,

. Sir H. Davy,.

2. The Planetary and Terrestrial W

Addison,

3. On the Approach of Evening,

Hervey,

4. Sorrow for the Dead,

W. Irving,

5. On Human Grandeur,

Goldsmith,

6. The Pleasures of Science,

Brougham,

7. On Study, .

Bacon, .

8. Human Life, the Journey of a Day,

Johnson,

9. Means of acquiring Distinction,

Sidney Smith, .

10. Liberty and Slavery,

Sterne,

Il. The Genius of Shakspeare,

Jeffrey,

12. On War, .

Channing,

13. To his Grace the Duke of Grafton,

Junius,

14. Reyno and Alpin, .

Ossian,

15. Death and Funeral of a Pauper,

C. Dickens,

16. Insignificance of the World,

Chalmers,

17. The Fate of Burns-Importance of Self-denial, T. Carlyle,

18. The Elder's Death-bed,

Wilson,

19. Punishment of a Spy,

Walter Scott,

20. The Effects of Religion, .

Wilberforce, .

2). The Uncertainties of Fortune,

• Bolingbroke, .

22. Salathiel's Account of the Fall of Je

usalem,

Croly, .

23. Ogsian's Address to the Sun,

Macpherson,

24. Eulogium on Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, Burke,

25. Character of Napoleon Bonaparte,

Charles Philips,

26. “Press on,"

Anonymous,

27. Character of Pitt (Lord Chatham),

Grattan,

28. The Study of Nature,

Humboldt,

29. Dante and Milton,

Macaulay,

30. Connexion of Science and Religion,

Wiseman,

31. The Advantages of Education,

READINGS IN PULPIT ELOQUENCE.

1. The Practice of Patience, .

• Jeremy Taylor,

236

2. The Inefficiency of Human Works,

Melville,

236

3. Without God in the World,

Robert Hall,

238

Consolations of Religion,

Finlayson,

239

5. The Death of the Wicked,

9. The Power of Conscience,

12. On the Approaches of Death,

Logan,

13. The most extensive Wealth not productive

15. On the Uncertainty of Life,

Kirwan,

16. The Influence of Satan, .

18. The Effects of Evil Example,

O'Keefe,

261

19. Human and Divine Justice,

Sherlock,

20. The Majesty of the Redeemer,

· W. Archer Butler, . : 164

251

256

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7. MT: Canningh's Invecm, on the cro Slated States

READINGS IN SENATORIAL AND JUDICIAL ELOQUENCE.

1. Mr. Pitt (Lord Chatham), in Reply to Mr. Horace Walpole, .

2. Lord Chatham (Mr. Pitt), on the American War,

3. Lord Mansfield, on Privilege of Parliament,

4. Mr. Grattan, on the National Grievances,

5. Lord Erskine, in favour of Mr. Hardy, .

6. Sir James Mackintosh, on the Liberty of the British Press,

7. Mr. Burke, on Conciliating the Colonies,

8. Mr. Canning, on the Slave Trade,

9. Mr. Sheridan's Invective against Mr. Hastings,

10. Mr. (Lord) Brougham, on the State of the Law,

11. Mr. (Lord) Brougham, on Negro Slavery,

12. Mr. Webster, on Slavery in the United States,

13. Mr. Patrick Henry, on British Government in America

14. Contest between Mr. Flood and Mr. Grattan, .

15. Mr. Grattan, in Reply to Mr. Corry, .

16. Mr. Curran, in Defence of Mr. Finnery,

17. Mr. Curran, on Universal Emancipation,

18. Lord Erskine, in Defence of Mr. Stockdale,

19. Mr. Sheridan's Panegyric on Justice, .

20. Mr. O'Connell, in Defence of Mr. Magee-the Law of Libel..

21. Mr. Sheil's Reply to Lord Lyndhurst, . .

MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS FOR RECITATION.

1. Saul's Address,

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2. The Dying Chief,

3. The Burial of Sir John Moore,

4. The Destruction of Sennacherib,

5. The Battle of Hohenlinden,

6. Lord Ullin's Daughter,

7. The Soldier's Funeral,

8. Casabianca,

9. The Dying Soldier,

10. Crescentius,

11. The Star of Bethlehem,

12. The Soldier's Dream,

13. Bruce to his Army,

14. Eliza, .

15. Lochinvar, .

16. The Ghebers' Attack,

17. The Exile of Erin, .

18. Tell's Birth-place, .

19. Flight of Xerxes,

20. Glenara, ..

21. Harmosan, .

22. Miriam's Song,

23. War-song of the Greeks, .

24. The Fall of D’Assas,

25. The Drum, .

26. Death of De Boune,

27. The Mother and her Dea

28. The African Chief,

29. The Slave's Petition,

33. Gertrude Von Der W

36. William and Margaret,

37. The Idiot Boy,

38. Christian Warfare, .

39. An Epicedium,

40. The Dying Gladiator,

41. The Conviot Ship, .

42. The Murdered Traveller,

H. Kirke White,

Anonymous,

• Jerrold's Magazine,

Mrs. Opie,
W. L. Spencer,

Wilson, .

Byron, .
Hervey, .
Bryant, .
Croby, .

44. The Grasp of the Dead,

Mrs. Maclean,

45. The Spring Journey,

Heber, .

46. Time, . .

Walter Scott, .

47. The Spanish Champion, .

Mrs. Hemans, .

48. The Down fal of Poland, .

Campbell,

49. The Mariner's Dream,

Dimond,

50. Scene before the Siege of Corinth,

Byron, .

51. Scene after the Siege of Corinth,

Byron, .

52. The Arab's Farewell to his Horse,

Mrs. Norton,

53. The Lament of the Irish Emigrant,

Mrs. Blackwood,

54. Lord William,

Southey,

55. Cour de Lion at the Bier of 1

Mrs. Hemans, .

56. The War of the League,

Macaulay,

57. The Last Days of Herculaneum, .

Atherstone,

58. The Bridal of Malahide, .

G. Grillin,

59. Virginia—a Lay of Ancient Rome,

Macaulay,

60. Mary Queen of Scots,

H. G. Bell,

61. The Gambler's Wife,

Coates, .

62. The Sack of Baltimore,

T. Davis,

63. Orange and Green,

G. Griffin,

64. The Field of Waterloo,

Byron, .

65. The Lady of Provence,

Mrs. Hemans,

66 Marco Bozzaris, .

Halleck,

67. Hymn on Modern Greece,

Byron,

68. Death of Roderio Dhu,

Walter Scott, .

69. The Mother of the Maccabees,

Callanan,

70. The High-born Ladye, .

Moore, .

71. The Progress of Madness, .

M. G. Lewis,

72. Boadicea,

Cowper,

73. The Song of the Shirt,

74. The Glove and the Lions, .

Leigh Hunt,

75. Song of Old Time, .

Eliza Cook, .

76. The King of the Wind,

. Eliza Cook,

77. De Bruce, .

• Allan Cunningham,

(Printed in the prosaic form.)

78. The Ruined Cottage,

Mrs. Maclean, .

79. The Prisoner of Chillon, .

Byron, .

80. Battle of Flodden Field, and Death of Marmion, Scott, .

81. Mary the Maid of the Inn,

Southey, .

82. The Pauper's Death-bed, .

Mrs. Southey, .

83. Ode to Eloquence,

Carey, .

84. Ginevra, .

Rogers,

85. The Massacre of Gle

Scott, .

86. O'Connor's Child, ..

Campbell,

87. Celadon and Amelia,

Thomson,

88. The Legend of Lochbuy,..

Thomas Nimmo,

89, Jugurtha's Prison Thoughts,

Wolfe, .

90. Marriage of Kennedy and Matilda,

Hogg, .

91. The Palm Tree, .

Mrs. Hemans, .

92. The Death of Samson,

Milton, .

93. Love, a tale,

Coleridge,

94. The Sword-chant of Thorstein Raudi, . Motherwell,

95. Battle of Albuera, .

Byron,

96. The Polish Children,

99. The Norman Baron,

Longfellow,

100. Vision of Belshazzar,

3. Clarence's Dream, .

6. Soliloquy of King Claudius in “Ham

7. Henry IV. on Sleep,

8. Bishop of Carlisle in defence of Richar

9. Macbeth to the Air-drawn Dagger,

10. Cato on the Immortality of the Soul,

11. Lucius Junius Brutus over the Body of Lu

12. Rolla to the Peruvians,

13. William Tell to his native Mountains, .

14. Ion, contemplating the Death of King A drastus,

15. Leoni's Night Soliloquy in Venice,

uvians, ire Mountains. A drastus

DIALOGUES.

umurus,

1. Brutus and Cassius,

2. Macduff, Prince Malcolm, and Rosse,

8. Henry IV. Northumberland, and Hotspur,

4. Prince Henry and Sir John Falstaff,

5. Coriolanus and Aufidius,

6. Wolsey and Cromwell,

7. Scene from “ Venice Preserved," .

8. Rienzi and Angelo,

9. Lochiel's Warning,

10. Glenalvon, Norval, and Lord Randolph, .

11. Gesler, Sarnem, William Tell, and Albert,

12. The Banishment of Catiline,

13. Sir Edward Mortimer and Wilford,

14. Scene from the Tragedy of “Ion,"

15. The King and the Miller of Mansfield,

COMIC EXTRACTS FOR RECITATION.

1. An Orator's First Speech in Parliament, . . A. Bell, .

2. Yorkshire Angling, .

6. The Newcastle A poti

Colman,

7. Hodge and the Vicar,

Anonymous,

8. A Cheap Dinner, .

Planche,

9. The Spirit of Contradiction,

Lloyd..

10. The Three Black Crows, .

Byrom, .

11. A Bachelor's Complaint,

H. G. Bell,

12. Faithless Nelly Gray,

Hood, .

13. The Tinker and Miller's Daughter,

16. The Spider and the Fly,

Mary Howitt,

17. The Collegian and the Porter,

Planche,

18. The Frenchman and the Rats,

Anonymous,

19. The Farmer and Barrister, .

James Smith,

20. The Best of Wives, . .

Anonymous,

21. Lodgings for Single Gentlemen,

Colman,

22. The Jester Condemned to Death,

James Smith

23. The Well of St. Keyne, .

Southey, :

24. Contest between Nose and I

Cowper,

25. The Splendid Shilling,

J. Philips,

26. The Bashful Man,

. Mackenzie,

27. Report of a Law-suit-Goody Grim v. Lapstone, • James Smith,.

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