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_aThe Columbian Orator / _ced. by David W. Blight. |
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_aNew York, NY : _bNew York University Press, _c[1998] |
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_tFrontmatter -- _tCONTENTS -- _tEDITOR'S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- _tEDITOR'S INTRODUCTION -- _tIDENTIFICATION OF AUTHORS -- _tPREFACE -- _tINTRODUCTION. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR SPEAKING -- _tEXTRACT FROM AN ORATION ON ELOQUENCE, PRONOUNCED AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY, ON COMMENCEMENT DAY, 1794 (Perkins) -- _tEXTRACT FROM PRESIDENT WASHINGTON'S FIRST SPEECH IN CONGRESS, 1789 -- _tSPEECH OF PAULUS EMILIUS TO THE ROMAN PEOPLE AS HE WAS TAKING THE COMMAND OF THEIR ARMY -- _tEXHORTATION ON TEMPERANCE IN PLEASURE (Blair) -- _tJUDAH'S PLEA FOR HIS BROTHER BENJAMIN, BEFORE JOSEPH IN EGYPT (Philo) -- _tEXTRACT FROM THE PLEA OF THOMAS MUIR, ESQ. AT HIS CELEBRATED TRIAL IN SCOTLAND -- _tON THE STARRY HEAVENS (Hervey) -- _tPAPER, A POEM (Franklin) -- _tEXTRACT FROM CATO'S SPEECH BEFORE THE ROMAN SENATE, AFTER THE CONSPIRACY OF CATILINE -- _tDIALOGUE BETWEEN THE GHOSTS OF AN ENGLISH DUELLIST, A NORTH-AMERICAN SAVAGE, AND MERCURY (Littleton) -- _tSPEECH OF AN INDIAN CHIEF, OF THE STOCKBRIDGE TRIBE, TO THE MASSACHUSETTS CONGRESS, IN THE YEAR 1775 -- _tON THE CREATION OF THE WORLD (Blair) -- _tLINES SPOKEN AT A SCHOOL-EXHIBITION, BY A LITTLE BOY SEVEN YEARS OLD (Everett) -- _tEXTRACT FROM MR. PITTS SPEECH IN THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT, IN THE YEAR 1766, ON THE SUBJECT OF THE STAMP-ACT -- _tSCENE FROM THE FARCE OF LETHE (Garrick) -- _tEXTRACT FROM THE EULOGY ON DR. FRANKLIN, PRONOUNCED BY THE ABBE FAUCHET, IN THE NAME OF THE COMMONS OF PARIS, 1790 -- _tEPILOGUE TO ADDISON'S CATO -- _tSELF-CONCEIT AN ADDRESS, SPOKEN BY A VERY SMALL BOY -- _tHOWARD AND LESTERA DIALOGUE ON LEARNING AND USEFULNESS -- _tCHRIST'S CRUCIFIXION (Cumberland) -- _tTHE WONDERS OF NATURE (Hervey) -- _tDIALOGUE ON PHYSIOGNOMY -- _tORATION DELIVERED AT PARIS, BY CITIZEN CARNOT, PRESIDENT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORY, AT THE FESTIVAL OF GRATITUDE, AND VICTORY, CELEBRATED AT THE CHAMP DE-MARS, MAY 29, 1796 -- _tADDRESS OF MR- ADET- FRENCH AMBASSADOR, ON PRESENTING THE COLOURS OF FRANCE, TO THE UNITED STATES, 1796 -- _tPRESIDENT WASHINGTON'S ANSWER -- _tTHE OPPRESSIVE LANDLORD -- _tLORD MANSFIELD'S SPEECH, IN SUPPORT OF A BILL FOR PREVENTING DELAYS OF JUSTICE, BY REASON OF PRIVILEGE OF PARLIAMENT, 1770 -- _tEXTRACT FROM A SERMON ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT (Davies) -- _tCHRIST TRIUMPHANT OVER THE APOSTATE ANGELS (Milton) -- _tSLAVES IN BARBARY (Everett) -- _tCONCLUSION OF A CELEBRATED SPEECH OF MR. PITT, IN 1770, IN SUPPORT OF A MOTION IN PARLIAMENT, TO REQUEST THE KING TO LAY BEFORE THAT BODY ALL THE PAPERS RELATIVE TO CERTAIN DEPREDATIONS OF THE SPANIARDS, AND LIKEWISE, TO A TREATY WHICH HE WAS THEN NEGOCIATING WITH SPAIN -- _tSOCRATES' DEFENCE BEFORE HIS ACCUSERS AND JUDGES -- _tDIALOGUE ON COWARDICE AND KNAVERY -- _tMR. SHERIDAN'S SPEECH AGAINST MR. TAYLOR -- _tPART OF CICERO'S ORATION AGAINST CATILINE -- _tDESCRIPTION OF THE FIRST AMERICAN CONGRESS; FROM THE VISION OF COLUMBUS (Barlow) -- _tSPEECH OF BUONAPARTE, COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE FRENCH ARMY IN ITALY, TO HIS BRETHREN IN ARMS -- _tREFLECTIONS OVER THE GRAVE OF A YOUNG MAN (Hervey) -- _tSCENE FROM THE DRAMA OF "MOSES IN THE BULRUSHES" (H. Moore) -- _tSPEECH OF GAIUS CASSIUS TO HIS COLLECTED FORCES, AFTER THE DEATH OF CESAR -- _tPART OF MR. ERSKINE'S SPEECH AGAINST MR. PITT, 1784 -- _tEXTRACT FROM PRESIDENT WASHINGTON'S ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, SEPT. 17, 1796 -- _tDIALOGUE ON THE CHOICE OF BUSINESS FOR LIFE -- _tSPEECH OF BUONAPARTE, COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE FRENCH ARMY IN ITALY, BEFORE HIS ATTACK ON MILAN, APRIL 26, 1796 -- _tMR. PITTS SPEECH, NOV. 18, IN OPPOSITION TO LORD SUFFOLK, WHO PROPOSED TO PARLIAMENT TO EMPLOY THE INDIANS AGAINST THE AMERICANS; AND WHO SAID, IN THE COURSE OF THE DEBATE, THAT "THEY HAD A RIGHT TO USE ALL THE MEANS, THAT GOD AND NATURE HAD PUT INTO THEIR HANDS, TO CONQUER AMERICA" -- _tDIALOGUE BETWEEN A SCHOOL-MASTER AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE -- _tEXTRACT FROM MR. PITTS SPEECH, IN ANSWER TO LORD MANSFIELD, ON THE AFFAIR OF MR. WILKES, 1770 -- _tON THE GENERAL JUDGMENT DAY; FROM DWIGHTS CONQUEST OF CANAAN -- _tON THE WORKS OF CREATION AND PROVIDENCE (Hervey) -- _tSPEECH OF MR. FOX, IN THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT, ON AMERICAN AFFAIRS, 1778 -- _tTHE CONJURER, A DIALOGUE (Everett) -- _tEXTRACT FROM MR. PITT'S SPEECH IN THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT, JAN. 20, 1775 -- _tSPEECH OF GALGACHUS TO THE CALEDONIAN ARMY -- _tMODERN EDUCATION DIALOGUE BETWEEN A PRECEPTOR OF AN ACADEMY, AND A PARENT OF AN OFFERED PUPIL -- _tTHE EXISTENCE OF GOD, DEMONSTRATED FROM THE WORKS OF CREATION; BEING A SERMON PREACHED AT PROVIDENCE -- _tTHE DIGNITY OF HUMAN NATURE EXTRACT OF AN ORATION DELIVERED AT RHODE4SLAND COLLEGE, 1796 (Burges) -- _tINFERNAL CONFERENCE (Cumberland) -- _tEXTRACT FROM MR. PITTS SPEECH IN THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT, MAY 13, 1777 -- _tON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT (Young) -- _tTHE DISSIPATED OXFORD STUDENT, A DIALOGUE BETWEEN A BROTHER AND HIS TWO SISTERS (Barney) -- _tEXTRACT FROM A SPEECH IN CONGRESS, APRIL, 1799, ON THE SUBJECT OF THE TREATY WITH GREAT BRITAIN (Ames) -- _tEXTRACT FROM AN ORATION, PRONOUNCED AT WORCESTER, (MASS.) JULY 4, 1796 By Francis Blake, ESQ. -- _tGENERAL DESCRIPTION OF AMERICA EXTRACT FROM A POEM SPOKEN AT DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, ON COMMENCEMENT DAY, 1795 (Everett) -- _tDIALOGUE BETWEEN A MASTER AND SLAVE -- _tPART OF MR- O'CONNOR'S SPEECH IN THE FIRST IRISH HOUSE OF COMMONS, IN FAVOUR OF THE BILL FOR EMANCIPATING THE ROMAN CATHOLICS, 1795 -- _tSCENE FROM THE TRAGEDY OF TAMERLANE (Rowe) -- _tCOLONEL BARRE'S SPEECH IN THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT 1765, ON THE STAMP-ACT BILL -- _tA DIALOGUE ON LOQUACITY -- _tAMERICAN SAGES (Barlow) -- _tEXTRACT FROM MR. PITTS SPEECH, NOV. 18, 1777, ON AMERICAN AFFAIRS -- _tSCENE FROM THE TRAGEDY OF CATO (Addison) -- _tEXTRACT FROM AN ORATION DELIVERED AT BOSTON, JULY 4, 1794, IN COMMEMORATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE (Phillips) -- _tDIALOGUE BETWEEN A WHITE INHABITANT OF THE UNITED STATES AND AN INDIAN (Everett) -- _tEXTRACT FROM AN ORATION, PRONOUNCED AT BOSTON, JULY 4, 1796 (Lathrop) -- _tDIALOGUE BETWEEN EDWARD AND HARRY (Everett) -- _tDAVID AND GOLIATH (H. Moore) -- _tAN ORATION ON THE POWERS OF ELOQUENCE, WRITTEN FOR AN EXHIBITION OF A SCHOOL IN BOSTON, 1794 -- _tA DIALOGUE BETWEEN A CITY GENTLEMAN OF THE TOWN, AND A COUNTRY FARMER -- _tEXTRACT FROM A DISCOURSE DELIVERED BEFORE THE NEW-YORK SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE MANUMISSION OF SLAVES, APRIL 12, 1797 -- _tA FORENSIC DISPUTE, ON THE QUESTION, ARE THE ANGLO-AMERICANS ENDOWED WITH CAPACITY AND GENIUS EQUAL TO EUROPEANS? (Everett) -- _tEXTRACT FROM AN ORATION, DELIVERED AT BOSTON, MARCH 5TH, 1780 |
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| 520 | _aFirst published in 1797, The Columbian Orator helped shape the American mind for the next half century, going through some 23 editions and totaling 200,000 copies in sales. The book was read by virtually every American schoolboy in the first half of the 19th century. As a slave youth, Frederick Douglass owned just one book, and read it frequently, referring to it as a "gem" and his "rich treasure." The Columbian Orator presents 84 selections, most of which are notable examples of oratory on such subjects as nationalism, religious faith, individual liberty, freedom, and slavery, including pieces by Washington, Franklin, Milton, Socrates, and Cicero, as well as heroic poetry and dramatic dialogues. Augmenting these is an essay on effective public speaking which influenced Abraham Lincoln as a young politician. As America experiences a resurgence of interest in the art of debating and oratory, The Columbian Orator--whether as historical artifact or contemporary guidebook--is one of those rare books to be valued for what it meant in its own time, and for how its ideas have endured. Above all, this book is a remarkable compilation of Enlightenment era thought and language that has stood the test of time. | ||
| 538 | _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. | ||
| 546 | _aIn English. | ||
| 588 | 0 | _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Mrz 2024) | |
| 650 | 0 | _aSpeeches, addresses, etc. | |
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_aHISTORY / United States / General. _2bisacsh |
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| 653 | _aEnlightenment. | ||
| 653 | _aFrederick Douglass. | ||
| 653 | _adebate. | ||
| 653 | _aearly American life. | ||
| 653 | _aeloquence. | ||
| 653 | _aoratory. | ||
| 653 | _apolitical theory. | ||
| 653 | _aself improvement. | ||
| 653 | _aspeaking skills. | ||
| 653 | _aspeeches. | ||
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_aBlight, David W. _ecuratore |
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_aMason, Jonathan _eautore |
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_aMiller, Samuel _eautore |
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