Exercises in elocution selected from various authors [N9010] [ecco]

DMI number:

1223

Publication Date:

1793

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

N9010

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW111761227

Shelfmark:

ECCO - Harvard, Philadelphia

Full Title:

EXERCISES | IN | ELOCUTION; | SELECTED FROM | VARIOUS AUTHORS, | AND | ARRANGED UNDER PROPER HEADS: | INTENDED AS A SEQUEL TO A WORK INTITLED | THE SPEAKER. | [rule] | BY WILLIAM ENFIELD, LL. D. | LECTURER ON THE BELLES LETTRES IN THE ACADEMY | AT WARRINGTON. | [rule] | A NEW EDITION. | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | LONDON: | Printed for J. BUCKLAND, C. BATHURST, and T. DAVIES. | [short rule] | M,DCC,XCIII.

Epigraph:

Floriferis ut apes in saltibus omnia libant, | Omnia nos itidem depascimur aurea dicta. | LUCRETIUS.

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Collection including prose, Collection of educational texts, and Collection aimed at children/young people

Format:

Duodecimo

Comments:

Contents: prose pp. 1-37, 69-124, 133-142, 147-167, 180-186, 225-237, 373-395. Includes extracts from various plays; extracts in verse have been indexed. Divided in to sections: Book I. Narrative Pieces. Book II. Didactic Pieces. Book III. Argumentative Pieces. Book IV. Orations and Harangues. Book V. Dialogues. Book VI. Descriptive Pieces. Book VII. Pathetic Pieces. Appendix Containing Counsels To Young Men. In A Letter From A Father To His Son.

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: Advertisement [1p]; Contents [4pp].

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2 of 2

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Editor:

William Enfield

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Publisher:

C. Bathurst

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Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Publisher:

James Buckland

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Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Publisher:

T. Davies

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Absolute (100%)

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Content/Publication

First Line:

When now mature in classic knowledge

Page No:

pp.37-40

Poem Title:

Chap. XVI. The Progress Of Discontent.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Once on a time so runs the fable

Page No:

pp.41-42

Poem Title:

Chap. XVII. The Town And Country Mice.

Attribution:

Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

The tree of deepest root is found

Page No:

pp.43-45

Poem Title:

Chap. XVIII. The Three Warnings.

Attribution:

Mrs. Thrale.

Attributed To:

Hester Lynch Piozzi [née Salusbury; other married name Thrale]

First Line:

Turn gentle hermit of the dale

Page No:

pp.46-51

Poem Title:

Chap. XIX. Edwin And Angelina.

Attribution:

Goldsmith.

Attributed To:

Oliver Goldsmith

First Line:

The sun had chased the mountain snow

Page No:

pp.51-54

Poem Title:

Chap. XX. The Blackbirds.

Attribution:

Jago.

Attributed To:

Richard Jago

First Line:

With each perfection dawning on her mind

Page No:

pp.54-58

Poem Title:

Chap. XXI. The Nun.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When over the alpine heights chill winter spreads

Page No:

pp.59-61

Poem Title:

Chap. XXII. Rodoloph And Matilda.

Attribution:

Keate.

Attributed To:

George Keate

First Line:

The lovely young Lavinia once had friends

Page No:

pp.61-65

Poem Title:

Chap. XXIII. Lavinia.

Attribution:

Thomson.

Attributed To:

James Thomson

First Line:

Now while the snows arise and foul and fierce

Page No:

pp.65-66

Poem Title:

Chap. XXIV. The Winter Traveller Lost In The Snow.

Attribution:

Thomson.

Attributed To:

James Thomson

First Line:

O sole in whom my thoughts find all repose

Page No:

pp.66-68

Poem Title:

Chap. XXV. Eve's Dream.

Attribution:

Milton.

Attributed To:

John Milton

First Line:

Now had the son of Jove mature attained

Page No:

pp.124-129

Poem Title:

Chap. XVI. The Judgment Of Hercules.

Attribution:

Spence.

Attributed To:

Joseph Spence

First Line:

Virtuous and vicious every man must be

Page No:

pp.129-131

Poem Title:

Chap. XVII. Variety In Human Characters.

Attribution:

Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

He comes he comes in every breeze the power

Page No:

pp.131-132

Poem Title:

Chap. XVIII. Philosophical Melancholy.

Attribution:

Thomson.

Attributed To:

James Thomson

First Line:

As yet tis midnight deep the weary clouds

Page No:

p.132

Poem Title:

Chap. XIX. COntemplation.

Attribution:

Thomson.

Attributed To:

James Thomson

First Line:

Ask for what end the heavenly bodies shine

Page No:

pp.142-144

Poem Title:

Chap. IV. The Perfection Of Human Nature.

Attribution:

Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Has god thou fool worked solely for thy good

Page No:

pp.145-146

Poem Title:

Chap. V. Against Selfishness.

Attribution:

Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Aurora now fair daughter of the dawn

Page No:

pp.167-168

Poem Title:

Chap. XII. Jupiter To The Inferior Deities.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Why boast we Glaucus our extended reign

Page No:

pp.168-169

Poem Title:

Chap. XIII. Sarpedon To Glaucus.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Live I once more | To see these hands and arms free these that often

Page No:

pp.169-171

Poem Title:

Chap. XIV. Malefort's Defence Of Himself.

Attribution:

Massinger.

Attributed To:

Philip Massinger

First Line:

Once more unto the breach dear friends once more

Page No:

pp.172-173

Poem Title:

Chap. XV. Henry V. To His Soldiers At The Siege Of Harfleir.

Attribution:

Shakespeare.

Attributed To:

William Shakespeare

First Line:

To wake the soul by tender strokes of art

Page No:

pp.173-174

Poem Title:

Chap. XVI. Prologue To Cato.

Attribution:

Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Fathers we once again are met in council

Page No:

pp.174-179

Poem Title:

Chap. XVII. Cato's Senate.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thrice happy hermit | Whom thus the heavenly habitants attend

Page No:

pp.186-189

Poem Title:

Chap. III. Alfred And Hermit.

Attribution:

Mallet.

Attributed To:

David Mallet

First Line:

You tell me wonders | Soft behold my lord

Page No:

pp.190-200

Poem Title:

Chap. IV. Gustavus Vasa, Anderson, Arnoldus, And Arvida.

Attribution:

Brooke.

Attributed To:

Henry Brooke

First Line:

Thou bringst me thy credentials from the highest

Page No:

pp.200-203

Poem Title:

Chap. V. Tamerlane And Dervise.

Attribution:

Rowe.

Attributed To:

Nicholas Rowe

First Line:

This way the noise was if mine ear be true

Page No:

pp.203-207

Poem Title:

Chap. VI. Comus And Lady.

Attribution:

Milton.

Attributed To:

John Milton

First Line:

Unmuffle ye faint stars and thou fair moon

Page No:

pp.207-212

Poem Title:

Chap. VII. The Brothers.

Attribution:

Milton.

Attributed To:

John Milton

First Line:

How does your grace

Page No:

pp.212-214

Poem Title:

Chap. VIII. Catherine And Griffith.

Attribution:

Shakespear.

Attributed To:

William Shakespeare

First Line:

Make room and let him stand before our face

Page No:

pp.214-224

Poem Title:

Chap. IX. Trial Of Shylock.

Attribution:

Shakespeare.

Attributed To:

William Shakespeare

First Line:

Search then the ruling passion there alone

Page No:

pp.238-240

Poem Title:

Chap. VIII. The Ruling Passion.

Attribution:

Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

The player's province they but vainly try

Page No:

pp.240-243

Poem Title:

Chap. IX. The Actor.

Attribution:

Lloyd.

Attributed To:

Robert Lloyd

First Line:

When now on Britain's sea girt shore

Page No:

pp.243-248

Poem Title:

Chap. X. Ode To Education.

Attribution:

R.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

How thick the shades of evening close

Page No:

pp.248-252

Poem Title:

Chap. XI. Hymn To Cheerfulness.

Attribution:

Akenside.

Attributed To:

Mark Akenside

First Line:

Thy spirit independence let me share

Page No:

pp.252-256

Poem Title:

Chap. XII. Ode To Independence.

Attribution:

Smollet.

Attributed To:

Tobias George Smollett

First Line:

Parent of joy heart easing mirth

Page No:

pp.256-257

Poem Title:

Chap. XIII. Ode To Mirth.

Attribution:

Smollet.

Attributed To:

Tobias George Smollett

First Line:

Delightful mansion blessed retreat

Page No:

pp.257-258

Poem Title:

Chap. XIV. Thought In A Garden.

Attribution:

Hughes.

Attributed To:

John Hughes

First Line:

Hail beauteous stranger of the wood

Page No:

pp.259-260

Poem Title:

Chap. XVI. The Cuckoo.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Queen and huntress chaste and fair

Page No:

p.259

Poem Title:

Chap. XV. Hymn To Cynthia.

Attribution:

B. Johnson.

Attributed To:

Benjamin Jonson

First Line:

Behold my fair wherever we rove

Page No:

pp.260-261

Poem Title:

Chap. XVII. The Winter's Walk.

Attribution:

Dr. Johnson.

Attributed To:

Samuel Johnson

First Line:

At the close of the day when the hamlet is still

Page No:

pp.261-262

Poem Title:

Chap. XVIII. The Hermit.

Attribution:

Beattie.

Attributed To:

James Beattie

First Line:

But now let other themes our care engage

Page No:

pp.262-265

Poem Title:

Chap. XIX. The Praise Of Philosophy.

Attribution:

Beattie.

Attributed To:

James Beattie

First Line:

First born of chaos who so fair didst come

Page No:

pp.265-269

Poem Title:

Chap. XX. Hymn To Light.

Attribution:

Cowley.

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

Hail holy light offspring of heaven first born

Page No:

pp.269-271

Poem Title:

Chap. XXI. Invocation To Light.

Attribution:

Milton.

Attributed To:

John Milton

First Line:

When music heavenly maid was young

Page No:

pp.271-274

Poem Title:

Chap. XXII. The Passions.

Attribution:

Collins.

Attributed To:

William Collins

First Line:

Hail noble albion where no golden mines

Page No:

pp.274-275

Poem Title:

Chap. XXIII. Praise Of England.

Attribution:

Dyer.

Attributed To:

John Dyer

First Line:

Could I recall those notes which once the muse

Page No:

pp.275-277

Poem Title:

Chap. XXIV. Sheep-Shearing.

Attribution:

Dyer.

Attributed To:

John Dyer

First Line:

Seest thou yon fane even now incessant time

Page No:

pp.277-281

Poem Title:

Chap. XXV. Rise And Decleansion Of Rome.

Attribution:

Dyer.

Attributed To:

John Dyer

First Line:

Far to the right where Appenine ascends

Page No:

pp.282-287

Poem Title:

Chap. XXVI. National Characters.

Attribution:

Goldsmith.

Attributed To:

Oliver Goldsmith

First Line:

The great republic see that glowed sublime

Page No:

pp.287-289

Poem Title:

Chap. XXVII. Ancient Rome.

Attribution:

Thomson.

Attributed To:

James Thomson

First Line:

O Greece thou sapient nurse of finer arts

Page No:

pp.289-293

Poem Title:

Chap. XXVIII. Ancient Greece.

Attribution:

Thomson.

Attributed To:

James Thomson

First Line:

Thrice happy did they know

Page No:

pp.293-294

Poem Title:

Chap. XXIX. The King Of A Free People.

Attribution:

Thomson.

Attributed To:

James Thomson

First Line:

Hail independence hail heaven's next best gift

Page No:

pp.294-295

Poem Title:

Chap. XXX. Independence.

Attribution:

Thomson.

Attributed To:

James Thomson

First Line:

Ere yet your footsteps quit the place

Page No:

pp.296-299

Poem Title:

Chap. XXXI. Verses Addressed To A Friend, Just Leaving A Favourite Retirement, Previous To Settling Abroad. (Written in the Close of Winter.)

Attribution:

S. H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To fair Fidele's grassy tomb

Page No:

pp.300-301

Poem Title:

Chap. I. Dirge In Cymbeline.

Attribution:

Collins

Attributed To:

William Collins

First Line:

It was a winter's evening and fast came down the snow

Page No:

pp.301-302

Poem Title:

Chap. II. A Winter Piece.

Attribution:

A.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hail lovely power whose bosom heaves the sigh

Page No:

pp.302-303

Poem Title:

Chap. III. Elegy To Pity.

Attribution:

R.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Sweet bird that kindly perching near

Page No:

pp.303-306

Poem Title:

Chap. IV. An Evening Address To The Nightingale.

Attribution:

Shaw.

Attributed To:

Cuthbert Shaw

First Line:

Too daring prince ah whither dost thou run

Page No:

pp.306-309

Poem Title:

Chap. V. Parting Of Hector And Andromache.

Attribution:

Pope's Homer.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Injurious Hermia most ungrateful maid

Page No:

p.310

Poem Title:

Chap. VI. Helena Upbraiding Hermia.

Attribution:

Shakespeare.

Attributed To:

William Shakespeare

First Line:

All good people | You that thus far have come to pity me

Page No:

pp.311-313

Poem Title:

Chap. VII. Buckingham Going To Execution.

Attribution:

Shakespeare.

Attributed To:

William Shakespeare

First Line:

I come not emperor to invade thy mercy

Page No:

pp.313-316

Poem Title:

Chap. VIII. Sforza Duke Of Milan Pleading His Cause Before The Emperor Charles V.

Attribution:

Massinger.

Attributed To:

Philip Massinger

First Line:

All Kent hath yielded nothing there holds out

Page No:

pp.316-317

Poem Title:

Chap. IX. Faulconbridge And King john.

Attribution:

Shakespeare.

Attributed To:

William Shakespeare

First Line:

Well Titus speak how is it with thee now

Page No:

pp.318-321

Poem Title:

Chap. X. Brutus And Titus.

Attribution:

Lee.

Attributed To:

Nathaniel Lee

First Line:

Now do you know me | Thou shouldst be Alonzo

Page No:

pp.322-330

Poem Title:

Chap. XI. Sebastian And Dorax. Re-enter Dorax, having taken off his Turban, and put on a European Habit.

Attribution:

Dryden.

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

They tell me tis my birthday and I'll keep it

Page No:

pp.330-338

Poem Title:

Chap. XII. Antony And Ventidius.

Attribution:

Dryden.

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Ha what rash thing art thou who settest so small

Page No:

pp.339-346

Poem Title:

Chap. XIII. Theodosius And Marcian.

Attribution:

Lee.

Attributed To:

Nathaniel Lee

First Line:

My lord you are well encountered here has been

Page No:

pp.346-350

Poem Title:

Chap. XIV. Gloster And Hastings.

Attribution:

Rowe.

Attributed To:

Nicholas Rowe

First Line:

Let us all see him

Page No:

pp.351-354

Poem Title:

Chap. XV. Gustavus And Dalecarlians.

Attribution:

Brooke.

Attributed To:

Henry Brooke

First Line:

Tell me Gustavus tell me why is this

Page No:

pp.354-357

Poem Title:

Chap. XVI. Gustavus And Cristiern.

Attribution:

Brooke.

Attributed To:

Henry Brooke

First Line:

I am a woeful suitor to your honour

Page No:

pp.358-361

Poem Title:

Chap. XVII. Isabella And Angelo.

Attribution:

Shakespeare.

Attributed To:

William Shakespeare

First Line:

Come hither Hubert o my gentle Hubert

Page No:

pp.361-365

Poem Title:

Chap. XVIII. King John And Hubert.

Attribution:

Shakespeare.

Attributed To:

William Shakespeare

First Line:

Yea this man's brow like to a title leaf

Page No:

pp.366-368

Poem Title:

Chap. XIX. Northumberland And Morton.

Attribution:

Shakespeare.

Attributed To:

William Shakespeare

First Line:

Ruin seize thee ruthless king

Page No:

pp.368-372

Poem Title:

Chap. XX. The Bard.

Attribution:

Gray.

Attributed To:

Thomas Gray

First Line:

Oh listen not to that enchantress sloth

Page No:

p.380

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed