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Columbian Orator

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The Columbian Orator, a collection of political essays, poems, and dialogues first published in 1797, was widely used in American schoolrooms in the first quarter of the 19th century to teach reading and speaking. Typical of many readers of that period, the anthology included many speeches celebrating "republican virtues" and promoting patriotism. The Columbian Orator is an example of progymnasmata, containing examples for students to copy and imitate. In his Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, former slave and abolitionist writer Douglass describes how he "got hold" of a copy of the Columbian Orator at the age of twelve, with far-reaching consequences for his life. - Summary by Wikipedia

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Columbian Orator

Chapters

00 - Introduction and Preface

01 - General Instructions for Speaking

02 - Oration on Eloquence - Perkins

03 - Speech in Congress, 1789 - Washington

04 - Speech of a Roman General - P. Emilius

05 - Exhortation on Temperance in Pleasure - Blair

06 - Judah's Plea for Benjamin, before Joseph - Philo

07 - Plea in behalf of Thomas Muir - Muir

08 - On the starry Heavens - Hervey

09 - Paper, a Poem - Franklin

10 - Speech before the Roman Senate - Cato

11 - Dialogue between Duellist, Savage, and Mercury - Littleton

12 - Speech of an Indian Chief

13 - On the Creation of the World - Blair

14 - Lines spoken by a little Boy - Everett

15 - Speech in the British Parliament, 1766 - Pitt

16 - Scene from the Farce of Lethe - Garrick

17 - Eulogy on Dr. Franklin - Fauchet

18 - Epilogue to Addison's Cato

19 - Self-Conceit, an Address by a small Boy

20 - Dialogue between Howard and Lester

21 - Christ's Crucifixion - Cumberland

22 - The Wonders of Nature - Hervey

23 - Dialogue on Physiognomy

24 - Oration at the Festival of Gratitude - Carnot

25 - Address to the President of the United States - Adet

26 - President's Answer - Washington

27 - The oppressive Landlord, a Dialogue

28 - Speech in the British Parhament, 1770 - Mansfield

29 - On the Day of Judgment - Davies

30 - Christ triumphant over the apostate Angels - Milton

31 - Slaves in Barbary, a Drama in two Acts - Everett

32 - Speech in the British Parliament, 1770 - Pitt

33 - Plea before a Roman Court - Socrates

34 - Dialogue on Cowardice and Knavery

35 - Speech in the British Parliament - - Sheridan

36 - Extract from an Oration against Catiline - Cicero

37 - Description of the first American Congress - Barlow

38 - Speech of a French General to his Army - Buonaparte

39 - Reflections over the Grave of a young Man - Hervey

40 - Scene from the Drama of "Moses in the Bulrushes" - H. More

41 - Speech of a Roman General - C. Cassius

42 - Speech in the British Parliament, 1784 - Erskine

43 - Address to the People of the United States - Washington

44 - Dialogue on the Choice of Business for Life

45 - Speech of a French General - Buonaparte

46 - Speech in the British Parliament, 1777 - Pitt

47 - Dialogue between a Schoolmaster and School-Committee

48 - Speech in the British Pariiament, 1770 - Pitt

49 - On the general Judgment Day - Dwight

50 - On the Works of Creation and Providence - Hervey

51 - Speech in the British Parliament, 1770 - Fox

52 - The Conjurer, a Dialogue - Everett

53 - Speech in the British Parliament, 1775 - Pitt

54 - Speech of the Caledonian General - Galgachus

55 - Modern Education, a Dialogue

56 - On the Existence of God, a Sermon - Maxcy

57 - The Dignity of Human Nature - Burges

58 - Infernal Conference - Cumberland

59 - Speech in the British Parliament, 1777 - Pitt

60 - On the Day of Judgment - Young

61 - The dissipated Oxford Student - Altered from Burney

62 - Speech in Congress, on the British Treaty - Ames

63 - Oration on Independence, July 4, 1796 - Blake

64 - General Description of America, a Poem - Everett

65 - Dialogue between a Master and Slave - Aikin

66 - Speech in the Irish Parliament - O'Connor

67 - Scene from the Tragedy of Tamerlane - Rowe

68 - Speech in the British Parliament - Barre

69 - The Last Day - Everett

70 - Dialogue on Loquacity

71 - American Sages - Barlow

72 - Speech in the British Parliament, 1777 - Pitt

73 - Scene from the Tragedy of Cato - Addison

74 - Oration delivered at Boston, July 4, 1794 - Phillips

75 - Dialogue between a White Man and an Indian - Everett

76 - Oration, pronounced at Boston, July 4, 1796 - Lathrop

77 - Dialogue between Edward and Harry - Everett