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CHAP. XVI.—EXCLAMATION, Echo, COMMAND, AND APOS-

Exclamation, Examples of.

Echo, Examples of

Command, Examples of

Apostrophe, Examples of

Address of Brutus over the Dead Body of Cæsar

Sir Isaac Newton, as a Christian.

King Lear in a Storm

Pious Trust in Affliction.

CHAP. XVII.-CLIMAX OR AMPLIFICATION,

Cicero against Verres

Religious Support in Affliction ....H. Kirke White 59

Lord Thurlow's Reply to the Duke of Grafton...... 60

CHAP. XVIII.—SUPPLEMENTARY OBSERVATIONS ON EXPLA-

NATORY, INVERTED, AND NEGATIVE CLAUSES, AND

Simple Explanation, Examples of.

Apposition, Examples of.

The Case Absolute, Examples of

The Simile, Examples of

Transposition, Examples of

Negative Clauses, Examples of

Quotations, Examples of.

Hotspur reading a Letter

Justice (from Boileau)

CHAP. I.-ON THE READING OF POETRY..

CHAP. II.-EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION

CHAP. III.--PASSIONS, IN WHICH PLEASING EMOTIONS PRE-

(1.) LOVE-A Son's Love

Description of Love..

A Husband's Love in Sickness.. .C. Neale 72

Love of Birth-place.

Love of Country.

(2.) SYMPATHY—The Superiority of Sympathy

Sympathy with a Broken Heart ...... Sterne 75

(3.) HOPE—The unappreciable value of Hope.. Cowper 77

The Anticipations of Hope... Campbell 77

The Sustaining Power of Religious Hope

Hope amidst Worldly Pursuits.... Goldsmith 79

Hope in Death .

The Assurance of Hope in Final Judgment

(4.) JOY-Joy at Recognition

Joy of a Pardoned Offender

Joy at a Father's Return.... C. Swain 82

Angels Rejoicing at the Saviour's Birth

R. Montgomery 84

Ecstacy, or Joy in Heavenly Bliss......Pope 85

CAAP. IV.-PASSIONS, WITH MENTAL DISTRESS

(1.) SHAME_Coriolanus ashamed of Public Praise

Shame of Adam and Eve, after their Fall

Shame at deserving Public Disgrace..Dr. Dodd 87

(2.) FEAR—A Tyrant's Fear..

Fear of Cruelty ...

Fear of Apparitions

(3.) GRIEF-A Mother's Grief..

A Lover's Grief

.H. K. White 92

A Widowed Husband's Grief ..Lyttelton 93

A Convict Husband's Grief.. . Dr. Dodd 94

A Convict Mother's Grief

CHAP. V.-PASSIONS, WITH INTENSE EMOTIONS .

(1.) ANGER and RAGE — Adam's Anger against Eve

Henry the Fifth's Anger against Lord Scroop

Queen Katharine's Indignation against Wolsey

Rage of Marmion against Douglas.. W. Scott 99

W. Tell's Rage at being commanded to

bow to Gesler's cap

Duchess of Gloster's Rage against Richard

.. Shakspeare 100

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(2.) HATRED and REVENGE—Coriolanus' Hate of

the Common People Shakspeare 101

Zanga's Hatred of Alonzo

Shylock's Hatred of Antonio ... Shakspeare 102

Brutus' desire to be Revenged on Tarquin

W. Tell's determination to be Revenged on

Shylock's Gratification in the expectation

(3.) REMORSE and DESPAIR-Description of

Earl of Dorset 106

Othello's Remorse.

. Shakspeare 106

A Mother's violent Grief and Despair

Despair at Separation from a Lover..C. Swain 108

Death-bed Despair

Despair with Madness.

. Shakspeare 109

CHAP. VI.-IMPASSIONED SENTIMENT

A noble-minded Abhorrence of Slavery......Cowper 110

A high regard for Woman's Reputation....C. Swain 111

CHAP. VII.-POINT AND WIT ....

(1.) EPIGRAM-Wit Described.

An Epigram Described

The Manchester Millers, Bone and Skin

On the Leaves of a well-bound Book.. Burns 113

“ Dum vivimus, vivamus” Dr. Doddridge 113

Robert Bloomfield

.H. Kirke White 113

Excuse to Charles II.

Interfering with others' Quarrels..Dean Swift 114

(2.) REPARTEE—Dr. Radcliffe and Sir G. Kneller

Reproof of Vanity

Reproof of Conceit.

Wit and Repartee, under Difficulties..Cowper 115

A Severe Retort

(3.) FACETÆ...

116

Humorous Caricature of Popular Valor

and Oratory..

.W. Irving 117

Amusement of Jaques.. . Shakspeare 117

Humorous Illustrations of Artifice and

Honesty

Peter Pindar 118

PARTS II. AND III.

(4.) IRONY, SATIRE, and SARCASM..

Satire Ineffectual when Inapplicable

Satirical description of a Nobleman..Dryden 121

Satire on Ignorant Patrons and Parasitical

Hotspur's Satirical description of a Fop

Cassius' Sarcastic and Ironical description

... Shakspeare 123

Ironical description of Infidelity.... Erskine 124

Ironical Condemnation of British Rule in

... Sheridan 125

(5.) ANECDOTE—Anecdote of R. Hall against

deceiving Children Dr. Gregory 126

Anecdote of Abernethy

. . S. Smiles 126

Anecdotes illustrative of Friendship.. Cowper 127

CHAP. I.-OBJECT OF THE EXERCISES IN PART III......... 129

CHAP. II.—READING ALOUD, RECITING, AND GESTURE 129

CHAP. III.- DIDACTIC PIECES

On the Law of Gravitation.... ..Profes. Airy 131

Hamlet's directions for a Correct Delivery..Shakspeare 132

CHAP. IV.-SIMPLE NARRATION AND DESCRIPTION

A Family of Rank described ..

The Village Schoolmaster described Goldsmith 134

EMOTIONAL NARRATION AND DESCRIPTION....

Description of the Fight between Fitz-James and

Description of a Warrior Dying ..Dr. Croly 137

Clarence's Dream

CHAP. V.-ARGUMENT

Natural appetency for Rectitude. Dr. Chalmers 138

The Existence of Angels ...

Against Tyrannical use of Power Sheridan 141

CHAP. VI.-REQUEST AND SUPPLICATION

Invitation to Companionship

Asking a Favour

. Shakspeare 143

The Athenian Senate requesting Timon's Return

A Mother's Supplication in behalf of her Child

Extract from an Election Speech ....H. Brougham 145

Impassioned Appeal on the Reform Bill

Lord Brougham 145

Calm and earnest Supplication

A Poet's Prayer....

CHAP. VII.-ORATIONS AND OTHER POPULAR ADDRESSES.... 147

Condemnation of Agencies in American War..Chatham 147

Anthony's Address over Cæsar's Body....Shakspeare 149

Panegyric of Pompey

CHAP. VIII.-SOLILOQUY...

Falstaff's Soliloquy on Honour Shakspeare 152

Douglas's Reflections on his Noble Origin.... Home 153

Hamlet's Soliloquy on Death ... Shakspeare 153

Wolsey's Soliloquy on the cause of his Disgrace

CHAP. IX.-PART READING..

(1.) CONTINUOUS DIALOGUE—Interview between

Danton and Robespierre.

The Three Warnings

Mrs. Thrale 157

(2.) CONVERSATIONS in POETRY-Lord Bathurst and

(3.) DRAMATIC PIECES.—Repartee-Don Armado and

... Shakspeare 161

Violent and Contending Emotions—Tubal and

.. Shakspeare 162

Painful Anticipation of Banishment-Friar

... Shakspeare 163

Noble Sentiments—Cato, Sempronius, Lucius,

CHAP. I.-GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE READING OF THE

HOLY SCRIPTURES..

CHAP. II.- PUNCTUATION AND PAUSES

(1.) Improper Division of Chapters

(2.) Periods in the place of Minor Stops

(3.) Verses wherein the Full Terminal Pause is

prejudicial to the Sense ...

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