The Columbian Orator / David W. Blight.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Blight, David W., Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Speeches, addresses, etc.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 p.)

Edition:

Bicentennial edition. / edited, and with an introduction by David W. Blight.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : New York University Press, [1998]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First 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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

EDITOR'S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION

IDENTIFICATION OF AUTHORS

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR SPEAKING

EXTRACT FROM AN ORATION ON ELOQUENCE, PRONOUNCED AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY, ON COMMENCEMENT DAY, 1794 (Perkins)

EXTRACT FROM PRESIDENT WASHINGTON'S FIRST SPEECH IN CONGRESS, 1789

SPEECH OF PAULUS EMILIUS TO THE ROMAN PEOPLE AS HE WAS TAKING THE COMMAND OF THEIR ARMY

EXHORTATION ON TEMPERANCE IN PLEASURE (Blair)

JUDAH'S PLEA FOR HIS BROTHER BENJAMIN, BEFORE JOSEPH IN EGYPT (Philo)

EXTRACT FROM THE PLEA OF THOMAS MUIR, ESQ. AT HIS CELEBRATED TRIAL IN SCOTLAND

ON THE STARRY HEAVENS (Hervey)

PAPER, A POEM (Franklin)

EXTRACT FROM CATO'S SPEECH BEFORE THE ROMAN SENATE, AFTER THE CONSPIRACY OF CATILINE

DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE GHOSTS OF AN ENGLISH DUELLIST, A NORTH-AMERICAN SAVAGE, AND MERCURY (Littleton)

SPEECH OF AN INDIAN CHIEF, OF THE STOCKBRIDGE TRIBE, TO THE MASSACHUSETTS CONGRESS, IN THE YEAR 1775

ON THE CREATION OF THE WORLD (Blair)

LINES SPOKEN AT A SCHOOL-EXHIBITION, BY A LITTLE BOY SEVEN YEARS OLD (Everett)

EXTRACT FROM MR. PITTS SPEECH IN THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT, IN THE YEAR 1766, ON THE SUBJECT OF THE STAMP-ACT

SCENE FROM THE FARCE OF LETHE (Garrick)

EXTRACT FROM THE EULOGY ON DR. FRANKLIN, PRONOUNCED BY THE ABBE FAUCHET, IN THE NAME OF THE COMMONS OF PARIS, 1790

EPILOGUE TO ADDISON'S CATO

SELF-CONCEIT AN ADDRESS, SPOKEN BY A VERY SMALL BOY

HOWARD AND LESTERA DIALOGUE ON LEARNING AND USEFULNESS

CHRIST'S CRUCIFIXION (Cumberland)

THE WONDERS OF NATURE (Hervey)

DIALOGUE ON PHYSIOGNOMY

ORATION 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

ADDRESS OF MR- ADET- FRENCH AMBASSADOR, ON PRESENTING THE COLOURS OF FRANCE, TO THE UNITED STATES, 1796

PRESIDENT WASHINGTON'S ANSWER

THE OPPRESSIVE LANDLORD

LORD MANSFIELD'S SPEECH, IN SUPPORT OF A BILL FOR PREVENTING DELAYS OF JUSTICE, BY REASON OF PRIVILEGE OF PARLIAMENT, 1770

EXTRACT FROM A SERMON ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT (Davies)

CHRIST TRIUMPHANT OVER THE APOSTATE ANGELS (Milton)

SLAVES IN BARBARY (Everett)

CONCLUSION 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

SOCRATES' DEFENCE BEFORE HIS ACCUSERS AND JUDGES

DIALOGUE ON COWARDICE AND KNAVERY

MR. SHERIDAN'S SPEECH AGAINST MR. TAYLOR

PART OF CICERO'S ORATION AGAINST CATILINE

DESCRIPTION OF THE FIRST AMERICAN CONGRESS; FROM THE VISION OF COLUMBUS (Barlow)

SPEECH OF BUONAPARTE, COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE FRENCH ARMY IN ITALY, TO HIS BRETHREN IN ARMS

REFLECTIONS OVER THE GRAVE OF A YOUNG MAN (Hervey)

SCENE FROM THE DRAMA OF "MOSES IN THE BULRUSHES" (H. Moore)

SPEECH OF GAIUS CASSIUS TO HIS COLLECTED FORCES, AFTER THE DEATH OF CESAR

PART OF MR. ERSKINE'S SPEECH AGAINST MR. PITT, 1784

EXTRACT FROM PRESIDENT WASHINGTON'S ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, SEPT. 17, 1796

DIALOGUE ON THE CHOICE OF BUSINESS FOR LIFE

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Recitations.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jun 2020)

ISBN:

0-8147-3921-0

OCLC:

784884456