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William Bentley Fowle · 1829 · Scanned text

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Author
William Bentley Fowle
Language
English
Published
1829
Length
138,011 words · about 9 h 40 min
Sections
5 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public domain

 

Contents (5)
  1. Front matter about 3 min
  2. Part First about 2 min
  3. Part Second. Dramatic Pieces about 1 min
  4. Part Third about 5 h 32 min
  5. Part Second. Dramatic Pieces about 4 h 2 min

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Front matter

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THE

NEW SPEAKER,

Part First

SPEECHES, &c. OF AMERICAN ORATORS.

Ames, on the British Treaty, " Eulogy of Washington, .

IBuckminster, on Toleration,

Clay, on National Glory,

Clinton, on National Greatness,

Channing, on Liberty, " on Milton,

Cushing, July 4, 1821,

Dexter, Samuel, on Non Intercourse,

Dexter, Franklin, July 4, 1819,

" Settlement of New England,

" Advantages of an English Origin,

" Sufferings of the Pilgrims,

« Motives to Intellectual Exertion,

" Lexington Battle,

*' Continuation of the preceding,

" Monument to Harvard,

Everett, John, Prospects of Young Men,

Greenwood, Duty of Educating the Poor,

Henry, Patrick, on Resisting British Aggressions

Harper, on Resisting French Aggression

Hopkinson, on the Seminole War,

Morris, on the Judiciary,

" on the Navigation of the Mississippi,

Madison, on Extent of Country,

McDuffie, on Corruption,

Otis, James, on British Aggressions,

Plnkney, on Slavery,

Piaine, R. T., on French Aggressions,

:Piumer, on Civil Renown,

Rahdolph, on Slavery,

^ush, on British Warfare,

Sergeant, on the Missouri Question,

Story, Character of the Salem Settlers, " Diminution of the Indian Ttibes, " on American Genius, ^« Second Extract,

Page. . 55

80 163

91 179 120 167 100

160 10 57

180 9

INDEX.

Sprague, Charles, Extirpation of the Indians, " " Intrepidity of our Ancestors,

" " Character of La Fayette, .

" " On Intemperance,

Sprague, P., on Revolutionary Pensioners, Webster, Speech of John Adams,

" on the Settlement of New England,

'/ Second Extiact, / . . .

" on the Greek Question,

" on the Trial of Prescott,

" Bunker Hill Monument,

" to the Survivors of the Battle,

" Power of Public Opinion,

" on the Panama Mission, Wilson, in Vindication of the Colonies, Wayland, on the Missionary Enterprise,

'* Second Extract, ....

" Duties of an American Citiaen,

Ware, before the Peace Society, .

SPEECHES, &c. OF FOREIGN AUTHORS

Burke, on Reconciliation with America,

" Description of Junius, ...

" on Economical Reform, " Impeachment of Hastings, " pn the loss of a Son, ....

" Ballot by Beans, . . * .

" on Declining the Poll, Burrowes, Character of Grattan, Bushe, on Amalgamation of Parliaments, Canning, on Peace with France,

« on the Portuguese Expedition,

Curran, Character of Lord Clare,

" on the Pension List, ...

" on Liberty of the Press, " on the Trial of Rowan, " in defence of Finnerty, " Picture of an Informer, Erskine, on the Trial of Williams, Edinburgh Review, on the Present Administration, " " Character of the Puritans,

" " on the Alien Law,

Greenville, on Taxing America, Grattan, Character of Lord Chatham, " on Irish Dependence, " Invective against Corry, Gilchrist, Despotism of European Governments, Home, on Duelling, . . . . .

Junius, to the Duke of Bedford, .

« to the Duke of Grafton, Mansfield, on the Privilege of Parliament, Macintosh, on the Burning of Washington, O'Connor, on Catholic Emancipation,

INDEX.

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Pitt, Reply to Walpole, .4

" Reply to Grenville, 7

" on Sending Troops to Boston, 18

" on Addressing the King, 20

" on Employing the Indians, 22

Pulteney, on Reducing the Army, 30

Phillips, Character of Napoleon, . . . . . . 165

" on Civil Liberty, 184

« Second Extract, 187

« Third Extract, 188

Scott, Peveril of the Peak, 194

" Legend of Montrose, . . • . . . 197 ^ 198

" Address of Richard Coeur de Lion, . . . . 199

Walpole, against Pitt, 2

Part Second. Dramatic Pieces

Othello and lago, ....

Prince Henry and Fal staff.

Scene from Henry VI.

Scene from Venice Preserved, Scene from the Man of the World, Scene from Pizarro, — Pizarro and Gomez

" " Rolla and Alonzo,

Quackery Detected, Scene from ^own and Country, Sir Charles and Lady Racket, Scene from the Siege of Valencia, Scene from the Vespers of Palermo, Scene from the Tragedy of Bertram, William Tell, . . : .

Scene from the Benevolent Jew, Self Interest,

Captai5i Tackle and Jack Bowlin Irish Courtesy, Ennui, ....

King James and Roderick Dhu, Lochiel and the Seer, The Dead Mother, Little Red Riding Hood, Inquisitor and Nathan

Shakspeare.

Id.

Id.

Otway.

. MacJdin. ' Kotezhue.

Id. . TuUn.

Mrs. Hemans.

Id.

. Maturin.

Knowles.

Cumberland.

(Dramatized from Fielding.)

Sedley's Winter in Dublin.

Miss JBurney.

. Scott.

. Campbell.

AthencBum.

Atlantic Souvenir.

(Altered by) Editor.

Literary Vanity, . (Dramatized from Lesage by) Editor

The French Cook, . . . " . Sayings and Doings.

Lord Duberly and Dr Pangloss, . . . , . . .

Pedantry, Original.

Indigestion, . . ... . Scotch JSTewspaper.

The Sick in his ovsrn Despite. . . . . Editor.

The Will, ..... (Dramatized by) Id.

The Haunch of Mutton, . . . (Dramatized by) Id. Pedigree, ......... Id.

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INDEX.

The English Traveller, .

The American Antiquary, .

The Fortune Teller,

Physiognomy,

The Revolutionary Pensioner,

The Thing that 's Right,

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Id.

Id.

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