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3. Fame a commendable Passion....
6. Character of Mr. Pitt.......
7. The Truth frees us from the slavish Fear of Death...
8. Funeral Eulogium on Dr. Franklin.....
9. The Speech of a Roman Officer to his Soldiers.....
10. Song, from the Lady of the Lake...
11. A Thought on Eternity.
12. The Art of Criticism...
13. Against Suicide.....
14. On the Importance of Time to Man.....
15. Speech of Richard Henry Lee in Congress, 5th of June,
1776, in favour of the Declaration of Independence...... 87
16. Speech of Patrick Henry before the Virginia Convention of
Delegates, March, 1775.....
17. Supposed Speech of John Adams in favour of the Declaration
of Independence..
18. Specimen of the Eloquence of James Otis..
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19. Vindication of Spain, (pronounced during the Debate on the
Seminole War, in Congress, 1819).....
20. Close of an Oration on the Death of John Adams and
Thomas Jefferson.....
101
24. Hymn of the Moravian Nuns at the Consecration of Pu-
laski's Banner......
... 106
25. Extract from a Speech of G. Morris, in Congress, on the
Navigation of the Mississippi.
.... 108
26. Gen. Washington to his Troops, (delivered before the Battle
of Long Island, 1776)..
110
27. Extract from the Address of the American Congress to the
Inhabitants of Great Britain, 1775...
111
28. Character of Blannerhassett..
113
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29. Extract from Mr. Hayne's Speech in the Senate of the United
33. Speech of Salathiel in favour of resisting the Roman Power. 120
34. Extract from a Speech of Patrick Henry in the Legislature
Pago
of Virginia, in favour of permitting the British Refugees to
return to the United States..
122
35. Extract from a Speech of John Randolph in the Convention
43. Extract from a Speech of Mr. G. Morris on the Judiciary
47. On the Works and Attributes of the Almighty.
144
48. On the Beauties of Nature...
145
49. On Autumn....
146
50. Extract from a Speech of James Wilson, in the Convention
for the Province of Pennsylvania, in Vindication of the
Colonies, January, 1775.....
148
51. The Soldier's Dream..
152
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52. Extract from a Speech of Patrick Henry, on the Expediency
of adopting the Federal Constitution, (delivered in the
Convention of Virginia, June 5, 1788)..
53. Second Extract from the same..
54. Third Extract from the same...
55. Fourth Extract from the same.
56. Fifth Extract from the same....
57. The Battle of Busaco....
58. Boadicea, an Ode....
59. On the Downfall of Poland
60. On ancient Greece....
61. Loudhon's Attack-a Hungarian War-song.
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62. The Day of Judgment...
63. Extract from a Speech of Edmund Randolph, on the Expe-
diency of adopting the Federal Constitution, (delivered in
the Convention of Virginia, June 6, 1788)....
$4. Second Extract from the same..
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65. Third Extract from the Speech of Edmund Randolph..
175
66. The dying Chief.......
178
71. Extract from a Speech of Robert G. Harper, on the Necessity
of resisting the Aggressions and Encroachments of France,
(delivered in the House of Representatives, May 29, 1797) 183
72. Song of Outalissi.......
73. The Burial of Sir John Moore..
74. Battle Hymn......
75. Extract from a Speech of James A. Bayard, on the Judiciary
Act, (delivered in the House of Representatives of the
United States, February 19, 1802).....
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76. Extract from a Speech of John Randolph, in Committee of the
whole House of Representatives, on Mr. Gregg's Resolution
to prohibit the Importation of British Goods into the United
States, March 5, 1806...
77. Second Extract from the same.
78. Dress and Armour of Sir Hudibras.
79. Description of Wyoming..
80. Song of the Greek Bard.
81. Description of the Minstrel.
82. Description of Rome.....
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83. Invocation......
84. Extract from a Speech of John Randolph, (delivered in the
House of Representatives of the United States, December
91. Extract from Roderick, the last of the Goths....
225
92. The African Chief.......
226
93. The Greek Partisan..
227
94. Speech of John C. Calhoun, in the House of Representatives
of the United States, December 12, 1811.....
228
95. Conclusion of the Speech of John C. Calhoun..
233
101. The Example of the Northern to the Southern Republics of
America.
247
107. An Indian at the Burying-place of his Fathers..
02. Close of the Speech of Daniel Webster on the Greek Ques-
tion, in the House of Representatives of the United States,
January, 1824.......
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103. Mr. Poinsett's Speech on the same Question..
104. Conclusion of Mr. Clay's Speech on the same Question.... 259
105. Extract from a Speech of John Randolph on the same Ques-
tion..
106. Second Extract from the same Speech.....
108. The Treasures of the Deep...
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114. Extract from Mr. Webster's Speech, at the Dinner in honour
of the Memory of Washington, in the City of Washington,
February 22, 1832...
278
115. Extract from Mr. Hayne's Speech on the Tariff Bill, in Con-
gress, January, 1832...
281
116. The Mountain Church...
285
117. The Mother and her Infants.
286
118. Scene in the burning of Rome by Nero.....
287
119. Extract from Mr. Webster's Speech on the Trial of J. F. Knapp 290
120. The Value of the Bible......
293
121. The Pleasures and Pains of the Student...
294
122. Mary Anna Gibbes; the young Heroine of Stono..
298
123. The first Crusaders before Jerusalem...
301
124. James Oglethorpe....
304
125. Address of Daniel Webster to the Survivors of the Battle of
Bunker Hill, (delivered at the laying of the Corner-stone
of the Bunker Hill Monument)...
306
126. The Patronage of Sovereigns...
127. The Mothers of the West.......
128. Extract from the Partisan.....
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129. Extent of Country not dangerous to the Union......
317
134. Speech of Robert Emmett, at the close of his Trial for High
137. Mr. Clay's Speech on Occasion of introducing his Public
Lands Bill...
332
138. Extract from Sir James M'Intosh's Speech on the Trial of
148. Influence of great Actions dependent on their Results..
350
152. Noble Burst of Judicial Eloquence.-Delivered in the cele-
brated Case of the King against John Wilkes..............
355
153. Speech of Lord Chancellor Thurlow in the House of Lords,
in Reply to the Duke of Grafton.....
357
154. Conduct of La Fayette in the American Revolution....
155. The Mob...
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