IN

ELOCUTION,

OR,

A SELECTION OF PIECES,

IN PROSE AND VERSE,

FOR THE

IMPROVEMENT OF YOUTH

IN

READING AND SPEAKING.

BY WILLIAM SCOTT.

To which are prefixed

ELEMENTS OF GESTURE,

XLLUSTRATED BY YOUR PLATES; AND RULES
FOR EXPRESSING, WITH PROPRIETY,
THE VARIOUS PASSIONS

OF THE MIND.

ALSO, AN

APPENDIX,

CONTAINING LESSONS ON A NEW PLAN.

MONTPELIER, VT..

Pablished by E. P. & G. S. WALTON,

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTORY LESSONS.

4. ON the speaking of speeches at schools,

2. On the acting of plays at schools,

3. Rules for expressing with propriety, the

principal passions and humors, which

occur in reading or public speaking,

Rules respecting elocution,

Page.

Walker, 11

ib. 21

Burgh, 27

Walker, 44

10. The sick lion, the fox and the wolf,

PART I.-LESSONS IN READING.

SECTION I.

1. to 5. Select sentences,

6. The fox and the goat,

7. The fox and the stork,

8. The court of death,

9. The partial judge,

11. Dishonesty punished,

Kane's hints,

61

12. The picture,

ib.

62

13. The two bees,

14. Beauty and deformity,

3. Dionysius and Damocles,

17. Character of Cataline,

18. Avarice and Luxury,

15. Remarkable instance of friendship, Art of Speaking, 64

64

Sallust. 65

Dodsley's Fables, 62

ib.

Spectator,

69

Chesterfield,

72

Knox,

75