OR, A

SELECTION OF PIECES,

IN

PROSE AND VERSE,

FOR THE

IMPROVEMENT OF YOUTH

IN

| READING & SPEAKING,

BY WILLIAM SCOTT.

TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED

ELEMENTS OF GESTURE.

ILLUSTRATED BY FOUR PLATES; AND RULES FOR
EXPRESSING WITH PROPRIETY, THE VARIOUS

PASSIONS, &C. OF THE MIND.

ALSO, AN

APPENDIX,

CONTAINING LESSONS ON A NEW PLAN.

LEICESTER :
PRINTED BY HORI BROWN,

INTRODUCTORY LESSONS.

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10.

1. On the speaking of speeches at schools, Walker,

2. On the acting of plays at schools,

3. Rules for expressing with propriety, the prin:

cipal passions and humors, which occur in

reading or public speaking, . . Burgh,

Rules respecting elucution, . . Backer

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PART I.-LESSONS IN READING.

SECTION 1.

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1. to 5. Select sentences, - - Ari of Thinking

6. The fox and the goat, - - Dodsley's fables, 6%

7. The fox and the stork, - - - 10. -

8. The court of death, -

ib. -

9. The partial jedge, -

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

11. Dishonesty punished, - - Kane's all 81

12. The picture, .

. ib. -

13. The two bees.......

- Dodsley's Fables,

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14. Beauty and deformity.

Pencere Tales,

15. Remarkable mstance of friendship, Art of Speaking,

16. Dionysius and Damocles,

17. Character of Catalire, - -

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Salliist,

Sallrist,

18. Avarice and Luxury, - - Spectator,

19. Hercules' choice, - - l'atler,
20. Will Honeycomb's Spectatois - Spectator,

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21. On gocd breeding, ' - - Chesterfieid, -

22. Address to a young student, - Knox,

23. Advantages of and motives to cheerfulness, Spectałcr, 84

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