Columbian Orator

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Essays & Short Works, Writing & Linguistics, Short non-fiction

Authors: Caleb Bingham In Year : 1817

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Columbian Orator

00 - Introduction and Preface
01 - General Instructions for Speaking
02 - Oration on Eloquence - Perkins
03 - Speech in Congress, 1789 - Washington
04 - Speech of a Roman General - P. Emilius
05 - Exhortation on Temperance in Pleasure - Blair
06 - Judah's Plea for Benjamin, before Joseph - Philo
07 - Plea in behalf of Thomas Muir - Muir
08 - On the starry Heavens - Hervey
09 - Paper, a Poem - Franklin
10 - Speech before the Roman Senate - Cato
11 - Dialogue between Duellist, Savage, and Mercury - Littleton
12 - Speech of an Indian Chief
13 - On the Creation of the World - Blair
14 - Lines spoken by a little Boy - Everett
15 - Speech in the British Parliament, 1766 - Pitt
16 - Scene from the Farce of Lethe - Garrick
17 - Eulogy on Dr. Franklin - Fauchet
18 - Epilogue to Addison's Cato
19 - Self-Conceit, an Address by a small Boy
20 - Dialogue between Howard and Lester
21 - Christ's Crucifixion - Cumberland
22 - The Wonders of Nature - Hervey
23 - Dialogue on Physiognomy
24 - Oration at the Festival of Gratitude - Carnot
25 - Address to the President of the United States - Adet
26 - President's Answer - Washington
27 - The oppressive Landlord, a Dialogue
28 - Speech in the British Parhament, 1770 - Mansfield
29 - On the Day of Judgment - Davies
30 - Christ triumphant over the apostate Angels - Milton
31 - Slaves in Barbary, a Drama in two Acts - Everett
32 - Speech in the British Parliament, 1770 - Pitt
33 - Plea before a Roman Court - Socrates
34 - Dialogue on Cowardice and Knavery
35 - Speech in the British Parliament - - Sheridan
36 - Extract from an Oration against Catiline - Cicero
37 - Description of the first American Congress - Barlow
38 - Speech of a French General to his Army - Buonaparte
39 - Reflections over the Grave of a young Man - Hervey
40 - Scene from the Drama of "Moses in the Bulrushes" - H. More
41 - Speech of a Roman General - C. Cassius
42 - Speech in the British Parliament, 1784 - Erskine
43 - Address to the People of the United States - Washington
44 - Dialogue on the Choice of Business for Life
45 - Speech of a French General - Buonaparte
46 - Speech in the British Parliament, 1777 - Pitt
47 - Dialogue between a Schoolmaster and School-Committee
48 - Speech in the British Pariiament, 1770 - Pitt
49 - On the general Judgment Day - Dwight
50 - On the Works of Creation and Providence - Hervey
51 - Speech in the British Parliament, 1770 - Fox
52 - The Conjurer, a Dialogue - Everett
53 - Speech in the British Parliament, 1775 - Pitt
54 - Speech of the Caledonian General - Galgachus
55 - Modern Education, a Dialogue
56 - On the Existence of God, a Sermon - Maxcy
57 - The Dignity of Human Nature - Burges
58 - Infernal Conference - Cumberland
59 - Speech in the British Parliament, 1777 - Pitt
60 - On the Day of Judgment - Young
61 - The dissipated Oxford Student - Altered from Burney
62 - Speech in Congress, on the British Treaty - Ames
63 - Oration on Independence, July 4, 1796 - Blake
64 - General Description of America, a Poem - Everett
65 - Dialogue between a Master and Slave - Aikin
66 - Speech in the Irish Parliament - O'Connor
67 - Scene from the Tragedy of Tamerlane - Rowe
68 - Speech in the British Parliament - Barre
69 - The Last Day - Everett
70 - Dialogue on Loquacity
71 - American Sages - Barlow
72 - Speech in the British Parliament, 1777 - Pitt
73 - Scene from the Tragedy of Cato - Addison
74 - Oration delivered at Boston, July 4, 1794 - Phillips
75 - Dialogue between a White Man and an Indian - Everett
76 - Oration, pronounced at Boston, July 4, 1796 - Lathrop
77 - Dialogue between Edward and Harry - Everett
78 - David and Goliath - H. More
79 - Oration on the Powers of Eloquence
80 - Dialogue on Civilization
81 - Oration on the Manumission of Slaves - Miller
82 - A Forensic Dispute - Everett
83 - Oration delivered at Boston, March 5th, 1780 - Mason

The Columbian Orator, a collection of political essays, poems, and dialogues first published in 1797, was widely used in American schoolrooms in the first quarter of the 19th century to teach reading and speaking. Typical of many readers of that period, the anthology included many speeches celebrating "republican virtues" and promoting patriotism. The Columbian Orator is an example of progymnasmata, containing examples for students to copy and imitate. In his Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, former slave and abolitionist writer Douglass describes how he "got hold" of a copy of the Columbian Orator at the age of twelve, with far-reaching consequences for his life. - Summary by Wikipedia

Some of the sections were done as Dramas instead of solos. The readers for these Dramas are: Kalynda, MaryAnnS, Algy Pug, Linette Geisel, David Olson, progressingamerica, Chuck Williamson, A LibriVox Volunteer, Larry Wilson, Sonia, Craig Franklin, Nemo, Leanne Yau, Tomas Peter, Jim Locke, April6090, and CarinaStarr7.

The dramas were edited and proof listened by Linette Geisel and A LibriVox Volunteer.