The Columbian Orator


Lu par LibriVox Volunteers

(3.8 stars; 4 reviews)

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. (11 hr 33 min)

Chapitres

00 - Introduction and Preface 3:03 Lu par TheNeobro
01 - General Instructions for Speaking 53:15 Lu par Jim Locke
02 - Oration on Eloquence - Perkins 8:53 Lu par TheNeobro
03 - Speech in Congress, 1789 - Washington 5:22 Lu par A LibriVox Volunteer
04 - Speech of a Roman General - P. Emilius 4:16 Lu par DebK
05 - Exhortation on Temperance in Pleasure - Blair 5:20 Lu par Jim Locke
06 - Judah's Plea for Benjamin, before Joseph - Philo 5:26 Lu par A LibriVox Volunteer
07 - Plea in behalf of Thomas Muir - Muir 4:13 Lu par A LibriVox Volunteer
08 - On the starry Heavens - Hervey 6:01 Lu par A LibriVox Volunteer
09 - Paper, a Poem - Franklin 3:55
10 - Speech before the Roman Senate - Cato 3:15 Lu par DebK
11 - Dialogue between Duellist, Savage, and Mercury - Littleton 10:25 Lu par LibriVox Volunteers
12 - Speech of an Indian Chief 3:42 Lu par Jim Locke
13 - On the Creation of the World - Blair 5:28 Lu par Jim Locke
14 - Lines spoken by a little Boy - Everett 1:48 Lu par A LibriVox Volunteer
15 - Speech in the British Parliament, 1766 - Pitt 6:37 Lu par A LibriVox Volunteer
16 - Scene from the Farce of Lethe - Garrick 6:55 Lu par A LibriVox Volunteer
17 - Eulogy on Dr. Franklin - Fauchet 11:49 Lu par Jim Locke
18 - Epilogue to Addison's Cato 2:47 Lu par Jim Locke
19 - Self-Conceit, an Address by a small Boy 5:04 Lu par Jim Locke
20 - Dialogue between Howard and Lester 4:00 Lu par Jim Locke
21 - Christ's Crucifixion - Cumberland 7:48 Lu par Jim Locke
22 - The Wonders of Nature - Hervey 4:00 Lu par Jim Locke
23 - Dialogue on Physiognomy 5:55 Lu par Jim Locke
24 - Oration at the Festival of Gratitude - Carnot 8:08 Lu par Jim Locke
25 - Address to the President of the United States - Adet 3:19 Lu par Jim Locke
26 - President's Answer - Washington 3:18 Lu par Jim Locke
27 - The oppressive Landlord, a Dialogue 14:18 Lu par A LibriVox Volunteer
28 - Speech in the British Parhament, 1770 - Mansfield 7:07 Lu par A LibriVox Volunteer
29 - On the Day of Judgment - Davies 6:00 Lu par Jim Locke
30 - Christ triumphant over the apostate Angels - Milton 4:42 Lu par Jim Locke
31 - Slaves in Barbary, a Drama in two Acts - Everett 36:59 Lu par LibriVox Volunteers
32 - Speech in the British Parliament, 1770 - Pitt 9:06 Lu par A LibriVox Volunteer
33 - Plea before a Roman Court - Socrates 8:56 Lu par A LibriVox Volunteer
34 - Dialogue on Cowardice and Knavery 8:26 Lu par LibriVox Volunteers
35 - Speech in the British Parliament - - Sheridan 4:07 Lu par A LibriVox Volunteer
36 - Extract from an Oration against Catiline - Cicero 2:47 Lu par DebK
37 - Description of the first American Congress - Barlow 5:27 Lu par A LibriVox Volunteer
38 - Speech of a French General to his Army - Buonaparte 3:54 Lu par Jim Locke
39 - Reflections over the Grave of a young Man - Hervey 2:54 Lu par Jim Locke
40 - Scene from the Drama of "Moses in the Bulrushes" - H. More 8:28 Lu par Jim Locke
41 - Speech of a Roman General - C. Cassius 4:39 Lu par DebK
42 - Speech in the British Parliament, 1784 - Erskine 6:42 Lu par Jim Locke
43 - Address to the People of the United States - Washington 8:15 Lu par Brian Darby
44 - Dialogue on the Choice of Business for Life 8:11 Lu par LibriVox Volunteers
45 - Speech of a French General - Buonaparte 5:52 Lu par Brian Darby
46 - Speech in the British Parliament, 1777 - Pitt 5:17 Lu par progressingamerica
47 - Dialogue between a Schoolmaster and School-Committee 16:27 Lu par LibriVox Volunteers
48 - Speech in the British Pariiament, 1770 - Pitt 8:17 Lu par Jim Locke
49 - On the general Judgment Day - Dwight 6:22 Lu par Jim Locke
50 - On the Works of Creation and Providence - Hervey 3:16 Lu par A LibriVox Volunteer
51 - Speech in the British Parliament, 1770 - Fox 6:33 Lu par Jim Locke
52 - The Conjurer, a Dialogue - Everett 21:04 Lu par LibriVox Volunteers
53 - Speech in the British Parliament, 1775 - Pitt 4:05 Lu par Jim Locke
54 - Speech of the Caledonian General - Galgachus 7:25 Lu par Jim Locke
55 - Modern Education, a Dialogue 13:35 Lu par Jim Locke
56 - On the Existence of God, a Sermon - Maxcy 20:01 Lu par Jim Locke
57 - The Dignity of Human Nature - Burges 3:48 Lu par Jim Locke
58 - Infernal Conference - Cumberland 20:51 Lu par Jim Locke
59 - Speech in the British Parliament, 1777 - Pitt 6:40 Lu par Jim Locke
60 - On the Day of Judgment - Young 4:25 Lu par Jim Locke
61 - The dissipated Oxford Student - Altered from Burney 23:56 Lu par Jim Locke
62 - Speech in Congress, on the British Treaty - Ames 8:56 Lu par Jim Locke
63 - Oration on Independence, July 4, 1796 - Blake 6:28 Lu par SunnyMoroz
64 - General Description of America, a Poem - Everett 6:17 Lu par A LibriVox Volunteer
65 - Dialogue between a Master and Slave - Aikin 6:36 Lu par Jim Locke
66 - Speech in the Irish Parliament - O'Connor 15:45 Lu par Carol
67 - Scene from the Tragedy of Tamerlane - Rowe 9:23 Lu par LibriVox Volunteers
68 - Speech in the British Parliament - Barre 3:55 Lu par Jim Locke
69 - The Last Day - Everett 8:25 Lu par A LibriVox Volunteer
70 - Dialogue on Loquacity 8:47 Lu par Jim Locke
71 - American Sages - Barlow 2:42 Lu par Jim Locke
72 - Speech in the British Parliament, 1777 - Pitt 8:21 Lu par Larry Wilson
73 - Scene from the Tragedy of Cato - Addison 5:33 Lu par Jim Locke
74 - Oration delivered at Boston, July 4, 1794 - Phillips 2:29 Lu par Jim Locke
75 - Dialogue between a White Man and an Indian - Everett 8:13 Lu par Jim Locke
76 - Oration, pronounced at Boston, July 4, 1796 - Lathrop 5:47 Lu par Jim Locke
77 - Dialogue between Edward and Harry - Everett 7:23 Lu par LibriVox Volunteers
78 - David and Goliath - H. More 8:28 Lu par Jim Locke
79 - Oration on the Powers of Eloquence 18:44 Lu par Jim Locke
80 - Dialogue on Civilization 10:30 Lu par Jim Locke
81 - Oration on the Manumission of Slaves - Miller 4:04 Lu par A LibriVox Volunteer
82 - A Forensic Dispute - Everett 10:36 Lu par Jim Locke
83 - Oration delivered at Boston, March 5th, 1780 - Mason 2:46 Lu par Jim Locke

Critiques


(3 stars)

I don’t want to say the readers were poor choices, laborious manner, poor affect, but they were. Couldn’t finish it.