The Columbian Orator


Leído por 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)

Capítulos

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

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(3 stars)

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