:

THE

UNITED STATES SPEAKER:

A COPIOUS SELECTION OF

EXERCISES IN ELOCUTION.

CONSISTING OF

PROSE, POETRY, AND DIALOGUE:

DRAWN CHIEFLY

FROM THE MOST APPROVED WRITERS OF GREAT BRITAIN
AND AMERICA: INCLUDING A VARIETY OF PIECES

SUITABLE FOR VERY YOUNG SPEAKERS

DESIGNED FOR THE

USE OF COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS.

BY JOHN E. LOVELL,

FORMERLY INSTRUCTOR OF ELOCUTION IN THE MOUNT PLEASANT CLASSIQAR
INSTITUTION, AMHERST, MASS.

“Delivery, I say, bears absolute sway in Oratory.”—Cicero.

"Let them enjoy their persuasion, who think, that to be born is sufficient to mokos
man an Orator: they will pardon our labor, who think, that nothing can arrive at pea
fection, unless when nature is assisted by careful cultivation.”—Quintillian.

STEREOTYPE EDITION,

REVISED AND IMPROVED.

NEW YORK:

COLLINS & BROTHER, PUBLISHERS,