THE SPEAKER: OR, MISCELLANEOUS PIECES SELECTED FROM THE BEST ENGLISH WRITERS, WITH A VIEW TO FACILITATE THE IMPROVEMENT OF YOUTH IN. READING AND SPEAKING. TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED, TWO ESSAYS: I. ON ELOCUTION.-II. ON READING WORKS OF TASTE. BY WILLIAM ENFIELD, LL.D. ...Oculos, paulum tellure moratos, Genuine Edition. EDITED, WITH THE ADDITION OF POPULAR PIECES FROM MODERN AUTHORS, SELECTED BY THE REV. JAMES PYCROFT, B.A. AUTHOR OF THE PERPETUAL CURATE OF ST. MARY MAGDALEN, BARNSTAPLE; "RECOLLECTIONS OF COLLEGE DAYS," "COURSE OF ENGLISH READING," LONDON: LONGMAN AND CO.; HAMILTON AND CO.; J. M. RICHARDSON; SIMPKIN, 1851. 270. c. 102. ΤΟ JOHN CARILL WORSLEY, ESQ., LATE PRESIDENT OF THE ACADEMY IN WARRINGTON. SIR, THIS work having been undertaken principally with the design of assisting the Students at WARRINGTON in acquiring a just and graceful Elocution, I feel a peculiar propriety in addressing it to you, as a public acknowledgment of the steady support which you have given to this institution, and the important services which you have rendered it. In this Seminary, which was at first established, and has been uniformly conducted, on the extensive plan of providing a proper course of Instruction for young men in the most useful branches of Science and Literature, you have seen many respectable characters formed, who are now filling up their stations in society with reputation to themselves and advantage to the public. And while |