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IN NO

Library

of

THE

AMERICAN ORAT

OR,

Elegant Extracts in Prose an

COMPREHENDING A DIVERSITY

ORATORICAL SPECIN

OF THE

Eloquence of Popular Ass

OF THE BAR, OF THE PULPIT

Principally intended for the use of Schools an

TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED

A DISSERTATION ON

Dratorical Delivery and the Dutlines of

"There is as much Eloquence in the Tone of Voice, in th Gesture of an Orator, as in the Use of his W

BY INCREASE COOKE.

7 056 725

SIDNEY'S PRESS.

For John Babcock & Son, New-Haven, an

S. & W. R. Babcock, Charleston, S. C.

1819.

District of Connecticut, to wit.

BE it remembered, That on the nineteenth day of October, in the thirty-sixth year of the Independence of the United States of America, Increase Cooke, of the said District, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit, "The American Orator, or elegant extracts in prose and poetry, comprehending a diversity of oratorical specimens of the eloquence of popular assemblies, of the bar, of the pulpit, &c. principally intended for the use of schools and academies. To which are prefixed a dissertation on oratorical delivery, and the outlines of gesture.—By Increase Cooke." There is as much eloquence in the tone of voice, in the look, and in the gesture of an orator, as in the use of his words.". -In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, " An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned."

HENRY W. EDWARDS, Clerk of the District

of Connecticut.

A true copy of Record, examined and sealed by me,
H. W. EDWARDS, Clerk of the District
of Connecticut.

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY
THE BEQUEST OF

THEODORE JEWETT EASTMAN

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