Dwyer, Elocution with Essays by Different Authors, 1829
"An Essay on Elocution: with Elucidatory Passages from Various Authors to which are added Remarks on Reading Prose and Verse, with suggestions to Instructors of the Art" by J.H. Dwyer, Lecturer on, and Teacher of Elocution, Third Edition printed for the author by Northway & Porter, Printers, Utica, NY, 1829; copyright by J.H. Dwyer, 1824, District of Ohio [Cincinnati].
This book was reprinted until the middle of the 1850s. Different editions contain variations and different selected essays.
John Hanbury Dwyer (1780-1843), an Irish-born actor, immigrated to the United States in 1811. He acted in the Albany, NY theater for many years until he retired from the stage in 1839. Dwyer also toured the country, giving a series of recitations "from the most admired authors." (Reference: H.P. Phelps, Players of a Century: A Record of the Albany Stage [Albany, 1880], 46-47; Joel Munsell, The Annals of Albany [10 vols.; Albany, 1849-59], 4:283; Boston Daily Atlas, 21 Dec. 1843; Washington Daily National Journal, 15 June 1830].
Contents of this edition:
Preface. Essay on Elocution Remarks on Reading Prose and Verse Suggestions to Teachers of the Arts. Select Sentences.ELOQUENCE OF RELIGION:
The Saviour's Sermon on the Mount. Corinthians, XV. Paul's Defence before Agrippa. Extract from the XIV Chapter of Job.
Rev. W.B. Kirwan: Character of a Christian Mother, Character of a Christian Wife, Character of a Libertine, The Miser, Advice to parents
ELOQUENCE OF THE BAR:
The Cause of Justice Johnson. Finerty's Trial. Rowan's Trial
ELOQUENCE OF POPULAR ASSEMBLIES:
Speech of Patrick Henry (1775)
Declaration of Independence (Jefferson)
Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States
Daniel Webster: A Discourse delivered at Plymouth, December 22, 1820, in commemoration of the first settlement of New England. On the Greek Revolution
Extract from an Oration, delivered in the New York Forum (April, 1821,Dwyer). Eulogy Pronounced at the City of Washington, Oct. 19, 1826 (William Wirt).
Description of General Conway's situation on the Repeal of the American Stamp Act (Burke). Description of Junius (Burke) Lamentation for the loss of his Son, Character of Mr. Fox, in support of his India Bill (Burke)
On Thomas Addis Emmett, Esq. (Dwyer). Character of Lord Chatham (Grattan). Invective against Mr. Corry in reply to his Aspersions (Grattan). Extracts from a Speech against Warren Hastings (Sheridan).
A Speech delivered at Cheltenham, on the 7th October, 1819, at the Fourth Anniversary of the Gloucester Missionary Society. A Speech delivered at a Dinner given on Dinas Island, in the Lake of Killarney, &c. (Phillips). On Education (Phillips).
SUBJECTS DESCRIPTIVE AND MISCELLANEOUS:
The Self Inflicting Torments of the Gamester (Godwin). A Description of the field of Battle, where Varus the Roman General and his Army, had been destroyed by Armineus; also of the Tribute of respect paid by Germanicus and his Legions, to the scattered and unburied bones of their slaughtered countrymen (Tacitus)
Condition Report: Hard boards, cloth spine [spine cloth damages and repairs: see photos]; 4.1/2” x 7.1/2”; name inside cover, slightly damaged front endpaper; 301 pages + Contents, some small corner damage, some foxing, good condition.
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"An Essay on Elocution: with Elucidatory Passages from Various Authors to which are added Remarks on Reading Prose and Verse, with suggestions to Instructors of the Art" by J.H. Dwyer, Lecturer on, and Teacher of Elocution, Third Edition printed for the author by Northway & Porter, Printers, Utica, NY, 1829; copyright by J.H. Dwyer, 1824, District of Ohio [Cincinnati].
This book was reprinted until the middle of the 1850s. Different editions contain variations and different selected essays.
John Hanbury Dwyer (1780-1843), an Irish-born actor, immigrated to the United States in 1811. He acted in the Albany, NY theater for many years until he retired from the stage in 1839. Dwyer also toured the country, giving a series of recitations "from the most admired authors." (Reference: H.P. Phelps, Players of a Century: A Record of the Albany Stage [Albany, 1880], 46-47; Joel Munsell, The Annals of Albany [10 vols.; Albany, 1849-59], 4:283; Boston Daily Atlas, 21 Dec. 1843; Washington Daily National Journal, 15 June 1830].
Contents of this edition:
Preface. Essay on Elocution Remarks on Reading Prose and Verse Suggestions to Teachers of the Arts. Select Sentences.ELOQUENCE OF RELIGION:
The Saviour's Sermon on the Mount. Corinthians, XV. Paul's Defence before Agrippa. Extract from the XIV Chapter of Job.
Rev. W.B. Kirwan: Character of a Christian Mother, Character of a Christian Wife, Character of a Libertine, The Miser, Advice to parents
ELOQUENCE OF THE BAR:
The Cause of Justice Johnson. Finerty's Trial. Rowan's Trial
ELOQUENCE OF POPULAR ASSEMBLIES:
Speech of Patrick Henry (1775)
Declaration of Independence (Jefferson)
Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States
Daniel Webster: A Discourse delivered at Plymouth, December 22, 1820, in commemoration of the first settlement of New England. On the Greek Revolution
Extract from an Oration, delivered in the New York Forum (April, 1821,Dwyer). Eulogy Pronounced at the City of Washington, Oct. 19, 1826 (William Wirt).
Description of General Conway's situation on the Repeal of the American Stamp Act (Burke). Description of Junius (Burke) Lamentation for the loss of his Son, Character of Mr. Fox, in support of his India Bill (Burke)
On Thomas Addis Emmett, Esq. (Dwyer). Character of Lord Chatham (Grattan). Invective against Mr. Corry in reply to his Aspersions (Grattan). Extracts from a Speech against Warren Hastings (Sheridan).
A Speech delivered at Cheltenham, on the 7th October, 1819, at the Fourth Anniversary of the Gloucester Missionary Society. A Speech delivered at a Dinner given on Dinas Island, in the Lake of Killarney, &c. (Phillips). On Education (Phillips).
SUBJECTS DESCRIPTIVE AND MISCELLANEOUS:
The Self Inflicting Torments of the Gamester (Godwin). A Description of the field of Battle, where Varus the Roman General and his Army, had been destroyed by Armineus; also of the Tribute of respect paid by Germanicus and his Legions, to the scattered and unburied bones of their slaughtered countrymen (Tacitus)
Condition Report: Hard boards, cloth spine [spine cloth damages and repairs: see photos]; 4.1/2” x 7.1/2”; name inside cover, slightly damaged front endpaper; 301 pages + Contents, some small corner damage, some foxing, good condition.
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