Excelsior, compendium of literature and Elocution / by a Catholic Teacher

New York : William H. Sadlier, 1878

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Preliminares.

Parte I.

Practical Elocution.- Orthoepy - I. Articulation - Definitions - Oral Elements - Table of Oral Elements - Cognates - Alphabetic Equivalents.

Oral Elements combined.- Oral Elements combined - Errors in Articulation - Words - Analysis of Words - Rules in Articulation - Exercises in Articulation - Phonetic Laughter

II. Syllabication.- III. Accent.

Expression.

I. Emphasis - II. Inflection - III. Slur. Exercises in Slur.

IV. Modulation - V. Monotone. Exercises in Monotone.

VI. Personation.- VII. Pauses.

Parte II. Select Readings.

Section I.

Section II.
The March of Humanity.- Saint Gregory the Great- Part First.

Saint Gregory the Great- Part Second.- St. Antonino, Archbishop of Florence.

Section III.

Section IV. A Christian Hero.

Section V.

Section VI.

Section VII.
Prison Scene from "Callista" - Taking Down the Edict- Part First - Taking Down the Edict- Part Second.

"Post Hoc Exilium" - Devotion to the Blessed Virgin - "Mater Admirabilis

Section VIII.
Letter to an Invalid.- King's Bridge.

The World - The Church and the World - The Last Man.

Section IX.

Section X.

Section XI.

Section XII.

Section XIII.

Section XIV.

Better Moments - About Impartiality- Part First - About Impartiality- Part Second.

King Robert of Sicily.

Section XV.
The Siege of Paris- Part First.- The Siege of Paris- Part Second.

Herve Riel.- Recapture of the Philadelphia.

Section XVI.

Section XVII.
Invisible and spiritual Enemies - The Western World - Birth of the Franciscan Order - Christian Warfare.

St. Pius V - Secret of Lacordaire´s Greatness - De la Salle and James II.
Character of Washington.

Section XVIII.

Section XIX.
Scene from Wallenstein.- Grant's Story.

Character as exhibited in Furniture.- The Scholar and the World.

Section XX.
The Glaciers of the Alps- Part First.- The Glaciers of the Alps- Part Second.

The Glaciers of the Alps- Part Third.- Hymn in the vale of Chamouni

Section XXI.
False fudgments of the Unjust.- The Apolofy of Socrates.

The Interior Monitor.- Conscience.
Eternal Rome- Part First.- Eternal Rome- Part Second.
The Schools of Christian Rome- Part First.- The Schools of Christian Rome- Part Second.
The Battle of Mentana.
The Persecution of the Holy See- Part First.- The Persecution of the Holy See- Part Second.

Section XXIII.
Intimations of Immortality - At the Grave - The Dream of Gerontius- Part First.

The Dream of Gerontius- Part Second.- The Dream of Gerontius- Part Third.
The Dream of Gerontius. Part Fourth - The Holy Souls - Paradise.

Index to Notes.