THE SPEAKER: OR, MISCELLANEOUS PIECES, Selected from the BEST ENGLISII WRITERS, And difpofed under proper Heads, with a View to facilitate THE IMPROVEMENT OF YOUTH IN READING AND SPEAKING. A new Edition, corrected and enlarged. TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED TWO ESSAYS: F. ON ELOCUTION. II. ON READING WORKS OF TASTE BY WILLIAM ENFIELD, LL.D. EMBELLISHED WITH FOUR COPPER-PLATES. Oculos, paulum tellure moratos, LONDON: Printed by I. Gold, Shoe-Lane; FOR J. JOHNSON, ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD ADVERTISEMENT. THE favourable reception with which the public has honoured THE SPEAKER, has induced the Editor to prefix to the prefent edition THE ESSAY ON ELOCUTION, corrected and enlarged, and an ESSAY ON READING WORKS OF TASTE, in which he has endeavoured to represent to young perjous the value of the fludy of polite literature, and to furnish them with a fconcise view of the fundamental principles of criticism 18390 This edition is also enriched with some extracts from Dr. DARWIN'S and the Rev. Mr. HURDIS's Poems, and fome original pieces written by W.COOPER, Esq., and is embellished with four coppper-plates. These additions, as well as other pieces which have appeared in former editions, cannot be inferted in any editions of this work, but fuch as are printed by the original Publisher, J. JOHNSON, IN ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD, without fubjecting the vender to a profecution; every other edition must therefore neceffarily be incomplete. This book being generally put into the hands of young perfons, particular care has been taken, to get the genuine edi TO JOHN CARILL WORSLEY, Esq. LATE PRESIDENT OF THE ACADEMY IN WARRINGTON. SIR, THIS work having been undertaken principally with the design of affisting the Students at WARRINGTON in acquiring a just and graceful Elocution, I feel a peculiar propriety in addreffing it to you, as a public acknowledgment of the steady support which you have given to this institution, and the important fervices which you have rendered it. In this Seminary, which was at first eftablished, and has been uniformly conducted, on the extenfive plan of providing a proper course of Instruction for young men in the moft useful branches of Science and Literature, you have feen many refpectable characters formed, who are now filling up their stations in fociety with reputation to themselves, and advantage to the Public. And while the fame great object continues to be purfuéd, a 2 |