Balzac was one of that powerful generation of writers of the nineteenth century who came after Napoleon, as the illustrious Pleiad of the seventeenth century came after Richelieu,−−as if in the development of civilization there were a law which gives
Trang 1Definition, 222, 224
Delivery, methods of, 171-181
DE MAUPASSANT, GUY, 187, 339
DEMOSTHENES, 67, 363
DEPEW, CHAUNCEY M., 365
DE QUINCEY, THOMAS, 255-256; 338
Description, 231-247
DICKENS, CHARLES, 5, 234, 246, 247
Discarding, 224
DISRAELT, ISAAC, 101, 321
Distinctness, 146-152
Division, 224, 225
E
Egotism, 376
EMERSON, RALPH WALDO, 10, 97, 103, 104, 105, 122, 144, 168, 188, 201, 231, 295, 321, 357, 362, 372
Emphasis, 16—24; 31-32; 47, 73
Enthusiasm, 101-109; 267, 304, 311
Enunciation, 150-152
EVERETT, EDWARD, 78-79
Example, 223
Exposition, 218-228
Extemporaneous Speech, 179
F
Facial Expression, 163
Feeling, 101-109; 240, 264—265; 295-305; 312, 317, 320
Figures of speech, 235, 277, 331
Trang 2FLAUBERT, GUSTAVE, 339
Fluency, 115-123; 179, 184-197, 354, 373
Force, 87-97
G
GALTON, FRANCIS, 323
GASKELL, MRS., 186
Generalization, 226
GENUNG, JOHN FRANKLIN, 55, 92, 220, 226, 281
GEORGE, HENRY, 344
Gesture, 150-168
GIBBON, EDWARD, 175
GLADSTONE, WILLIAM E., 2, 8, 124, 157, 372
GOETHE, J.W VON, 117, 372
GOLDSMITH, OLIVER, 121
GORDON, G.B., 365-366
GOUGH, JOHN B., 188
GRADY, HENRY W., 38, 240-242; 252-253; 268, 365, 425-438
GRAHAM, HARRY, 255
Gustatory images, 325, 348
H
Habit, 190, 349
HALLECK, FITZ—GREENE, 302
HAMLET, 88-89; 152-153
HANCOCK, PROF ALBERT E., 335
HART, J.M., 338
HAY, JOHN, 443-448
Trang 3HEARN, LAFCADIO, 238
HENLEY, WILLIAM ERNEST, 122, 271-272
HENRY, O., 247, 328-329
HENRY, PATRICK, 22, 102, 103, 107, 110-112; 201, 271, 276
HESIOD, 146
HILL, A.S., 92, 281
HILLIS, NEWELL DWIGHT, 24, 32, 191-193; 273-274; 394-402
HOAR, GEORGE, 296-297
HOBSON, RICHMOND PEARSON, 285-286; 287-289
HOGG, JAMES, 139
HOLMES, G.C.V., 226
HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL, 148, 373
HOLYOAKE, GEORGE JACOB, 280, 281
HOMER, 146, 235
HOUDIN, ROBERT, 350
HUBBARD, ELBERT, 3
HUGO, VICTOR, 107, 503-505
Humor, 251-255; 363-365
HUXLEY, T.H., 227
I
Imagination, 321-333
Imitation, 335-336
Inflection, 69-74
INGERSOLL, ROBERT J., 68, 175
IRVING, WASHINGTON, 5, 235, 236, 246
IRVING, SIR HENRY, 158
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JAMES, WILLIAM, 349
JAMESON, MRS ANNA, 69
JONES-—FOSTER, ARDENNES, 243-245
JONSON, BEN, 343
K
KAUFMAN, HERBERT, 42-44
KIPLING, RUDYARD, 4, 299-300
KIRKHAM, STANTON DAVIS, 360
L
LANDOR, WALTER SAVAGE, 339
LEE, GERALD STANLEY, 308
Library, Use of a, 207-210
LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, 50, 107, 166
LINDSAY, HOWARD, 40
LOCKE, JOHN, 188, 343
LONGFELLOW, H.W., 117, 124, 136
LOOMIS, CHARLES BATTELL, 365
LOTI, PIERRE, 238
LOWELL, JAMES RUSSELL, 235
M
MACAULAY, T.B., 76
MACLAREN, ALEXANDER, 254
MCKINLEY, WILLIAM, Last Speech, 438-442;
Tribute to, by John Hay, 443
MASSILLON, 188
Trang 5Memory, 343—354
MERWIN, SAMUEL, 72
MESSAROS, WALDO, 147
MILL, JOHN STUART, 355
MILTON, JOHN, 137
Monotony, Evils of, 10-12;
How to conquer, 12-14; 44
MORLEY, JOHN, 403-410
MOSES, 115
Motor images, 324, 348
MOTTE, ANTOINE, 10
MOZLEY, JAMES, 235
N
NAPOLEON, 13, 104, 141, 184, 321
Narration, 249-260
Naturalness, 14, 29, 58, 70
Notes, see Briefs
O
Observation, 167-168; 186-188; 206—207; 223, 227, 350
Occasional speaking, 362-370
Olfactory images, 325, 348
Outline of speech, 212-214
P
Pace, Change of, 30-49,
PAINE, THOMAS, 122
PARKER, ALTON B., 423