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Title: The Universal Reciter
81 Choice Pieces of Rare Poetical Gems

Author: Various

Release Date: July 21, 2009 [EBook #29477]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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Transcriber's Note:

There are a few pieces which contain some dialect. All dialect, period
spelling, etc., has been preserved.

The remainder of the TN is at the end of the book.

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When the voice is weak, it should be strengthened by frequent
practice, by exercising it in the open air, and upon all convenient
occasions.

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The Universal Reciter,

CONTAINING

81 Choice Pieces.

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It is necessary not only to practise a little, but to practise a great
deal. In this way ease, grace, and fluency are acquired.

[Illustration:

OH! TELL ME, I SAID, RAPID STREAM OF THE VALLEY,
THAT BEAR'ST IN THY COURSE THE BLUE WATERS AWAY,
CAN THE JOYS OF LIFE'S MORNING AWAKE BUT TO VANISH,
CAN THE FEELINGS OF LOVE BE ALL DOOM'D TO DECAY?
AN ECHO REPEATED--"ALL DOOM'D TO DECAY."

]

THE

UNIVERSAL RECITER,

A

LITERARY BOUQUET,

CONTAINING

81 CHOICE PIECES

OF RARE POETICAL GEMS, FINE SPECIMENS OF
ORATORY, THRILLING SENTIMENT,
ELOQUENCE, TENDER PATHOS, AND SPARKLING
HUMOR.

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LONDON:

WILLIAM NICHOLSON AND SONS,
20, WARWICK SQUARE PATERNOSTER ROW, AND
ALBION WORKS, WAKEFIELD.

CONTENTS.

PAGE.
A Horse Car Incident 194

A love of a Bonnet 87

An Eruption of Mount Vesuvius 100

A Plea for the Ox 103

A Pleasure Exertion