The art of speaking Containing, I. An essay; in which are given rules for expressing properly the principal passions and humours, which occur in reading, or public speaking; and II. Lessons taken from the ancients and moderns, (with additions and alterations, where thought useful) exhibiting a variety of matter for practice; the emphatical words printed in italics; with notes of direction referring to the essay. To which are added, a table of the lessons; and an index of the various passions and humours in the essay and lessons. [Four lines in Latin from Cicero]
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia
Printed and sold by R. Aitken bookseller, opposite the London-Coffee-House, Front-Street
1775, M,DCC,LXXV. [1775] (Price six shillings bound)
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| Edition: | The fourth edition |
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| Collection: | Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Item Description: | Attributed to James Burgh in the Dictionary of national biography. - English Short Title Catalog, W19977. - Error in paging: page numbers 241-250 omitted in pagination. - Evans, 13850. - Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 3169. - Reproduction of original from Library of Congress |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (299[i.e., 289],[11]p) 12° |