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 [by Charles Cist] for Thomas Dobson, bookseller, Second-Street, two doors above Chesnut-Street
1786, M.DCC.LXXXVI. [1786]
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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, W19981. - Evans, 19535. - Printer's name supplied by Evans. - Reproduction of original from "Department of Special Collections, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource ([2],326,[18]p) 12° |