The art of speaking [electronic resource] : 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].
1775
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The art of speaking [electronic resource] : 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].
Author
Burgh, James, 1714-1775.
Edition
The fourth edition.
Publication Details
Philadelphia : Printed and sold by R. Aitken bookseller, opposite the London-Coffee-House, Front-Street, M,DCC,LXXV. [1775] (Price six shillings bound)
Place of Publication or Printing
United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Language
English
Description
299[i.e., 289],[11]p. ; 12⁰.
Note
Attributed to James Burgh in the Dictionary of national biography.
Error in paging: page numbers 241-250 omitted in pagination.
Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.
Error in paging: page numbers 241-250 omitted in pagination.
Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.
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Evans, 13850
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 3169
English Short Title Catalog, W19977.
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 3169
English Short Title Catalog, W19977.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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Aitken, Robert, 1735-1802, printer.
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