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].
1786
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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].
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Philadelphia : Printed [by Charles Cist] for Thomas Dobson, bookseller, Second-Street, two doors above Chesnut-Street, M.DCC.LXXXVI. [1786]
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United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
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English
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[2],326,[18]p. ; 12⁰.
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Attributed to James Burgh in the Dictionary of national biography.
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Reproduction of original from "Department of Special Collections, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas".
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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Evans, 19535
English Short Title Catalog, W19981.
English Short Title Catalog, W19981.
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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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