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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Philadelphia: Printed and sold by R. Aitken bookseller, opposite the London-Coffee-House, Front-Street, M,DCC,LXXV. [1775] (Price six shillings bound)
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Aitken, Robert, 1735-1802, printer.
- Publication year
- 1775
- ESTC No.
- W19977
- Grub Street ID
- 329606
- 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.
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- Signatures: A-2B? (K2, U2 missigned K3, U3)