Elements of elocution : in which the principles of reading and speaking are investigated, and such pauses, emphasis, and inflexions of voice, as are suitable to every variety of sentence, are distinctly pointed out and explained : with directions for strengthening and modulating the voice, so as to render it varied, forcible, and harmonious : to which is added a complete system of the passions, showing how they affect the countenance, tone of voice, and gesture of the body : exemplified by a copious selection of the most striking passages of Shakespeare / by John Walker.

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Walker, John, 1732-1807.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 24358.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elocution.

Physical Description:

451 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 18 cm

6x9 in.

monochrome

service copy

positive

Edition:

Copied from the third London edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Bennett and Walton, 1811.

Notes:

For a listing of titles in each box consult American bibliography : a preliminary checklist for 1801-1819 / compiled by Ralph R. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker.

Includes bibliographical references.

Microopaque. Worcester, Mass. : American Antiquarian Society, 1973. 5 microopaques ; 23 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 24358).

Cited in:

Shaw & Shoemaker, 24358.

OCLC:

123159266