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].

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Burgh, James, 1714-1775.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 16727.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oratory.

Genre:

Textbooks.

Physical Description:

39 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 50-277 pages, 11 unnumbered pages ; 17 cm (12mo)

4x6 in.

monochrome

service copy

negative

Edition:

The fifth edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia: : Printed and sold by R. Aitken, in Market-Street, three doors above the Coffee-House., M.DCC.LXXX. [1780]

Notes:

Attributed to James Burgh in the Dictionary of national biography.

Errors in paging: p. 178, 190, 251 misnumbered 177, 180, 152.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 16727).

Cited in:

Evans 16727

Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 4000

OCLC:

55810872