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:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burgh, James, 1714-1775, author.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 19535.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oratory.

Genre:

Textbooks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2 unnumbered pages, 326 pages, 18 unnumbered pages)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia: : Printed [by Charles Cist] for Thomas Dobson, bookseller, Second-Street, two doors above Chesnut-Street., M.DCC.LXXXVI. [1786]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Attributed to James Burgh in the Dictionary of national biography.

Printer's name supplied by Evans.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 19535).

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Evans 19535

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