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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]
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1780 Bur Api 780 A51
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burgh, James, 1714-1775 16341
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 39,[2],50-277,[11]p. ; 12°.
- 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.
- Local Notes:
- Library copy: -1 f.l.
- HSP in LCP.
- Cited in:
- Evans 16727; Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 4000
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