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The art of speaking [electronic resource] : 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 though 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. [Three lines in Latin from Cicero].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burgh, James, 1714-1775.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oratory.
- Genre:
- Textbooks.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (322,[14]p. )
- Other Title:
- Art of speaking
- Place of Publication:
- [Boston] : Printed at Boston by Thomas Hall, for James White, Court Street, and Ebenezer Larkin, Cornhill, MDCCXCV. [1795]
- Notes:
- Attributed to James Burgh in the Dictionary of national biography.
- Errors in paging: p. 122 numerals inverted; p. 134 misnumbered 431.
- Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.
- Cited in:
- Evans, 28373
- English Short Title Catalog, W19983.
- OCLC:
- 511068571
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