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The art of speaking [electronic resource] : Containing, I. An essay; in which are given rules for ex...

The art of speaking [electronic resource] : Containing, I. An essay; in which are given rules for ex...

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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 humors, 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. [Three lines in Latin from Cicero].

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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 humors, 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. [Three lines in Latin from Cicero].

Publisher

Danbury, Connecticut : Printed for Edmund and Ephraim Washburn, 1795.

Date

1795.

Record Identifier

74Vvx5PgZDpZ

MMS ID

991016923249702626

Language

English

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322, [14] p. ; 12°.

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Publisher

Danbury, Connecticut : Printed for Edmund and Ephraim Washburn, 1795.

Place of Publication

United States of America

Date Published

1795.

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Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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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 humors, 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; th...

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Notes

General note

Attributed to James Burgh in the Dictionary of national biography.

Errors in paging: p. 217, 221 misnumbered 127, 211.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Citation / References Note

ESTC W19984.

Evans, 28374.

Trumbull, J.H. Connecticut, 1952.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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74Vvx5PgZDpZ

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvx5PgZDpZ

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991016923249702626