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The primitive liturgy: for the use of the Oratory. Part 1. Being a form of morning and evening prayer, not impos'd, as necessary, but propos'd, as expedient; as full, regular and compendious, as the usual Method will admit; taken entirely from Scripture, and the primitive Writers, but especially the most antient and authentick Liturgy of the Apostolical Constitutions.
Oratory (Newport Market, London, England)Date: MDCCXXVI [1726]- Pictures
A student reads to an audience the epic poems of Sir Richard Blackmore and the sermons of John ("Orator") Henley to find out which is the more soporific; his audience fall asleep with boredom. Etching by C. Grignion after F. Hayman.
Hayman, Francis, 1708-1776.Date: [between 1750 and 1759?]Reference: 2497721i- Books
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The art of speaking in publick: or an essay on the action of an orator; as to his pronunciation and gesture. Useful in the senate or theatre, the court, the camp, as well as the bar and pulpit.
Le Faucheur, Michel, 1585-1657.Date: 1727- Pictures
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A clergyman conducting a chaotic christening. Colour mezzotint by J. Sympson, 173-, after W. Hogarth.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: [between 1730 and 1739?]Reference: 16957i