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 antients 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.

  • Burgh, James, 1714-1775.
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M.DCC.LXXII. [1772]
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London : printed for T. Longman and J. Buckland, in Paternoster-Row; E. and C. Dilly, in the Poultry; and T. Field and Co. in Leadenhall-Street, M.DCC.LXXII. [1772]

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[4],373,[19]p. ; 80.

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The third edition.

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ESTC T102412

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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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