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 and 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].
| Author/creator |
Burgh, James, 1714-1775 |
| Format | Electronic and Book |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Printed by Charles Cist , North Second-Street, near Race-Street, M,DCCC. [1800] |
| Description | 4 unnumbered pages, 1-336 pages, 4 unnumbered pages ; 18 cm (12mo) |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subject(s) |
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| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 37068. ^A478749 |
| General note | Attributed to James Burgh in the Dictionary of national biography. |
| General note | "The book-binder will observe that, through mistake, Signature Ee was printed with Dd"--p. [338]. |
| References | Evans 37068 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 37068). |
| Genre/form | Textbooks. |
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