Lessons in elocution: or A selection of pieces, in prose and verse : for the improvement of youth in reading and speaking, / by William Scott. ; To this edition are prefixed Elements of gesture. Illustrated by four elegant plates; and Rules for expressing, with propriety, the various passions and emotions of the mind.
| Other author | Scott, William, 1750-1804, compiler. |
| Other author | Burgh, James, 1714-1775. |
| Other author | Walker, John, 1732-1807 |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | The eighth American edition. |
| Publication Info | Worcester, (Massachusetts) : Printed by Mower & Greenleaf, for Isaiah Thomas, 1800. |
| Description | viii, 1 unnumbered page, 14-436 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm (12mo) |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 38475. ^A478749 |
| General note | Compiled by Scott from the work of others. "Elements of gesture" is taken from John Walker's Academic speaker; "Rules for expressing with propriety the various passions and emotions of the mind" from James Burgh's Art of speaking. |
| General note | The "copper-plates" are in fact relief cuts, and are integral with the text. |
| General note | Errors in paging: p. 213, 232 misnumbered 113, 332. |
| General note | "Rules respecting elocution. Extracted from Walker's Speaker, and not published in any other edition of Scott's Lessons."--p. 50-60. |
| References | Evans 38475 |
| 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. 38475). |
| Genre/form | Anthologies. |
| Genre/form | Readers. |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |