The orator : handling a hundred several discourses, in forme of declamations; some of the arguments being drawne from Titus Livius and other ancient writers, the rest of the authors owne invention, part of which are of matters happened in our age /
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| Format: | Microform Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | British and continental rhetoric and elocution ;
Reel 2, no. 16. |
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| Item Description: | Caption title: The mirrour of eloquence. Alexander Silvayn known as: Le Sylvain. -- Grand dict. univ. du 19e siècle, (1866). "L. P." in statement of responsibility area identified as Lazarus Piot at end of dedication, page [2]. Pagination irregular. Print show-through on numerous pges. Inscription written by hand on leaf preceding title page: Sylvayn's Orator[.] This curious volume contains the original story from whence Shakspeare [sic] took the character of Shylock the Jew, & the incident of the bond [...]. At page 400 is the story "Of a Jew who would for his debt have a pound of the flesh of a Christian", [i.e. "Of a Jew who would have a pound of a Christian's flesh for his debt."]...Sold in Bindley's sale for £ 6.12. Microform. |
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| Physical Description: | 4 unnumbered pages, 436 pages |