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 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].

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Burgh, James, 1714-1775
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Printed at Boston : By Thomas Hall, for James White, Court Street, and Ebenezer Larkin, Cornhill, MDCCXCV. [1795]
Series:Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 28373.
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Online Access:Evans Digital Edition
Description
Item Description:Attributed to James Burgh in the Dictionary of national biography.
Errors in paging: page 122 numerals inverted; page 134 misnumbered 431.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:322 pages, 14 unnumbered pages ; 18 cm. (duodecimo)
Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Place of Publication:United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston.