The art of speaking
Subtitle: 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; with 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. : [Four lines in Latin from Cicero]
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 19535
Publisher: Printed [by Charles Cist] for Thomas Dobson, bookseller, Second-Street, two doors above Chesnut-Street.
Published: 1786
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
Subjects: Oratory
Notes: Attributed to James Burgh in the Dictionary of national biography.

Printer's name supplied by Evans.

Signatures: pi1 A-2E⁶ 2F⁴ (F2 verso blank).

Evans 19535