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; 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. : [Four lines in Latin from Cicero]
Edition: The fourth edition.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 13850
Publisher: Printed and sold by R. Aitken bookseller, opposite the London-Coffee-House, Front-Street.
Published: 1775
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
Subjects: Oratory
Notes: Attributed to James Burgh in the Dictionary of national biography.

Error in paging: page numbers 241-250 omitted in pagination.

Signatures: A-2B⁶ (K2, U2 missigned K3, U3).

Evans 13850

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