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 fifth edition.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 16727
Publisher: Printed and sold by R. Aitken, in Market-Street, three doors above the Coffee-House.
Published: 1780
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
Subjects: Oratory
Notes: Attributed to James Burgh in the Dictionary of national biography.

Signatures: A-C⁶ D² E-2A⁶ (D2 verso blank).

Errors in paging: p. 178, 190, 251 misnumbered 177, 180, 152.

Evans 16727

Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 4000