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Lessons in elocution: or, A selection of pieces in prose and verse, for the improvement of youth in reading and speaking
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Lessons in elocution: or, A selection of pieces in prose and verse, [electronic resource] : for the improvement of youth in reading and speaking. / By William Scott.
Edition
The fourth American edition. To this edition are prefixed, Elements of gesture, illustrated by four plates; and Rules for expressing, with propriety, the various passions and emotions of the mind.
Published
New-York: : Printed by George Forman, no. 156, Front-Street, for the booksellers., 1796.
Physical Description
400 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. (12mo)
Local Notes
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Notes
Compiled by Scott from the work of others. "Elements of gesture" is taken from John Walker's Academic speaker; "Rules for expressing with propriety the various passions and emotions of the mind" from James Burgh's Art of speaking.
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 47909).
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Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 18, 2006
References
Bristol, R.P. Supplement to Charles Evans' American bibliography, B9695
Shipton, C.K. National index of American imprints through 1800, 47909
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