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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. ; To this edition are prefixed Elements of gesture. Illustrated by four elegant plates; and Rules for expressing, with propriety, the various passions and emotions of the mind.
Edition
The eighth American edition.
Published
Worcester, (Massachusetts) : Printed by Mower & Greenleaf, for Isaiah Thomas., 1800.
Physical Description
viii, [1], 14-436 p. : ill. ; 17 cm. (12mo)
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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.
The "copper-plates" are in fact relief cuts, and are integral with the text.
Errors in paging: p. 213, 232 misnumbered 113, 332.
"Rules respecting elocution. Extracted from Walker's Speaker, and not published in any other edition of Scott's Lessons."--p. 50-60.
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. 38475).
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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
Evans, C. American bibliography, 38475
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