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The Young gentleman and lady's monitor, and English teacher's assistant; being a collection of select pieces from our best modern writers: calculated to eradicate vulgar prejudices and rusticity of manners; improve the understanding; rectify the will; purify the passions; direct the minds of youth to the pursuit of proper objects; and to facilitate their reading, writing, and speaking the English language, with elegance and propriety. : Particularly adapted for the use of our eminent schools ..
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The Young gentleman and lady's monitor, and English teacher's assistant; [electronic resource] : being a collection of select pieces from our best modern writers: calculated to eradicate vulgar prejudices and rusticity of manners; improve the understanding; rectify the will; purify the passions; direct the minds of youth to the pursuit of proper objects; and to facilitate their reading, writing, and speaking the English language, with elegance and propriety. : Particularly adapted for the use of our eminent schools ... / By J. Hamilton Moore, author of the Practical navigator and Seaman's new daily assistant.
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[New London, Conn.] : London: printed: New-London: re-printed by Samuel Green, for Thomas C. Green., M,DCC,XCIV. [1794]
Physical Description
[4], 396, [8] p. ; 17 cm. (12mo)
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Notes
"Elements of gesture."--p. 369-396. Taken from John Walker's Academic speaker. Includes "Rules for expressing, with propriety, the principal passions and humours which occur in reading and public speaking," extracted 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. 27345).
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Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 19, 2006
References
Evans, C. American bibliography, 27345
Trumbull, J.H. List of books printed in Connecticut, 1709-1800, 1116
Johnson, H.A. New London, 1279
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