The art of speaking. [electronic resource] : Containing, I. An essay; in which are given rules for expressing properly the principal passions and humours, which occur in reading and 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. : [Three lines in Latin from Cicero]

Author/Creator:

Burgh, James, 1714-1775., author

Publication:

Philadelphia: : Printed by Charles Cist , North Second-Street, near Race-Street., M,DCCC. [1800]

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 37068.

Format/Description:

Book
1 online resource ([4], 1-336, [4] pages)

Subjects:

Oratory.

Form/Genre:

Textbooks.

Place of Publication:

United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Notes:

Attributed to James Burgh in the Dictionary of national biography.
"The book-binder will observe that, through mistake, Signature Ee was printed with Dd"--p. [338].
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 37068).

Cited in:

Evans 37068

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.

Online:

Evans Digital Edition Connect to full text, no. 37068
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/59730

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