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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.

Title: Lessons in elocution: or A selection of pieces, in prose and verse, for the improvement of youth in reading and speaking. By William Scott.
Author: Scott, William, Teacher of elocution, Edinburgh
Publication: Philadelphia, Printed by William Young, bookseller, 1798.

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Description

viii, (1)14-48, (1)62-436 p. (incl. 4 plates); 18 cm. (12mo.)

Alternative Title

Lessons in elocution
Selection of pieces, in prose and verse, for the improvement of youth in reading and speaking

Subject

Recitations, American

Note

"Elements of gesture," by John Walker, p. [13]-31; "Rules for expressing, with propriety, the principal passions and humours, which occur in reading, or public speaking," by James Burgh, p. [32]-48.

Indexed In (note)

Evans

Call Number

*KD 1798 (Scott, W. Lessons in elocution)

OCLC

44161056

Author

Scott, William, Teacher of elocution, Edinburgh.

Title

Lessons in elocution: or A selection of pieces, in prose and verse, for the improvement of youth in reading and speaking. By William Scott.

Imprint

Philadelphia, Printed by William Young, bookseller, 1798.

Edition

The seventh American, from the fifth British edition. To which are prefixed, Elements of gesture, illustrated by four elegant copper-plates; and Rules for expressing, with propriety, the various passions and emotions of the mind.

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Evans 34521

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Added Author

Walker, John, 1732-1807.

Burgh, James, 1714-1775.

Research Call Number

*KD 1798 (Scott, W. Lessons in elocution)

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