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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 ; to which are prefixed elements of gesture, illustrated by four plates, and rules for expressing with propriety the various passions, &c., of the mind ;also, an appendix containing lessons on a new plan.
Author: Scott, William, 1750-1804.
Publication: Boston, Isaiah Thomas, Jr., 1814.

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Description

viii, [1], 10-407 p. : ill.; 18 cm.

Alternative Title

A selection of pieces in prose and verse.

Subjects

Juvenile literature > Massachusetts > Boston > 1814
Recitations
Elocution

Genre/Form

Juvenile literature – Massachusetts – Boston – 1814.

Note

Compiled by Scott from the works 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" is from James Burgh's Art of speaking.
Engraved title-page.

Indexed In (note)

Shaw & Shoemaker

Binding (note)

Copy in *KH bound in contemporary brown leather.

Call Number

NANV (Scott, W. Lessons in elocution. 1814)

OCLC

5095490

Author

Scott, William, 1750-1804.

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 ; to which are prefixed elements of gesture, illustrated by four plates, and rules for expressing with propriety the various passions, &c., of the mind ;also, an appendix containing lessons on a new plan.

Imprint

Boston, Isaiah Thomas, Jr., 1814.

Edition

Thomas's 4th ed., with great improvements and corrections.

Indexed In:

Shaw & Shoemaker 32731

Binding

Copy in *KH bound in contemporary brown leather. NN

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Walker, John, 1732-1807. Academic speaker. Selections.

Burgh, James, 1714-1775. Art of speaking. Selections.

Thomas, Isaiah, Jun., 1773-1819, publisher.

Children's Room Collection.

Added Title

A selection of pieces in prose and verse.

Research Call Number

NANV (Scott, W. Lessons in elocution. 1814)

*KH 1814 Scott 16-876

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