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Public speaking - Early works to 1800

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    Barnabas's character and success . A sermon Preach'd at Exon, May the 9th. 1716. Before an Assembly of the United Ministers of Devon and Cornwal. Publish'd at their Request. By William Bartlet.

    Bartlet, William, 1678-1720. | Date: [1716]
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    The art of speaking in publick or an essay on the action of an orator; as to his pronunciation and gesture. Useful in the senate or theatre, the court, the camp, as well as the bar and pulpit.

    Le Faucheur, Michel, 1585-1657. | Date: 1727
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    A plan of reform , in the mode of instruction, at present practised in English schools. Also, a proposal for the improvement of public speaking. By Henry Macnab.

    Macnab, Henry Gray, 1761-1823. | Date: M.DCC.LXXXVI. [1786]

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