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The academic speaker or, a selection of parliamentary debates, orations, odes, scenes, and speeches, from the best writers, proper to be read and recited by youth at school. To which are prefixed, elements of gesture; ... The third edition. By John Walker, ..
Date: 1797- E-books
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The academic speaker or, a selection of parliamentary debates, orations, odes, scenes, and speeches, from the best writers. Proper to be read and recited by youth at school. To which are prefixed, elements of gesture; or plain and easy directions for keeping the body in a graceful position, and acquiring a simple and unaffected style of action. Epxlained [sic] and illustrated by plates. By John Walker, author of Elements of elocution, Rhyming dictionary, &c.
Date: 1796- E-journals
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The Speaker Or, Miscellaneous pieces, selected from the best English writers, and disposed under proper heads, with a view to facilitate the improvement of youth in reading and speaking. To which is prefixed, an essay on elogcution. By William Enfield, L.L.D. lecturer on the belle's letters in the academy at Warrington.
Date: MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]- E-books
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The young orator Containing a collection of lessons in elocution. Taken from the best English and French writers. Selected for the use of Loughborough-House School.
Turner, R. (Richard), 1753-1788.Date: M.DCC.LXXXIII. [1783]- E-books
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Exercises in elocution selected from various authors, and arranged under proper heads: intended as a sequel to a work intitled The speaker. By William Enfield, LL. D. Lecturer on the Belles Lettres in the Academy at Warrington.
Date: MDCCXCI. [1791]