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The reader, or reciter by the assistance of which any person may teach himself to read or recite English prose With The Utmost Elegance And Effect. To which are added, instructions for reading plays. ON A Plan Never Before Attempted.
Date: 1799- E-books
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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. A new edition, corrected and enlarged. To which are prefixed two essays: I. On elocution. II. On reading works of taste. By William Enfield, LL. D. Late Lecturer on the Belles Lettres in the Academy at Warrington.
Date: MDCCXCII. [1792]- E-books
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Lessons in elocution or, miscellaneous pieces in prose and verse, Selected from the Best Authors, for the perusal of persons of taste, and the improvement of youth in reading and speaking: by William Scott, Teacher in Edinburgh.
Scott, William, 1750-1804.Date: MDCCLXXIX. [1779]
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A singer of tales called Rinaldo, performing to an audience of men seated around him: he reads the story from a book and makes gestures with a stick. Coloured lithograph by Gatti & Dura after Gaet. Dura.
Gaetano DuraReference: 32451i