SOLD BY G. AND J. ROBINSON, PATERNOSTER-ROW;
AND CADELL AND DAVIES, STRAND.

FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS,

11.

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. Explained and illustrated by PLATES, describing the different Positions and Action of the Speaker. The FOURTH EDITION, with considerable Additions: Price 45. Bound.

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III.

ALSO, FOR The use of sCHOOLS,

THE TEACHER'S ASSISTANT

IN

ENGLISH COMPOSITION;

OR,

PLAIN and EASY RULES for writing Themes and composing Exercises on Subjects proper for the Improvement of Youth of both Sexes at School.

To which are added,

HINTS for Correcting and Improving JUVENILE COMPOSITION. In One Volume 12mo. The Second Edition. Price 3s. 6d. Boards.

IV.

ELEMENTS OF ELOCUTION:

In which the Principles of Reading and Speaking are investigated; and such Pauses, Emphasis, and Inflexions of Voice, as are suitable to every Variety of Sentence, are distinctly pointed out and explained: With Directions for strengthening and MODULATING the VOICE, so as to render it varied, forcible, and harmonious.

TO WHICH IS ADDED,

A COMPLETE SYSTEM OF THE PASSIONS, Showing how they affect the Countenance, Tone of Voice, and Gesture of the Body, exemplified by a copious Selection of the most striking Passages of SHAKESPEARE. The whole illustrated by COPPER-PLATES, explaining the Nature of Accent, Emphasis, Inflexion, and Cadence.

THE SECOND EDITION.

In One Volume Octavo. Price 75. in Boards.

With a Head of the Author.

V.

A RHETORICAL GRAMMAR;

In which the common Improprieties in Reading and Speaking are detected, and the true Sources of elegant Pronunciation pointed out: With a complete Analysis of the Voice, explained by Copper-Plates, showing its Specific Modifications, and how they may be applied to different Species of Sentences, and

THE SEVERAL FIGURES OF RHETORIC.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED,

OUTLINES OF COMPOSITION;

OR,

Plain and easy Rules for writing Orations for the Senate, and forming Pleadings at the Bar.

THIRD EDITION, with very considerable Alterations and Additions.

With a Head of the Author.

In One Volume Octavo. Price 75. Boards.

Printed by A. W1LSON, Wild Court, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London.

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