A Discourse

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Author

Sheridan, Thomas, 1719-1788

Title

A Discourse Being Introductory to his Course of Lectures on Elocution and the English Language (1759)

Credits

Produced by Tor Martin Kristiansen, Sue Fleming, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections

Subject

Elocution -- Study and teaching -- Early works to 1800

Category

Text

eBook-No.

38444

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38444

Release Date

December 30, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THOMAS SHERIDAN — A DISCOURSE — ELOCUTION — AND THE — ENGLISH LANGUAGE — (1759) — Introduction by — G. P. Mohrmann
2. 2.INTRODUCTION
3. 3.NOTES TO THE INTRODUCTION
4. 4.BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE — A — DISCOURSE
5. 5.The Theatre at Oxford ,
6. 6.The Senate-House at Cambridge ,
7. 7.By THOMAS SHERIDAN, M. A.
8. 8.His Course of Lectures
9. 9.Elocution and the English Language . — TO — The two learned Universities — Oxford AND CAMBRIDGE, — The following Discourse — (As a small token of gratitude — For the candour with which they received, — And the generosity with which they encouraged, — His attempt — Towards improving Elocution, — And promoting the study of the English Language) — Is, — With all humility, — And the most profound respect, — Inscribed, — By their — very faithful — and devoted servant, — Thomas Sheridan .
10. 10.The Theatre at Oxford , — IN — The Senate-House at Cambridge , — At Spring-Garden in London .
11. 11.NOTES TO THE TEXT
12. 12.The Augustan Reprint Society — WILLIAM ANDREWS CLARK — MEMORIAL LIBRARY — 1948-1949 — 1949-1950 — 1951-1952 — 1952-1953 — 1963-1964 — 1964-1965 — 1965-1966 — 1966-1967 — 1967-1968 — The Augustan Reprint Society — REGULAR PUBLICATIONS FOR 1968-1969 — SPECIAL PUBLICATION FOR 1968-1969

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