PIECES IN PROSE AND VERSE, PECULIARLY ADAPTED ΤΟ DISPLAY The Art of Reading, IN THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE SENSE OF THE TERM; A DEBATE, COMPOSED EXPRESSLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXERCISING PURELY ARGUMENTATIVE DECLAMATION, AND PRECEDED BY AN INTRODUCTION, IN WHICH AN ATTEMPT IS MADE TO 'SIMPLIFY MR. WALKER'S SYSTEM, AND, BY REFERRING HIS ILLUSTRATIONS TO MORE GENERAL PRINCIPLES, TO BY JAMES SHERIDAN KNOWLES, TEACHER OF ELOCUTION, GLASGOW, FIFTH EDITION. GLASGOW: Printed at the University Press, FOR REID & HENDERSON, GLASGOW; LONDON. To JAMES KNOWLES, Esq. TEACHER OF Elocution, English Grammar, & Composition. MY DEAR FAther, I dedicate this Collection to you, as my first and most accomplished Instructor in the Art to which it refers, and as my very dear Parent. Your affectionate Son, JAMES SHERIDAN KNOWLES CLASS-ROOM, REID'S COURT, 169, TRONGATE. } |