Lessons in Elocution, Or a Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse, for the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking, as Well as for the Perusal of Persons of Taste With an Appendix, Containing Concise Lessons on a New Plan, and Principles of English

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