Author Walker, John
Title The Academic Speaker; or, A Selection of Parliamentary Debates, Orations, Odes, Scenes, and Speeches
Publishing Location London
Year 1789
Publisher Printed for the Author
Edition I
Number of Pages in-12, 253
Publishing Country GBR
Publishing Language ENG
Notes

COMPLETE TITLE: 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 is 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, engraved by Ramberg. By John Walker, Author of Elements of Elocution, Rhyming Dictionary, &c.
PUBLISHER:
Printed for the Author; and sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinson, in Pater-noster Row; and T. Cadell, in the Strand.

LATER EDITIONS:
Second edition "with an Appendix, containing several New Pieces in different Styles of Speaking": London, Printed for the Author; and sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinson, and T. Cadell, 1791.

Third edition: London, Printed for the Author; and sold by G.G. and J. Robinson, and T. Cadell, Junior, and W. Davies, 1797.

Fourth edition "with considerable Additions": London, Printed for the Author; and sold by G.G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-row, and T. Cadell and W. Davies in the Strand. By S. Hamilton, Falcon-court, Fleet-street, 1801.

Fifth edition "with Alterations and considerable Additions": London, Printed by A. Wilson, 1803.

Sixth edition "with Alterations and considerable Additions": London, Printed for J. Johnson [and 4 others], 1806.

Seventh edition "with Alterations and considerable Additions": London, printed for J. Walker; Wilkie and Robinson; Cadell and Davies; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; G. Robinson; and J. Johnson and Co., 1812.

Eighth edition "with Alterations and considerable Additions": London, Printed for Cadell and Davies [and 7 others], 1817.

Ninth edition: London, T. Cadell [et al.], 1823.

Tenth edition: London, Printed for T. Cadell, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, And Green; J. Booker; Baldwin and Cradock; E. Williams; Hamilton, Adams, and J. Whittaker and Co.; Simpkin and Marshall; Sherwood and Co., Souter; G. Wightman; and Houlston and Son, 1830.
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The text was published also in Dublin in 1796 and 1800 (Dublin, Printed for Messrs, Burnett, Byrne, Wogan, Rice, Moore, J. Jones, and W. Porter, 1796; Dublin, printed by William Porter, for G. Burnet, P. Wogan, P. Byrne, W. Porter, J. Rice, J. Moore and W. M'Kenzie, 1800), in the US in 1808 (New York, Smith & Forman, 1808, First American from the 5th London Edition; Early American Imprints no. 16655), and in Belfast in 1813 (Belfast, Printed by J. Smyth, 1813).


 

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