COMPLETE  TITLE: The Art of Delivering Written Language; or, An Essay on Reading. In which the Subject is treated Philosophically as well as with a View to Practice.
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Cockin examines speech and written language as forms of expression, identifying two types of discourse: the one that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the speaker and the one that reproduces the thoughts and feelings that were communicated to the speaker.

RECENT EDITIONS:
Reprint of the first edition: Menston, Scolar Press, 1969. (Facsimile)