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Jo'te Stainer

RHYTHMICAL GRAMMAR

OF THE

ENGLISH LANGUAGE:

OR,

The Art of Reading and Speaking,

ON THE

PRINCIPLES OF THE MUSIC OF SPEECH-

BY THE REV. JAMES CHAPMAN,
TEACHER OF THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF ELOCUTION,
EDINBURGH.

Est autem in dicendo etiam quidam cantus.-Cic. Ordo-

EDINBURGH:

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