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| Title | A Grammar of Elocution: Containing the Principles of the Arts of Reading and Speaking; Illustrated by Appropriate Exercises and Examples ... |
| Author | Jonathan Barber |
| Publisher | A. H. Maltby, 1830 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 344 pages |
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