The Peerless Speaker: Being a Compilation of the Choicest Recitations, Readings, and Dialogues from the Most Celebrated Authors : Including Pathetic, Tragic, Humorous, and Oratorical Selections, for Schools and Public and Private Entertainments : Also Instructions for the Cultivation of the Voice, Hints on Elocution, EtcThompson & Thomas, 1900 - 296 pages |
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