The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best Writers : Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect, to Improve Their Language and Sentiments, and to Inculcate Some of the Most Important Principles of Piety and Virtue : with a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good Reading |
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... Principles of Piety and Virtue : with a Few Preliminary Observations Lindley Murray. Pl G.M. Birdsall TO ARTS AGRICULTURE KNOWLEDGE LIBRARY of the OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY 1115705 PRED THE ENGLISH READER : OR , PIECES IN PROSE AND.
... Principles of Piety and Virtue : with a Few Preliminary Observations Lindley Murray. Pl G.M. Birdsall TO ARTS AGRICULTURE KNOWLEDGE LIBRARY of the OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY 1115705 PRED THE ENGLISH READER : OR , PIECES IN PROSE AND.
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... With a few PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS ON THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD READING . BY LINDLEY MURRAY , Author of an English Grammar , & e . & c . New York , PRINTED BY COLLINS AND CO . Mary Harts Book Presented to bver Bay Her Step Father. 1817 .
... With a few PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS ON THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD READING . BY LINDLEY MURRAY , Author of an English Grammar , & e . & c . New York , PRINTED BY COLLINS AND CO . Mary Harts Book Presented to bver Bay Her Step Father. 1817 .
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... reading ; to meliorate their language and sentiments ; and to inculcate some of the most impor- tant principles of piety and virtue . The pieces selected , not only give exercise to a great variety of emotions , and the correspondent ...
... reading ; to meliorate their language and sentiments ; and to inculcate some of the most impor- tant principles of piety and virtue . The pieces selected , not only give exercise to a great variety of emotions , and the correspondent ...
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... reading such sentences with justness and facility , he will readily apply that habit , and the improvements he has made , to sentences more complicated and irregular , and of a construction entirely different . The language of the ...
... reading such sentences with justness and facility , he will readily apply that habit , and the improvements he has made , to sentences more complicated and irregular , and of a construction entirely different . The language of the ...
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... Reader and the Sequel , besides teaching to read accurately , and inculcating many important sentiments , may be considered as auxiliaries to the Author's English Grammar ; as practical illustrations of the principles and rules con ...
... Reader and the Sequel , besides teaching to read accurately , and inculcating many important sentiments , may be considered as auxiliaries to the Author's English Grammar ; as practical illustrations of the principles and rules con ...
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