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A new introduction to reading: or, a collection of easy lessons, Arranged on an improved Plan; calculated to acquire with ease a theory of speech, and to facilitate the improvement of youth. Designed as an introduction to The speaker. The fourth edition, corrected. Compiled by the publisher.
Date: 1795- Books
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An American selection of lessons in reading and speaking. Calculated to improve the minds and refine the taste of youth. And also to instruct them in the geography, history, and politicks of the United States. To which is prefixed, rules in elocution, and directions for expressing the principal passions of the mind. Being the third part of A grammatical institute of the English language. By Noah Webster, Jun'r. Esquire.
Webster, Noah, 1758-1843.Date: M,DCC,XCIII. [1793]- Books
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The academic reader. Containing miscellanies prose and verse, selected from the most elegant writers in the English language. Intended to assist in acquiring the happy talent of graceful reading; to kindle in the breast a noble ambition to rival illustrious characters, to promote generous sentiments, and to awaken a sensibility of whatever is most amiable in life. By H. Ward, school-master in Whitehaven.
Ward, H.Date: 1789- Books
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A short treatise upon arts and sciences, in French and English, by question and answer. The sixth edition. Enlarged with an infinite number of things both curious and instructive. ... By John Palairet, ...
Palairet, Jean, 1697-1774.Date: 1779- Books
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Abrége' sur les sciences & sur les arts, par demandes & par réponses. = A short treatise upon arts and sciences, by question and answer.
Palairet, Jean, 1697-1774.Date: Printed in the Year of our Lord MDCCXXXI. [1731]