The Columbian Reader: Comprising a New and Various Selection of Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry, for the Use of Schools in the United States, to which is Prefixed an Introduction on the Arts of Reading and SpeakingR. P. & C. Williams, 1815 - 204 pages |
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... nations will be involved in obscurity , and afford the reader but little instruction . Of such consequence was ... nation in a science of such utility and im- portance . PASSAGE OF THE POTOMAC THROUGH THE BLUE RIDGE IN VIRGINIA ...
... nations will be involved in obscurity , and afford the reader but little instruction . Of such consequence was ... nation in a science of such utility and im- portance . PASSAGE OF THE POTOMAC THROUGH THE BLUE RIDGE IN VIRGINIA ...
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... nation's arms to freedom , or guide her councils to happiness , may be safely ranked the few , who con- tribute to purify her morals and adorn her name by elegant literature . Their value is not always appreci ated , because the gradual ...
... nation's arms to freedom , or guide her councils to happiness , may be safely ranked the few , who con- tribute to purify her morals and adorn her name by elegant literature . Their value is not always appreci ated , because the gradual ...
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... nation of Great Britain , a printer has been found guilty of a libel , for publishing those resolutions , to which the present minister of that kingdom had actually subscribed his name ! To what other cause can you ascribe , what in my ...
... nation of Great Britain , a printer has been found guilty of a libel , for publishing those resolutions , to which the present minister of that kingdom had actually subscribed his name ! To what other cause can you ascribe , what in my ...
Contents
General Observations on the Arts of Reading and Speaking | ix |
Delineation of some of the most powerful passions | xxviii |
On the Reading or Recitation of different Species of Prose | xxxvi |
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