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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.

BY LINDLEY MURRAY,
Author of an English Grammar, &c. &c.

FROM THE LATEST EDITION.

ALBANY :

PRINTED AND SOLD BY E. & E. HOSFORD,
No. 100, State-street.

1821.

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