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THE

ENGLISH READER;

OR

PIECES IN PROSE AND POETRY.

SELECTED FROM THE BEST WRITERS.

DESIGNED

O ASSIST YOUNG PERSONS TO READ WITH PROPRIETY AND EFFEOL TO IMPROVE THEIR LANGUAGE AND SENTIMENTS; AND T 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,

PUBLISHED BY

JOSIAH B. BALDWIN,

BRIDGEPORT (CONN.)
1840.

F.E.E