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Murray's 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 : improved by the addition of a concordant and synonymising vocabulary consisting of about fifteen hundred of the most important words contained in this work : the words are arranged in columns and placed over the sections respectively, from which they are selected, and are divided, defined, and pronounced according to the principles of John Walker : the words in the vocabulary and their correspondent words in the sections are numbered with figures of reference : Walker's pronouncing key, which governs the vocabulary, is prefixed to this work

Title:Murray's 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 : improved by the addition of a concordant and synonymising vocabulary consisting of about fifteen hundred of the most important words contained in this work : the words are arranged in columns and placed over the sections respectively, from which they are selected, and are divided, defined, and pronounced according to the principles of John Walker : the words in the vocabulary and their correspondent words in the sections are numbered with figures of reference : Walker's pronouncing key, which governs the vocabulary, is prefixed to this work
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