Murray's English Reader: Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers (Classic Reprint)

Tux: 1:. G11.su 35.4 DERA a atzempt to improve a work stamped with the pame of the immortal llnziay ano tlotia-ti with universal patronage, may be deemed the .=ei;.tt presnznption. but the Author has not hand!e.l the reader irteerent. :1--r he has left it in precisely the szrne shape in sw Lien he tbuud it: eat.-pt that tt few pages are adued to its siz 2by placing a voea Lul.tr over each SUCIIOII, giving the definition 61111 true -rotnniciation of the most itnpoptan: sortts. aurt-eatÂiy to t:.e principles of the uelebratetl lohll all.er. alia ts orthography is alo givt at :o the sorl: tor the purpose ut uniformity. Mr. llutrnt says. that the Englislt Header is â? t.e-i-:ned to assist .âlt Zg persons to read with propriety and etiect :and to improve their language and sentiments. To eery one, vf ilu can read finrrny stitle page, it ig evident, that young pt-tsuns tan nf-t read the fm owing work with propriety and etiect. without a pertect lmmvledge of the words ot which it is composed. Neither can their language and sentiments be much improved. by prating over a norm, uitltout regard either In pronunciation or dt tmition. As there can be no diversity ol opinion on this point, the only question is, hat is the most co;=venient and expeditious method of acquiring unecessary knowledge ot words r All i!l agree. that the best method gf beennting urqnaintetl with words. ts to eonnlt them, as they occur in the wtittnus ol the best authors. But the drudgery of looking out wo:Âds in a full dictionary, (sw. hich must be repeated as often as the learner may tbteet tht-tn.) added to the loss of titne and the expense ot having dictionaries ttnnhh-d to ieces in the hands of ehiidren, calls loudly lin inn rovetnent. âhe publick are now invited to determine. whether a pronouncing vot abulary plan.- lat the head of each section, is not tt more desirable tnode ol aetui-:ition,
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