An American selection of lessons in reading and speaking. Calculated to improve the minds and refine the taste of youth. And also to instruct them in the geography, history, and politics of the United States. To which are prefixed, rules in elocution, and directions for expressing the principal passions of the mind. --Being the third part of A grammatical institute of the English language. To which is now added, an appendix, containing several new dialogues. By Noah Webster, Jun. Esquire, author of "Dissertations on the English language," "Collection of essays an fugitive writings," &c.

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  • An American selection of lessons in reading and speaking. Calculated to improve the minds and refine the taste of youth. And also to instruct them in the geography, history, and politics of the United States. To which are prefixed, rules in elocution, and directions for expressing the principal passions of the mind. --Being the third part of A grammatical institute of the English language. To which is now added, an appendix, containing several new dialogues. By Noah Webster, Jun. Esquire, author of "Dissertations on the English language," "Collection of essays an fugitive writings," &c.
  • Grammatical institute of the English language. Part 3
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Imprint
Printed at Boston: by Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews. At Faust's Statue, no. 45, Newbury Street. Sold, wholesale and retail, at their bookstore; by said Thomas at his bookstore in Worcester, and by the booksellers in town and country, MDCCXCIV. [1794]
Added name
Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831, printer. Andrews, Ebenezer Turrell, 1766-1851, printer.
Publication year
1794
ESTC No.
W11585
Grub Street ID
320792
Description
239,[1]p. : 1 port. ; 12⁰
Note
First published under title: A grammatical institute of the English language .. part III.

Errors in paging: p. 182, 192 misnumbered 184, 291.

"The New York Public Library has also a variant copy, in which signature T is from Thomas and Andrews' fourth edition; this results in p. 227's ending with 'The Virtuous,' an eight-line poem, rather than the thirteen-line 'Prologue' which replaced it in this edition."--Skeel.
Uncontrolled note
Signatures: A-U? (A1 recto blank)