The reader. : Containing I. The art of delivery--Articulation, accent, pronunciation, emphasis, pauses, key or pitch of the voice, and tones. A selection of lessons in the various kinds of prose. II. Poetick numbers, structures of English verse, feet and pauses, measure and movement, melody, harmony and expression, rules for reading verse. A selection of lessons in the various kinds of verse. : Being the third part of a Columbian exercise. The whole comprising an easy and systematical method of teaching and of learning the English language. / By Abner Alden, A.M. ; Published according to act of Congress.

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Book

Author/Creator:

Alden, Abner, 1758-1820.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 1736.

Standardized Title:

Columbian exercise. Part 3

Language:

English

Genre:

Readers.

Juvenile literature -- 1802.

Anthologies.

Poems -- 1802.

Physical Description:

v pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 8-192 pages ; 18 cm

Place of Publication:

Printed at Boston, : by I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews. Sold by them, at their bookstore, Faust's Statue, no. 45, Newbury Street, by said Thomas, at Worcester; by Thomas, Andrews, and Peniman, at Albany; and by Thomas, Andrews, and Butler, at Baltimore.--, April, 1802.

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"A selection of words in modern use, arranged in alphabetical order, and the meaning of each explained."--Appendix, p. [160]-192.

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