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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alden, Abner, 1758-1820.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 14313.

Standardized Title:

Columbian exercise. Part 3

Language:

English

Genre:

Readers.

Juvenile literature -- 1808.

Anthologies.

Poems -- 1808.

Physical Description:

iv pages, 1 unnumbered page, 6-228 pages ; 18 cm

Edition:

Third edition--corrected and improved.

Place of Publication:

Boston: : Printed by J.T. Buckingham, for Thomas & Andrews, no. 45, Newbury-Street., July, 1808.

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Notes:

Copyright May 13, 1808.

Errors in paging: p. 25, 155 misnumbered 29, 551.

"A selection of words in modern use, arranged in alphabetical order, and the meaning of each explained."--Appendix, p. [197]-228.

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