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An American selection of lessons in reading and speaking. [electronic resource] : 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. By Noah Webster, Jun. Esquire. Author of "Dissertations on the English language," "Collection of essays and fugitive writings," &c.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Webster, Noah, 1758-1843.
Contributor:
Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831, printer.
Andrews, Ebenezer Turrell, 1766-1851, printer.
Standardized Title:
Grammatical institute of the English language. Part 3
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Elocution.
Webster, Noah, 1758-1843--Portraits.
Webster, Noah.
Genre:
Readers.
Dialogues.
Poems -- 1790.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (239,[1]p. ) 1 port. ;
Edition:
Thomas and Andrews's first edition. With many corrections and improvements, by the author. [Two lines from Mirabeau].
Other Title:
American selection of lessons in reading and speaking
Place of Publication:
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 booksellers in town and country, MDCCXC. [1790]
Notes:
First published under title: A grammatical institute of the English language .. part III.
Frontispiece portrait of Noah Webster.
Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
Cited in:
Evans, 23050
Skeel, E.E.F. Webster, 459
English Short Title Catalog, W11582.
OCLC:
510955489

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