The English reader, or, pieces in prose and poetry : selected from the best writers

"Designed to assist young persons to read with propriety and effect, to improve their language and sentiments, and to inculcate some of the most important principles of piety and virtue with a few preliminary observations on the principles of good reading. To which is added a vocabulary of all the words therein contained, divided, accented, defined, and the part of speech annexed, arranged in alphabetical order, adapted to the orthography and pronunciation of Walker."