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LESSONS,

IN

READING AND SPEAKING,

CALCULATED

TO IMPROVE THE MINDS AND REFINE THE TASTE OF

YOUTH;

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.

Author of "Dissertations on the English Language," "Collection of
Essays and Fugitive Writings," "The Prompter," &c.

PUBLISHED ACCORDING TO AST of congRESS.

NEW-YORK:

PUBLISHED BY EVERT DUYCKINCK,
BOOKSELLER & STATIONER.

W. W. VERMILYE, PRINTER.

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