AN

INTRODUCTION

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ART OF READING

WITH

ENERGY AND PROPRIETY,

BY

JOHN RICE.

LONDON:

Printed for J. and R. TONSON, in the Strand,

MDCCLXV.

TO

WILLIAM KENRICK Efq. I.U. D.

IN RETURN

FOR THE OBLIGATIONS,

CONFERED

BY HIS ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE,

IN CONCERTING AND EXECUTING

A PLAN

FOR IMPROVING THE PRACTICE OF READING,

AND ESTABLISHING

A CRITERION FOR THE PRONUNCIATION

OF THE ENGLISH TONGUE;

THIS INTRODUCTION IS GRATEFULLY

INSCRIBED

BY HIS MOST OBEDIENT

AND MOST OBLIGED

HUMBLE SERVANT

JOHN RICE.