The English Reader, or Pieces in Prose and Verse, Selected From the Best Writers

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Excerpt from The English Reader, or Pieces in Prose and Verse, 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 ReadingThe Com iler has been curcfui to avoid every expressionism! Sentiment, t at might gratify a corrupt mind, or, in the least de pee, o¿'end the eye or car ot innocence. This he conceives toba peculiarly incumbent on every person who writes for the benefit of youth. It would indeed he a rest and happy improvement in education, if no writin s were ai owed to come under their notice. But such as are perfcc y innocent and ii' on all proper occasionl. They were encouraged to peruse those which tend to inspire adlle reverence for virtue, and an abhorrence of vice, as well asto ani mate them with sentiments ofpiety and goodness Such impres sions deeply engraven on their minds, and connected wnth all their attainments, could scarcely fail of attendioi them through W and 01 producing a solidity ot'principle and c ateeter, that we be able to resist the danger arising from future intercourse with the world.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.