An American Selection of Lessons, in Reading and Speaking, Calculated to Improve the Minds and Refine the Taste of Youth: To Which Are Prefixed Rules ... Passions of the Mind

by Noah Webster

Excerpt from An American Selection of Lessons, in Reading and Speaking, Calculated to Improve the Minds and Refine the Taste of Youth

Jbtdipary converfation. Whenever the voice is ruled above this key, Q pronunciation is difficult and fatiguing. There it h dilerence between, a [and and an high voice; A pcrfon [my {peak much louder than he does in ordinary dll'courfe, with. Out an elevation of voice and may be heard dihinfily upon the fame lec'y) either in a private room or in a large allembly.

239 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1814

About the author

Noah Webster, Jr. (October 16, 1758 – May 28, 1843), was a lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, political writer, editor, and prolific author. He has been called the "Father of American Scholarship and Education". His blue-backed speller books taught five generations of American children how to spell and read, secularizing their education. According to Ellis (1979) he gave Americans "a secular catechism to the nation-state".

Webster's name has become synonymous with "dictionary" in the United States, especially the modern Merriam-Webster dictionary that was first published in 1828 as An American Dictionary of the English Language. He is considered one of the Founding Fathers of the nation.

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