Sequel to the English Reader: Or, Elegant Selections in Prose and Poetry : Designed to Improve the Highest Class of Learners in Reading to Establish a Taste for Just and Accurate Composition, and to Promote the Interests of Piety and VirtueJohn S. Taylor, 1844 - 358 pages |
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