The English Reader, Or Pieces in Prose and Verse

Book excerpt: Excerpt from The English Reader, or Pieces in Prose and Verse: Selected From the Best Writers Many selections of excellent matter have been made for the benefit 0' young persons. Performances of this kind are of so great utility, that fresh productions of them, and new attempts to im rove the young mind, Will scarcely be deemed super uous, if the writer m es his compilation instructive and interesrng, and sufficiently distinct from others. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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."