A Collection of English prose and verse, for the use of schools, selected from different authors . To which are prefixed, a few short lessons for beginners, with an exercise on spelling, in four large tables of words which occur in this collection, containing all the words of four syllables, and above; a large table of three, and a considerable number of two, together with the proper names, divided and accented. Also, an appendix, containing the principles of English grammar. By Alexander Barrie, teacher of English, writer's court, Edinburgh.

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MDCCC. [1800]