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Extracts such as those from Bunyan, Butler, or Fielding will enable him to inculcate ethical and religious principles in a very striking manner. Others will suggest useful lessons in history, biography, politics, or philosophy. A solecism may even be discovered occasionally, such as that in the extract from Kinglake (corrected in later editions), and may serve to point a moral.
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- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 0243276222
- ISBN 13 9780243276226
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages253
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