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The Student's Assistant, Or Learner's First Guide To The English Language - Softcover

Antoine Alexandre Boniface

 
9780461979695: The Student's Assistant, Or Learner's First Guide To The English Language

Synopsis

The Student's Assistant, Or Learner's First Guide To The English Language by Antoine Alexandre Boniface. This reprint presents a 17th?century collection of selected anecdotes and moral tales designed as an introduction to the English language and British classics. In a new edition, carefully revised and improved, the work is organized as a language-learning reader that pairs short narratives and dialogues with translations, glossaries, and notes to aid study. The volume surveys themes such as Affection (conjugal, filial, fraternal, parental), Affability, Anger, Beneficence, Bravery, Covetousness, Death, Gratitude, and more, through exemplary stories about historical and legendary figures (Cyrus, Epaminondas, Alexander, Socrates, Tarquin, etc.). Each piece aims to teach English usage while imparting moral instruction on virtue, prudence, patriotism, humility, and humane conduct. It stands as an early didactic work blending language education with ethical reflection and classical references.

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