English Reading Lessons: to Serve as an Introduction to the Models of English Literature, for the Use of Colleges, Academies, and Schools

Metropolitan Press

ISBN 10: 0461611228 / ISBN 13: 9780461611229

Published by HardPress Ltd, 2021

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• Title: English Reading Lessons: to Serve as an Introduction to the Models of English Literature, for the Use of Colleges, Academies, and Schools
• Publisher: HardPress Ltd
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461611228
• ISBN 13: 9780461611229
• Binding: Paperback / softback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 526 grams

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English Reading Lessons: To Serve As An Introduction To The Models Of English Literature, For The Use Of Colleges, Academies, And Schools. This volume is a nineteenth?century reader designed for young students in colleges, academies, and schools. It presents a curated sequence of “Reading Lessons” and moral narratives that blend religious instruction with natural history, geography, and basic science. The Preface explains a careful approach that avoids injurious content and aims to captivate the mind, train the memory, and form virtue. The contents span topics from God and creation to animal life (The Horse, The Dog, The Arabian Camel, The Giraffe, The Silkworm), moral exempla (The Devout and Happy Beggar, The Reward of Hospitality, The Just Judge, True Honesty, Politeness), classroom maxims (Ten Rules to be observed in Practical Life), and a broad array of anecdotes, dialogues, and essays on history, architecture, agriculture, and national progress. The book emphasizes moral education, Christian piety, civility, and intellectual cultivation as mutually reinforcing aims of learning. It includes poetry and short essays on the value of knowledge, history, literature, and music, concluding with reflections on religion and the future state.