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the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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[ a boy known to Maria Edgeworth

 

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John Aikin : Evenings at Home

'We have heard a boy of nine years old, who had never been taught elocution by any reading-master, read simple, pathetic passages, and natural dialogues in "Evenings at Home" in a manner which would have made even Sterne's critic forget his stop-watch.'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: [ a boy known to Maria Edgeworth      Print: Book

 

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