The art of reading [electronic resource] ; containing a number of useful rules, exemplified by a variety of selected and original pieces. : Narrative, didactic, argumentative, poetical, descriptive, pathetic, humourous, and entertaining. : Together with dialogues, speeches, orations, addresses, and harangues. : Calculated to improve the scholar in reading and speaking with propriety and elegance; and to impress the minds of youth with sentiments of virtue and religion. : Designed for the use of schools and families. / By Daniel Staniford, A.M. ; Author of a short but comprehensive grammar. ; [One line of quotation].