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NYM(G.773.142
19 Jul 1773:24 (1134)
To the Public. Many authors of the present age, have
lamented that, in the general modes of education, a
correctness and elegancy of speaking and reading our own
language, hath not been so strongly inculcated as a rapid
[?] acquisition of knowledge not, to all, so immediately
essential to their happiness. The simple use of all language
is to convey our ideas to others, so as that, what we
conceive, may be understood;. . . [21 more lines about the
importance of correct language skill] With a modest
diffidence, I offer my services, during the recess of the
Theatre, to attend a small number of young ladies or young
gentlemen, thro' a short course of lessons on this important
subject, in the following method. . . [10 lines explaining
method] I will then endeavour to instruct my pupil in that
part of elocution, which is analogous to time in musick;
teaching a slow or quick reading, according to the matter;
and thus by degrees enable him to read with justness and
elegancy, the most difficult of all writers, Milton. . . [3
lines] but I humbly conceive that an attention to propriety
of speech for some years past, being a requisite of my
profession. . . [11 more lines] Those who are pleas'd to
favor my design, I beg to honor me with their commands by
the means of Mr. Gaine. I am the Public's devoted servant,
Thomas Byerley.
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