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THE

AMERICAN FIRST CLASS BOOK;

OR,

EXERCISES

IN

READING AND RECITATION:

SELECTED PRINCIPALLY

FROM MODERN AUTHORS

OF

GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA;

AND DESIGNED FOR THE USE

OF

THE HIGHEST CLASS

IN PUBLICK AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

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BY JOHN PIERPONT,

Minister of Hollis-street Church, Boston: Author of Airs of Palestine, &c.

BOSTON:

PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM B. FOWLE,
No. 45, Cornhill.

STEREOTYPED BY T. H. AND C. CARTER.

1823.