An English Grammar: Comprehending the Principles and Rules of the Language, Illustrated by Appropriate Exercises, and a Key to the Exercises, Volume 1T. Wilson, 1808 - English language |
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... PRINCIPLES and general rules of grammar ; and SECONDLY AN APPENDIX , containing rules and observations for promoting perspicuous and accurate com position . A 2 A Y PREFACE . THE author of these volumes made a number.
... PRINCIPLES and general rules of grammar ; and SECONDLY AN APPENDIX , containing rules and observations for promoting perspicuous and accurate com position . A 2 A Y PREFACE . THE author of these volumes made a number.
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... observations , calculated to illustrate and con- firm particular rules and positions contained in the Grammar ; and of many critical discussions , in justification of some of its parts , against which objections had been advanced ...
... observations , calculated to illustrate and con- firm particular rules and positions contained in the Grammar ; and of many critical discussions , in justification of some of its parts , against which objections had been advanced ...
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... observations , as convey to them no clear and precise information . A distribution of the parts , which is either defective or irregular , has also a tendency to perplex the young under- standing , and to retard its knowledge of the ...
... observations , as convey to them no clear and precise information . A distribution of the parts , which is either defective or irregular , has also a tendency to perplex the young under- standing , and to retard its knowledge of the ...
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... observations , in the common and detached man- ner , at the bottom of the page , would not , it is imagined , be so likely to attract the perusal of youth , or admit of so ample and regular an illustration , as a continued and uni- form ...
... observations , in the common and detached man- ner , at the bottom of the page , would not , it is imagined , be so likely to attract the perusal of youth , or admit of so ample and regular an illustration , as a continued and uni- form ...
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... Observations respecting Perspicuity , & c . contained in the Appendix , and which are , chiefly , extracted from the writings of Blair and Campbell , will , it is presumed , form a proper addition to the Grammar . The subjects are very ...
... Observations respecting Perspicuity , & c . contained in the Appendix , and which are , chiefly , extracted from the writings of Blair and Campbell , will , it is presumed , form a proper addition to the Grammar . The subjects are very ...
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