A System of English GrammarOliver & Boyd, 1845 - 168 pages |
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... English Master of the Western Academy , Glasgow , And late Principal of the English Department of the High School , Mechanics ' Institution , Liverpool . EDINBURGH : PUBLISHED BY OLIVER & BOYD , TWEEDDALE COURT ; AND SIMPKIN , MARSHALL ...
... English Master of the Western Academy , Glasgow , And late Principal of the English Department of the High School , Mechanics ' Institution , Liverpool . EDINBURGH : PUBLISHED BY OLIVER & BOYD , TWEEDDALE COURT ; AND SIMPKIN , MARSHALL ...
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... English tongue . The light previously cast upon . it was that refracted through the medium of the Greek and Latin languages . Men retained monastic practices in edu- cation long after they had discarded them in religion , and vainly ...
... English tongue . The light previously cast upon . it was that refracted through the medium of the Greek and Latin languages . Men retained monastic practices in edu- cation long after they had discarded them in religion , and vainly ...
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... English language . In doing this , many different points of view might have been assumed , and each would have required a different treatment ; but the object of my work -which was to furnish a text - book for the use of those who wish ...
... English language . In doing this , many different points of view might have been assumed , and each would have required a different treatment ; but the object of my work -which was to furnish a text - book for the use of those who wish ...
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... English Grammar . In drawing up the part on Syntax , on which I have bestowed much care , I have aimed at three things : -1st , To give as complete an explanation as possible of the principles which regulate the structure of the English ...
... English Grammar . In drawing up the part on Syntax , on which I have bestowed much care , I have aimed at three things : -1st , To give as complete an explanation as possible of the principles which regulate the structure of the English ...
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