A System of English GrammarOliver & Boyd, 1845 - 168 pages |
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Charles Walker Connon. A SYSTEM OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR ; FOUNDED ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE AND THE PRACTICE OF THE BEST AUTHORS . WITH COPIOUS EXERCISES . For Use in Schools and in Private Study . By CHARLES WALKER CONNON , M. A. ...
Charles Walker Connon. A SYSTEM OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR ; FOUNDED ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE AND THE PRACTICE OF THE BEST AUTHORS . WITH COPIOUS EXERCISES . For Use in Schools and in Private Study . By CHARLES WALKER CONNON , M. A. ...
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... of ancient tongues , now immutably fixed and comprised in a few volumes , be yet , after the toil of successive ages , inadequate and delusive , " there is no pre- sumption in supposing that the grammar of a living tongue.
... of ancient tongues , now immutably fixed and comprised in a few volumes , be yet , after the toil of successive ages , inadequate and delusive , " there is no pre- sumption in supposing that the grammar of a living tongue.
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Charles Walker Connon. sumption in supposing that the grammar of a living tongue is still susceptible of improvement . The language changes day by day , and the grammar must change along with it . On the field thus at all times open to ...
Charles Walker Connon. sumption in supposing that the grammar of a living tongue is still susceptible of improvement . The language changes day by day , and the grammar must change along with it . On the field thus at all times open to ...
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Charles Walker Connon. Between this Grammar and the school grammars at pres- ent most in use it would be invidious ... Grammar . In drawing up the part on Syntax , on which I have bestowed much care , I have aimed at three things ...
Charles Walker Connon. Between this Grammar and the school grammars at pres- ent most in use it would be invidious ... Grammar . In drawing up the part on Syntax , on which I have bestowed much care , I have aimed at three things ...
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