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A new grammar of the English language; or, an easy introduction to the art of speaking and writing English, with propriety and correctness. The whole laid down in the most plain and familiar Manner, and calculated for the Use not only of Schools, but of private Gentlemen. By D. Fenning. Author of the Royal English Dictionary (published by the King's Authority.)-The Schoolmaster's Companion in the Knowledge of Arithmetic. - The Universal Spelling-Book. - The New Spelling Dictionary. - The British Youth's Instructor, or a New and Easy Guide to Practical Arithmetic. - The Ready Reckoner, being correct Tables of Accompts ready east up-The Young Man's Book of Knowledge. - The Young Measurer's complete Guide. - The Youth's Familiar Guide to Trade and Commerce. - And the Young Algebraist's Companion.
Fenning, Daniel.Date: 1800- Books
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The child's best instructor in spelling and reading. Wherein Words of several Syllables are so divided, that the Sound of each Syllable, when joined together, shall lead the Scholar into the true and correct Pronunciation of every Word: Which the common Methods of Dividing (heretofore used) will not admit of; consequently must cause a false and vicious Pronunciation. Containing A greater Number of Spelling Pages than what is usual in other Spelling Books; each Word properly accented. The Whole interspersed with proper easy Lessons of one, two, three, and more Syllables: Lessons of Morality in Prose and Verse, on different Virtues, &c. Lessons for proper Behaviour: Directions concerning the Vowels, Consonants, Diphthongs, &c. and every thing that relates to Propriety in Reading. Instructive Fables, adorned with Cuts: The Characters of the Monarchs of Great-Britain, from the Beginning of the Reign of William the Conqueror, to the Commencement of the Reign of his present Majesty King George the Second; taken from Rapin. Alphabetical Copies in Prose and Verse: Morning and Evening Prayers for Children: Grates before and after Meat: With several useful Tables, proper for Children to be instructed in. This Spelling-Book, which is generally approved of, and subscribed to, by many eminent Schoolmasters in and about London, is also recommended to all Foreigners, that are desirous to attain a correct Pronunciation of the English Language; who, by making use of it, cannot fail of meeting with Success; no other Spelling-Book being adapted so well for that Purpose.
Date: MDCCLVII. [1757]- Books
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An abridgment of L. Murray's English grammar. With an appendix, containing an exemplification of the parts of speech. Designed for the use of the youngest class of learners. By Lindley Murray.
Murray, Lindley, 1745-1826.Date: 1797- Books
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English grammar, adapted to the different classes of learners. With an appendix, contaning rules and observations, for assisting the more advanced students to write with perspicuity and accuracy. Designed for the instructio[n]. By Lindley Murray.
Murray, Lindley, 1745-1826.Date: 1796- Books
The student's guide to writing : grammar, punctuation and spelling / John Peck and Martin Coyle.
Peck, John, 1947-Date: 1999- Books
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An introduction to the speaking and writing of the English language, according to grammatical rules: intended to assist learners in acquiring a thorough knowledge of syntax. By Caleb Alexander, A.M. author of "A grammatical system of the English language," and Grammatica elements, &c." and "A grammatical institute of the Latin language." Published according to act of Congress.
Alexander, Caleb, 1755-1828.Date: 1794- Books
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Rudiments of English grammar, containing, I. The different kinds, relations and changes of words. II. Syntax, or the right construction of sentences: with an appendix, comprehending a table of verbs irregularly inflected. Remarks on some grammatical figures, rules of punctuation, a praxis on the grammar and examples of true and false construction. By Mr. Harrison.
Harrison, Mr. (Ralph), 1748-1810.Date: [1800?]- Books
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Korte wegwyzer der Engelsche taale; Behelzende de noodigste en weezendlykste Letterkonstige Regelen, om spoedig zonder veel moeite tot kennisse dier taale te geraaken. = A compendious guide to the English language; Containing the most necessary and essential Grammar-Rules, whereby one may speedily & without much difficulty attain to the knowledge of the aforesaid Language. Door Wm. Sewel.
Sewel, William, 1653-1720.Date: 1705- Books
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The little reader's assistant; containing I. A number of stories, mostly taken from the history of America, and adorned with cuts. II. Rudiments of English grammar. III. A federal catechism, being a short and easy explanation of the Constitution of the United States. IV. General principles of government and commerce. V. The farmer's catechizm, containing plain rules of husbandry. All adapted to the capacities of children. By Noah Webster, Jun. Attorney at law.
Webster, Noah, 1758-1843.Date: [1798]- Books
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A general dictionary of the English language; to which is prefixed, a comprehensive grammar. By William Perry, Author of the New Standard French and English Pronouncing Dictionary. Embellished with a portrait of the author.
Perry, William, lecturer in the Academy at Edinburgh.Date: M.DCC.XCV. [1795]- Books
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A practical grammar of the English tongue: or, a rational and easy introduction to speaking and writing English correctly and properly ; Peculiarly adapted to the Nature and Genius of the Language; and free from the hard and unnecessary Terms of the Latin Rudiments. The whole treated of in expressive Terms and familiar Style, and in the most natural and instructive Method, viz. That of Question and Answer. Design'd for the use of schools. And tho' calculated chiefly for the Use of the Fair Sex, and such as require only an English Education, may yet be a useful Foundation to those who are design'd for higher Studies. By William Loughton, School-Master at Kensington. The fifth edition, with improvements. To which is annexed, an introduction to the art of writing, illustrated with several Specimens of all the usual Hands, curiously engraved by Mr Bickham.
Loughton, William.Date: 1744- Books
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The accidence: Or, First rudiments of English grammar, designed chiefly for the use of young ladies. With an appendix, containing examples of grammatical construction; of the method of supplying the elliptical words; and of analyzing sentences. Also maxims and reflections, by way of exercises for learners; and some occasional remarks and references. By Ellin Devis.
Devis, Ellin, -approximately 1784.Date: MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]- Books
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The rudiments of Latin and English grammar; designed to facilitate the study of both languages, by connecting them together. By Alexander Adam, LL.D. Rector of the High School of Edinburgh. [Five lines of Latin quotation]
Adam, Alexander, 1741-1809.Date: December, 1799- Books
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Rudiments of English grammar; being an introduction to the second part of The grammatical institute of the English language: compiled at the desire of the committee of the grammar school in Hartford. By Noah Webster, jun. Esq. Published according to statute.
Webster, Noah, 1758-1843.Date: 1790- Books
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A rhetorical grammar of the English language. Calculated solely for the purposes of teaching propriety of pronunciation, and justness of delivery, in that tongue, by the organs of speech. By Thomas Sheridan, A.M.
Sheridan, Thomas, 1719-1788.Date: MDCCLXXXI. [1781]- Books
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The rudiments of the English tongue; or, the principles of English grammar, methodically digested into plain rules, and adapted to the capacities of young people. To which are added, exercises on a most useful new plan, to be rectified by the Rules of Grammar: I. Copious Exercises of false Spelling. II. On the Declension of Nouns. III. On the Conjugation of Active and Passive Verbs. IV. On Construction. V. The Method of turning Poetry into Prose. VI. Parsing Examples, with References to the Rules of Construction. With Proper Directions and Address from Inferiors to Persons of Distinction; and also a Table of Abbreviations explained, &c. The third edition, carefully revised, corrected and much improved, by the Rev. Lister Metcalfe, Curate of Muker, Swaledale, in the County of York.
Metcalfe, Lister.Date: MDCCLXXVII. [1777]- Books
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Speculum Latinum: or, Latin made easy to scholars, by an English grammar only; Neither Tedious, nor obscure; composed on Natural Principles, and instructing the young Beginner in Latin, by English Rules, adapted to the meanest Capacities, for the Use and Benefit of Schools and Families. By John Entick.
Entick, John, 1703?-1773.Date: [1728]- Books
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The compendious American grammar, or Grammatical institutes in verse designed for the use of schools in the United States: with an appendix, containing rules for the formation of verbs, and the right use of the points and stops. Inscribed to the American instructors of youth. By Daniel Humphreys, Esq. Published according to act of Congress. [Two lines in Latin from Ovid]
Humphreys, Daniel, 1740-1827.Date: M,DCC,XCII. [1792]- Books
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A grammatical institute of the English language; comprising an easy, concise and systematic method of education. Designed for the use of English schools in America. In three parts. Part second. Containing a plain and comprehensive grammar, grounded on the true principles and idioms of the language. By Noah Webster, Jun. Esquire. Author of "Dissertations on the English language," "Collection of essays and fugitive writings," &c.
Webster, Noah, 1758-1843.Date: 1800- Books
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A short introduction to English grammar. With critical notes. By the Right Reverend Robert Lowth, D.D. Lord Bishop of Oxford. [Six lines in Latin from Cicero]
Lowth, Robert, 1710-1787.Date: [1775]- Books
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The accidence; or first rudiments of English grammar. Designed for the use of young ladies. By Ellin Devis.
Devis, Ellin, -approximately 1784.Date: M.DCC.LXXXVI. [1786]- Books
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The only sure guide to the English tongue: or, new pronouncing spelling-book; upon the same plan as the Royal standard English dictionary. Designed for The Use of Schools and Private Families. To which is added, an appendix, containing several very useful lists of words properly accented, which had been omitted in the two last editions. By W. Perry, Lecturer on the English Language, in the Academy, Edinburgh.
Perry, William, lecturer in the Academy at Edinburgh.Date: [1797]- Books
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Essai raisonné sur la grammaire et la prononciation Angloise, á l'usage des Français qui désirent d'apprendre l'Anglois. Par Dunc'an Mack'intosh et ses deux filles. N.B. Chaque exemplaire de cet ouvrage sera numeroté et signé par Mr. Mackintosh.
Mack'intosh, Dunc'an.Date: 1797- Books
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The royal standard English dictionary. In which the words are not only rationally divided into syllables, accurately accented, their part of speech properly distinguished, and, their various significations arranged in one line; but, likewise, by a key to this work, comprising the various sounds of the vowels and consonants, denoted by typographical characters, and illustrated by examples ... Upon a plan perfectly plain, and entirely new. To which is prefixed, a comprehensive grammar of the English language. ... By William Perry, lecturer in the Academy at Edinburgh, author of The only sure guide to the English tongue, The man of business, The orator, &c. &c.
Perry, William, lecturer in the Academy at Edinburgh.Date: 1796- Books
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The english schollar's assistant: or, the rudiments of the English tongue. In four parts. Part I. Treats of letters in general , their Origin, their Division into Vowels, Consonants, Diphthongs, Triphthongs, and their various Use, &c. Part II. Treats of syllables and their division in spelling , &c. Of Notes and Marks belonging to Syllables, with their Use; and of Points and Stops. Part III. Treats of words, or parts of speech , with the Accidents to each Part, in a practical and useful Method. Part IV. Treats of sentences or syntax , with proper Examples to each Rule in Concord and Government, explaining fully the Use of both, and Remarks upon each Rule for the Help of the Learner. And for a further Assistance to Teachers, &c fit Interrogatories are annex'd under each Head to examine Children by. With an Appendix of the Lord's Prayer by way of Question and Answer for Exercise. By Samuel Saxon . Sloth sits and censures what the Industrious teach: Foxes despise the Grapes they cannot reach.
Saxon, Samuel.Date: M.DCC.XXXVII. [1737]