A New Guide to the English Tongue: In Five Parts. ... The Thirteenth Edition. By Thomas Dilworth, ...Henry Kent, 1751 - 154 pages |
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Page ii
... Rules , having each of them a fufficient Number of Queftions , with their Anfwers , are methodically and briefly handled . II . Vulgar Fractions , wherein fe- veral Things , not commonly met with , are there diftinctly treated of , and ...
... Rules , having each of them a fufficient Number of Queftions , with their Anfwers , are methodically and briefly handled . II . Vulgar Fractions , wherein fe- veral Things , not commonly met with , are there diftinctly treated of , and ...
Page vii
... Rules of Grammar : And therefore in the peruful of this Effay towards Spelling , you will find that whenever a Word occurs that may be divided one way by Sound , and another by Grammar , the Scholar is directed how to understand the ...
... Rules of Grammar : And therefore in the peruful of this Effay towards Spelling , you will find that whenever a Word occurs that may be divided one way by Sound , and another by Grammar , the Scholar is directed how to understand the ...
Page viii
... Rule , I will appeal to my Readers , how inconfiftent it is first to teach by the former Way , thofe Things which ... Rules of Grammar : And I hope it will anfwer the End propofed . But As Practice , in all Arts and Sciences , is the ...
... Rule , I will appeal to my Readers , how inconfiftent it is first to teach by the former Way , thofe Things which ... Rules of Grammar : And I hope it will anfwer the End propofed . But As Practice , in all Arts and Sciences , is the ...
Page ix
... Rules herein contained towards procuring a good Style , and an easy way of Writing ; and banish from their Eyes fuch Grubftreet Papers , idle Pamphlets , lewd Plays , filthy Songs , and unfeemly Jefts , which only ferve to corrupt and ...
... Rules herein contained towards procuring a good Style , and an easy way of Writing ; and banish from their Eyes fuch Grubftreet Papers , idle Pamphlets , lewd Plays , filthy Songs , and unfeemly Jefts , which only ferve to corrupt and ...
Page x
... Rules of proper Diɛtion stray : No more their Speech with barb'rous Terms be fill'd ; No more their Pens a Crop of Nonsense yield : But chofen Words in due Arrangement ftand , And Senfe and Elegance go Hand in Hand . Attend ye fprightly ...
... Rules of proper Diɛtion stray : No more their Speech with barb'rous Terms be fill'd ; No more their Pens a Crop of Nonsense yield : But chofen Words in due Arrangement ftand , And Senfe and Elegance go Hand in Hand . Attend ye fprightly ...
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