The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1898 - 304 pages |
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Page vi
... matter himself , will secure the interest of a class of quite small boys , -not merely of the good boys at the top , but of the rank and file , of all , indeed , save the hopeless residuum who have taken the whole of science ' for their ...
... matter himself , will secure the interest of a class of quite small boys , -not merely of the good boys at the top , but of the rank and file , of all , indeed , save the hopeless residuum who have taken the whole of science ' for their ...
Page viii
... matter contained in these pages has but slight claims to originality . The writer of an elementary text- book , traversing ground well - trodden by many predecessors , would probably go astray , if he endeavoured at any cost to be ...
... matter contained in these pages has but slight claims to originality . The writer of an elementary text- book , traversing ground well - trodden by many predecessors , would probably go astray , if he endeavoured at any cost to be ...
Page viii
... matter contained in these pages has but slight claims to originality . The writer of an elementary textbook , traversing ground well - trodden by many predecessors , would probably go astray , if he endeavoured at any cost to be ...
... matter contained in these pages has but slight claims to originality . The writer of an elementary textbook , traversing ground well - trodden by many predecessors , would probably go astray , if he endeavoured at any cost to be ...
Page 5
... matter of much importance to settle the point one way or the other . When Saxons and Angles were united in England against a common enemy , they called themselves ' Englishmen . ' If the use of the word leads people to think that the ...
... matter of much importance to settle the point one way or the other . When Saxons and Angles were united in England against a common enemy , they called themselves ' Englishmen . ' If the use of the word leads people to think that the ...
Page 13
... matter to identify a Fourth - Period word on the page of a modern book . From the same Latin original we may have another word , which has come to us through the Norman French , disguised beyond easy recognition in the course of ...
... matter to identify a Fourth - Period word on the page of a modern book . From the same Latin original we may have another word , which has come to us through the Norman French , disguised beyond easy recognition in the course of ...
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