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  • How to Get on in the World : as demonstrated by the life and language of William Cobbett

    Document thumbnail: How to Get on in the World : as demonstrated by the life and language of William Cobbett
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    Document
    Descripción/Resumen:
    1883 printing of 1883 copyrighted text. The author is credited as Teacher of Language and Literature in the Hoboken (N.J.) Academy. Text in response to criticism of language study in schools, and based on the idea that to obtain a practical knowledge of English one need only study the best, most idiomatic English writers, such as William Corbett. Text is an account of Corbett's life with one of his best productions, Corbett's English Grammar. The work aims to show what Corbett was as a man and a writer, to show how a writer acquired his power of expression. The Schultz Archive copy contains the editor's preface, the author's preface, a page of the TOC, and pages 218 – 223, on how Corbett taught grammar.
    Creador/Autor:
    Corbett, William and Waters, Robert, 1835-1910
    Peticionario:
    Russel Durst
    Fecha modificada:
    05/24/2016
    Fecha modificada:
    08/16/2020
    Fecha de creacion:
    1883
    Licencia:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • The First Lines of English Grammar: being a brief abstract of the author's larger work, the "Institutes of English Grammar." Designed for young learners

    Document thumbnail: The First Lines of English Grammar: being a brief abstract of the author's larger work, the "Institutes of English Grammar." Designed for young learners
    Type:
    Document
    Descripción/Resumen:
    This new and revised edition was printed in 1883 and is an abridged version of the Institutes of Grammar published the previous year (1882). It was originally revised by Goold Brown in 1855. Goold Brown is credited as the author of The Grammar of English Grammar. Henry Kiddle has a Master of Arts degree and is credited as the Late Superintendent of Common Schools in New York City. According to the title page, Kiddle's contribution "arranged to form a series of language lessons, with exercises in analysis, parsing, and construction." The book is section into orthography, etymology, syntax, and prosody. Exercises follow rules, Review questions end each chapter. The syntax chapter uses false syntax examples to be corrected. Prosody is divided into punctuation, utterance, composition and letter-writing/epistles. The Schultz Archive includes the complete text (pages 136-37 repeat). The scans are good quality.
    Creador/Autor:
    Brown, Goold, 1791-1857 and Kiddle, Henry
    Peticionario:
    Russel Durst
    Fecha modificada:
    05/04/2016
    Fecha modificada:
    06/05/2019
    Fecha de creacion:
    1883
    Licencia:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0