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  • First Lessons in Grammar, Based Upon the Construction and Analysis of Sentences; Designed as an Introduction to the Analysis of Sentences

    Document thumbnail: First Lessons in Grammar, Based Upon the Construction and Analysis of Sentences; Designed as an Introduction to the Analysis of Sentences
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    Document
    Description/Abstract:
    1848 printing of 1848 copyrighted text. The author is credited with a Master of Arts degree and as Principal of the Phillips Grammar School, Boston. Designed as an introduction to a larger work on the analysis of sentences. Emphasizes simplicity in the presentation and performance over memorization. The work is divided into two parts: formation of words (orthography and etymology) and formation of sentences (rules for construction, models for analyzing and parsing). The author states that sentences have a meaning and a form, a thought and a mode of expression. This leads to exercises on equivalents (equivalent words, phrases, or clauses). Part one is broken into introduction, derivation and composition of words, and parts of speech—inflection. Part two has an unnamed section followed by simple sentences, complex sentences, compound sentences, and prosody. The Schultz Archive copy contains the preface, the TOC, the introduction to part one, and the first section of part two.
    Creator/Author:
    Greene, Samuel Stillman, 1810-1883
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/24/2016
    Date Modified:
    07/23/2020
    Date Created:
    1848
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • The Moral Instructor: or Culture of the Heart, Affections, and Intellect, While Learning to Read

    Document thumbnail: The Moral Instructor: or Culture of the Heart, Affections, and Intellect, While Learning to Read
    Type:
    Document
    Description/Abstract:
    1841 and 1842 copyrighted texts. The author is credited as "author of the prize essay on education, entitled 'The Teacher's Manual.'" A series of four books designed to connect pure feelings and correct moral ideas with intellectual instruction through narratives accompanied by questions for students. Many of the stories are given titles indicative of the moral theme explored, such as "Cruelty and Oppression" and "Envy, Hatred, and Malice." Pictorial illustrations also appear throughout. The Schultz Archive's copy includes selections from each of the four books, but none of the four is complete.
    Creator/Author:
    Palmer, Thomas H., 1782-1861
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/23/2016
    Date Modified:
    08/21/2019
    Date Created:
    1841
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • A Practical Grammar: with progressive exercises in orthography, analysis, and grammatical composition

    Document thumbnail: A Practical Grammar: with progressive exercises in orthography, analysis, and grammatical composition
    Type:
    Document
    Description/Abstract:
    1842 printing of the 1842 copyrighted text. The author is credited with a Master of Arts degree and as Professor of Belles Lettres in the High School of Philadelphia. Seeks to address the insufficiency in teaching grammar through parsing alone. It maintains the common forms of classification, but treats orthography more fully than usual, shortens the section on construction, expands the rules of arrangement, and uses oral and written exercises. Derivation has been moved to the appendix. Although it maintains much of Lowth and Murray, the work credits the heavy influence of M'Culloch. The work includes pictorial illustrations, especially in the sections of writing exercises. The Schultz Archive's copy is roughly the complete text.
    Creator/Author:
    Frost, John, 1800-1859
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/18/2016
    Date Modified:
    07/02/2019
    Date Created:
    1842
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0