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  • A Grammar of the English Language: for the use of schools and academies. With copious parsing exercises

    Document thumbnail: A Grammar of the English Language: for the use of schools and academies. With copious parsing exercises
    Type:
    Document
    Description/Abstract:
    This is an excerpt of the 1868 printing of the 1867 copyrighted text. The author has a Master of Arts and is the superintendent of the Bingham School. The work professes to innovation in response to the study of philology of the period; it discusses grammar as a science with laws. It professes an interest in plain English to foreign words. Its definitions are identical to those in Latin grammar. Credits the influence of Mulligan, Latham, Richardson, Goold Brown, and Butler. Its etymology and syntax are derived from German grammars of Latin and Greek. Rules and their explanations are followed by the copious parsing exercises. Excerpt includes preface, ToC, and chapters on orthography and nouns.
    Creator/Author:
    Bingham, Wm. (William), 1835-1873
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/04/2016
    Date Modified:
    06/04/2019
    Date Created:
    1868
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • English Grammar: or, an exposition of the principles and usages of the English language

    Document thumbnail: English Grammar: or, an exposition of the principles and usages of the English language
    Type:
    Document
    Description/Abstract:
    1845 printing of 1845 copyrighted text. Author is credited with a Master of Arts degree and as the Principal of the Philadelphia High School and a member of the American Philosophical Society. The text has sections on orthography, etymology, syntax, and prosody. The syntax section is divided into fifteen different rules covering subject, agreement, government, apposition, and construction. The Schultz Archive copy includes only the TOC and pages 48 and 49, as well as a note on the four kinds of type used.
    Creator/Author:
    Hart, John S. (John Seely), 1810-1877
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/19/2016
    Date Modified:
    07/24/2020
    Date Created:
    1845
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • Elements of Rhetoric: Designed as a Manual of Instruction

    Document thumbnail: Elements of Rhetoric: Designed as a Manual of Instruction
    Type:
    Document
    Description/Abstract:
    1859 printing of 1859 copyrighted work. The author is credited as Professor of English Literature in the University of Pennsylvania, Late Principal-Assistant Professor of "Ethics and English Studies" in the United States Military Academy at West Point. A textbook designed to be a complete overview of rhetoric, putting an emphasis the application of rhetorical philosophy to the practice of writing. The author credits the influence of Whately, Campbell, and Aristotle. The text discusses the history of rhetoric, Campbell's four divisions, the relations of rhetoric to aesthetics, division of poetry, oratorical discourses, other genres (history, biography, fiction, epistles), invention, argument, persuasion, arrangement, style, and qualities of style. The author uses illustrative examples from the bible and from modern English and American writers. The Schultz Archive's copy is the complete text.
    Creator/Author:
    Coppée, Henry, 1821-1895
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/18/2016
    Date Modified:
    06/07/2019
    Date Created:
    1859
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0