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A study of the prologue and epilogue in English literature from Shakespeare to Dryden,

A study of versification,

The study of words

The stylistic influence of the second sophistic on the panegyrical sermons of St. John Chrysostom;a study in Greek rhetoric

Suada Anglicanaor, a short view of rhetoric. For the use of schools. By Richard Spencer of Cobham.

The succession of Shakespere's works and the use of metrical tests in settling it, &c.;being the introduction to Professor Gervinus's 'Commentaries on Shakespere,'

Sudermanns' treatment of verse,

A supplement to Dr. Harris's Dictionary of arts and sciencesexplaining not only the Terms in Physics, Metaphysics, Ethics, Theology, History, Geography, Antiquity, Chronology, Grammar, Rhetoric, Logic, Poetry, Pharmacy, Medicine, Chymistry, Surgery, Phytology, War, Polity, Navigation, Architecture, Painting, Sculpture, Music, Commerce, Trade, Husbandry, Manage, Horticulture, &c. &c. &c. but also the arts and sciences themselves: Together with a just Account of the Origin, Progress, and State of Things, Offices, Officers, and Orders, Ecclesiastical, Civil, Military, and Commercial; the several Sects, Systems, Doctrines, and Opinions of Divines, Heresiarchs, Schismatics, Philosophers, Mathematicians, Physicians, Critics, Antiquaries, &c. Also an account of all sacred books and writings; History of General and Particular Councils; all Solemnities, Rites, Ceremonies, Fasts, Feasts, Statutes, Laws, Plays, Sports, Games, Habits, and Utensils: in all which, (as likewise in Metaphysics, Theology, Antiquity, Grammar, Rhetoric, Poetry, Polity, and other miscellaneous Subjects,) this Book is of itself entirely compleat, and more copious and extensive than any Work of this Kind, not excepting Mr. Chamber's Cyclopaedia, of which it is a very great Improvement, containing upwards of Eleven Hundred Articles which that Author has omitted; besides great Additions and Improvements in almost every Article; and will, with Dr. Harris's two Volumes, make the most useful Set of Books, and compleat Body of Arts and Sciences yet extant: Being carefully compiled from the best and most approved Authors in several Languages; enriched with many curious Manuscripts, and illustrated with Copper-Plates. N. B. Those Subjects in which Dr. Harris is any way deficient are here perfected; no trifling and Insignificent Words inserted, but only such as may convey some useful and entertaining Knowledge to the Reader; for whose further Benefit and Satisfaction, all the Authors made use of in this Work are quoted. By a Society of Gentlemen.

Supplement to the edition of Shakspeare's plays published in 1778 by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. In two volumes. Containing additional observations ... to which are subjoined the genuine poems of the same author, and seven plays that have been ascribed to him; with notes by the editor and others

A supplement to the Imperial dictionary, English, technological, and scientific :an extensive collection of words, terms, and phrases ... together with numerous obsolete, obsolescent, and Scottish words ... not included in previous English dictionaries

Supplements to the third and final series of bibliographical collections and notes,1474-1700

Sweetness and light :(reprinted from "Culture and anarchy"); and an essay on style

Syllabification and accent in the Paradise lost.

Syllabus of a course of rhetorical lecturesin which the art of reading and speaking the English language With Elegance and Propriety, will be laid down on principles entirely new; and Illustrated in a Manner adapted to every Capacity. By John Rice, author of An introduction to the art of reading with Energy and Propriety *, and Editor of Milton's Paradise Lost, on a new Plan, For the Use of Schools *. * To be published, in a few Days, for Messrs. J. and R. Tonson in the Strand.

Syllabus of a course of twelve lectures on landmarks of English poetry,from Chaucer to Tennyson.

Synopsis of lectures on belles lettres and logic,read in the University of St. Andrews.

A syntactic, stylistic and metrical study of Prudentius.

The synthetic philosophy of expression as applied to the arts of reading, oratory, and personation,

Syr P.S. His Astrophel and StellaWherein the excellence of sweete poesie is concluded. To the end of which are added, sundry other rare sonnets of diuers noble men and gentlemen.

A system of English versification :containing rules for the structure of the different kinds of verse : illustrated by numerous examples from the best poets

A system of Greek prosody and metre :for the use of schools and colleges : together with the choral scanning of the Prometheus vinctus of Aeschylus, and the Ajax and Oedipus tyrannus of Sophocles : to which are appended remarks on Indo-Germanic analogies

A system of Latin prosody and metre,from the best authorities, ancient and modern.

A system of Latin versification :in a series of progressive exercises, including specimens of translation from English and German poetry into Latin verse : for the use of schools and colleges

A system of notation;representing the sounds of alphabetical characters by a new application of the accentual marks in present use: with such additions as were necessary to supply deficiencies.

A system of rhetoric.In a method entirely new. Containing all the tropes and figures necessary to illustrate the classics. Both poetical and historical. To render which more generally useful, the whole is divided into two parts; in the first of which the rules are given in English, in the second in Latin verse; below which are placed proper examples in each language; and at the bottom of the page are the terms translated in the one, and their derivations from the Greek in the other. For the use of schools. By John Stirling, D.D. late vicar of Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire.

A system of rhetorick,in a method entirely new. Containing all the tropes and figures, necessary to illustrate the classicks, both Poetical and Historical. For the Use of Schools. By John Sterling, M.A. To which is added, The art of rhetorick made easy: or the elements of oratory, Briefly stated, and fitted for the Practice of the Studious Youth of Great - Britain and Ireland: Illustrated with proper Examples to each Figure, and a Collection of Speeches from the best English Authors. By John Holmes.

The table talk and Omniana of Samuel Taylor Coleridge...

Table talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge,and The Rime of the ancient mariner, Christabel, &c.,

Tacitus,and other Roman studies,

Tales fom Scottish history in prose and verse.Selected from the works of standard authors.

Teaching literature in the grammar grades and high school,

The teaching of English,

The teaching of English,teaching the art and the science of language,

Teaching the mother tongue,

The technic of versification;notes and illustrations,

The technic of versification;notes and illustrations,

The technique of English nondramatic blank verse.

The technique of the French alexandrine;a study of the works of Leconte de Lisle, Jose Maria de Heredia, François Coppee, Sully Prudhomme, and Paul Verlaine,

The temper of the seventeenth century in English literature;

The temple musickor, an essay concerning the method of singing the Psalms of David, in the Temple, before the Babylonish captivity. Wherein, The Musick of our Cathedrals in Vindicated, and supposed to be Conformable, not only to that of the Primitive Christians, but also to the Practice of the Church in all preceding Ages. By Arthur Bedford, Chaplain to his Grace the late Duke of Bedford; and Vicar of Temple, in the City of Bristol.