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A concise Old Irish grammar and reader :part I, grammar

A concise system of English grammardesigned for the use of schools, as well as private families. Compiled by John Corbet.

A condensed etymology of the English language for common schools,containing the Anglo-Saxon, French, Dutch, German, Welsh, Danish, Gothic, Swedish, Gaelic, Italian, Latin, and Greek roots, and the English words derived therefrom, accurately spelled, accented, and defined.

The conduct of composition work in grammar schools,

The conductor in spelling, reading & writing, true English... To which are added, some examples of the English of our ancesters [sic], ... By John White.

The construction of the Latin verse-grammar.For the use of the lower forms in Westminster-School.

Constructive exercises in English

Constructive rhetoric

Contested etymologies in the dictionary of the Rev. W. W. Skeat.

Contributions to the history of the English gutturals sounds.

Conversations on English grammar :explaining the principles and rules of the language : illustrated by appropriate exercises, abridged and adapted to the use of schools

Correct English in the school :twelve golden helps

Correlated lessons in language and occupation work,

A course in argumentative writing

A course in expository writing.

A course of lectues on elocution.

A course of lectures on elocutiontogether with two dissertations on language; and some other tracts relative to those subjects. A new edition. By Thomas Sheridan, A.M.

A course of lectures on the theory of language,and universal grammar. By Joseph Priestley.

A course of lectures: containing remarks upon the government and education of children,thoughts upon the present plan of education, and an essay upon elocution. To which is added, a sermon.

Course of study in English language and literature for junior and senior high schools,

Course of study in phonics ...

Covell's digest of English grammar.A digest of English grammar, synthetical and analytical, classified and methodically arranged; accompanied by a chart of sentences. And adapted to the use of schools.

A critical pronouncing dictionary and expositor of the English language ...

The critical pronouncing spelling-book :containing the rudiments of the English language, to which are prefixed the principles of English pronunciation : compiled for the use of schools in the United States and Great Britain

A critical review of the orthography of Dr. Webster's series of books for systematick instruction in the English language;including his former spelling-book and the Elementary spelling-book,

The critical spelling-bookan introduction to reading and writing readily and correctly. In a manner more commodious than any, and more comprehensive than all the spelling-books that ever were publisht. Designd-For a standard of the language: and contrivd by a proper gradation of instructions, disposd in a picturesque manner, for the easy and expeditious attaining-to a rational knowledge of it.

Criticisms on The diversions of Purley.In a letter to Horne Tooke, Esq. By I. Cassander.

The cultivation of the speaking voice;

Cumnock's school speaker.Rhetorical recitations for boys and girls,

Daily lesson plans in English,

Declamation; or, an essay on the art of speaking in publicwith an historical and critical account of the theatres in Europe. Viz. Italian, Spanish, French, English, Dutch, Flemish, And German theatres. With a review of the manner, person, and character of actors. With Curious Dissertations on the drama; and a Comparison of the Dramas of Ancient and Modern. By Lewis Riccoboni of the Italian Theatre at Paris. Illustrated with notes by the author and translator.

A defence of phonetic spelling :drawn from a history of the English alphabet and orthography, with a remedy for their defects

Delsarte system of oratory

Dengler's lessons and exercises in English,

Descriptive writing.

A desk-book of twenty-five thousand words frequently mispronounced,embracing English words, foreign terms, Bible names, personal names, geographical names, and proper names of all kinds current in literature, science, and the arts, that are of difficult pronunciation, carefully pronounced, annotated, and concisely defined and indicating the preferences of the leading dictionaries from 1732 to 1924

Development of English literature and language

Development of English literature and language,

Development of English literature and language.

The development of standard English speech in outline,

Dictation exercises to accompany Atwood's language tablets ...

Diction for singers and composers,

Dictionarium Anglo-Britannicumor, a general English dictionary, comprehending a brief, but emphatical and clear explication of all sorts of difficult words, that derive their Original from other Ancient and Modern Languages; as also, of all Terms relating to Arts and Sciences, both Liberal and Mechanical, viz. Divinity, Law, Philosophy, Physick, Surgery, Anatomy, Chymistry, Pharmacy, Botanicks, Mathematicks, Grammar, Rhetorick, Logick, Musick, Heraldry, Maritime Affairs, Military Discipline, Traffick, Husbandry, Gardening, Handicrafts, Confectionery, Cookery, Horsemanship, Hunting, Hawking, Fowling, Fishing, &c. To which is Added, A Large Collection of Word's and Phrases, as well Latin as English, made use of in our Ancient Statutes, Old Records, Charters, Writs, and Processes at Law, never before publish'd in so Small a Volume: Besides an Interpretation of the proper Names of Men and Women, and several other Remarkable Particulars mentioned in the Preface. The Whole Work Compil'd, and Methodically Digested, for the Benefit of Young Students, Tradesmen, Artificers, Foreigners, and others, who are desirous thoroughly to understand what they Speak, Read, or Write. By John Kersey, Philobibl.

Dictionarium Britannicumor a more compleat universal etymological English dictionary than any extant. Containing Not only the words and their Explication; but their Etymologies from the antient British, Teutonick, Dutch Low and High, Old Saxon, German, Danish, Swedish, Norman and Modern French, Italian, Spanish, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, &c. each in its proper Character. Also Explaining hard and technical Words, or Terms of Art, in all the Arts, Sciences, and Mysteries following. Together with Accents directing to their proper Pronuntiation, shewing both the Orthography, and Orthoepia of the English Tongue, Viz. in Agriculture, Algebra, Anatomy, Architecture, Arithmetick, Astrology, Astronomy, Botanicks, Catoptricks, Chymistry, Chiromancy, Chirurgery, Confectionary, Cookery, Cosmography, Dialling, Dioptricks, Ethicks, Fishing, Fortification, Fowling, Gardening, Gauging, Geography, Geometry, Grammar, Gunnery, Handicrafts, Hawking, Heraldry, Horsemanship, Hunting, Husbandry, Hydraulicks, Hydrography, Hydrostaticks, Law, Logick, Maritime and Military Affairs, Mathematicks, Mechanicks, Merchandize, Metaphysicks, Meteorology, Navigation, Opticks, Otacousticks, Painting, Perspective, Pharmacy, Philosophy, Physick, Physiognomy, Pyrotechny, Rhetorick, Sculpture, Staticks, Statuary, Surveying, Theology, and Trigonometry. Illustrated with near Five Hundred Cuts, for Giving a clear Idea of those Figures, not so well apprehended by verbal Description. Likewise A Collection and Explanation of English Proverbs; also of Words and Phrases us'd in our ancient Charters, Statutes, Writs, Old Records and Processes at Law. Also The Iconology, Mythology, Theogony, and Theology of the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, &c. being an Account of their Deities, Solemnities, either Religious or Civil, their Divinations, Auguries, Oracles, Hieroglyphicks, and many other curious Matters, necessary to be understood, especially by the Readers of English Poetry. To which is added, A Collection of Proper Maroes of Persons and Places in Great-Britain, &c. with their Erymologies and Explications. The Whole digested into an Alphabetical Order, not only for the Information of the Ignorant, but the Entertainment of the Curious; and also the Benefit of Artificers, Tradesmen, Young Students and Foreigners. A Work useful for such as would Understand what they Read and Hear, Speak what they Mean, and Write true English. The second edition with numerous additions and improvements. By N. Bailey, Assisted in the mathematical part by G. Gordon; in the botanical by P. Miller, and in the etymological, &c. by T. Lediard, Gent. Professor of the Modern Languages in Lower Germany.

Dictionary of derivations; or, An introduction to etymology on a new plan.

The dictionary of distinctions,in three alphabets, containing, I. Words the same in sound, but of different spelling and signification; with which are classed such as have any similarity in sound. II. Words that vary in pronunciation and meaning as accentuated or connected. III. The changes, in sound and sense, produced by the addition of the letter e ... Occasionally interspersed with critical remarks, chiefly philological. With appendix ...

A dictionary of English etymology.

A dictionary of the English language,answering at once the purposes of rhyming, spelling, and pronouncing. On a Plan not hitherto attempted. In which, I. The whole Language is arranged according to its Terminations. II. Every Word is explained and divided into Syllables exactly as pronounced. III. Words liable to a Double Pronunciation are fixed in their True Sound, by a Rhyme. IV. Many Words of established Usage, not to be found in our best Dictionaries, are inserted, and more technical Terms than in any Dictionary, except Chambers's. To which is prefixed A copious Introduction to the various Uses of the Work, with critical and practical Observations on Orthography, Syllabication, Pronunciation, and Rhyme; And for the purposes of poetry is added an index of allowable rhymes. With Authorities for their Usage from our best Authors. By J. Walker, Author of the General Idea of a Pronouncing Dictionary.

A dictionary of the English language.With an alphabetical account of the heathen deities; and a list of the cities, towns, Boroughs, and remarkable Villages, in England and Wales. To which is prefixed a comprehensive view of English Grammar.