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Studies in elocution;a wide and choice selection of poetry and prose for reading and recitation; with an introductory essay on the art of elocution and a scheme of vocal exercises for public speakers, and for use in colleges, schools and elocution classes.

Studies in English rhymes from Surray to Pope;a chapter in the history of English,

Studies in modern poetry,

Studies in Old English.

Studies in poetry and criticism;

Studies in rhyme and rhythm

Studies in the Elizabethan drama.

Studies in Welsh phonology,

Studies of contemporary poets,

A study of metre

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

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,'

Summary of English grammar :compiled for the use of the Notting Hill high school.

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 two volumes of the second edition of The essay on the archaeology of our popular phrases, terms, and nursery rhymes

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

A sure guide for all youth.Consisting of three parts: I. Seven gradations of spelling and reading. II. Of the Creation, Fall of Man, and his Recovery. III. Miscellaneous; useful and good both for Master and Scholar. Abstracted entirely from the holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments. By Edward Dearle, Schoolmaster, Golden-Lane.

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.

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 oratory, delivered in a course of lectures publicly read at Gresham College, London: :to which is prefixed an inaugural oration, spoken in Latin, before the commencement of the lectures, according to the usual custom.

A system of oratory, delivered in a course of lectures publicly read at Gresham College, London: :to which is prefixed an inaugural oration, spoken in Latin, before the commencement of the lectures, according to the usual custom.

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.

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

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

Teacher's handbook to Groundwork of English grammarby J. Welton.

The teacher's manual.

The teacher's manual.

The teacher's manual.

The teacher's manual.

The teaching of English in the elementary and the secondary school.

The teaching of English,

Teaching the mother tongue,

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.

The tenor voice and its training ...

The tenth muse,

Tertium quid :chapters on various disputed questions

Text-book of English grammar :a treatise on the etymology and syntax of the English language ... : for the use of students in training colleges and the upper classes in national and other elementary schools

Theatrum poetarum, or, A compleat collection of the poetsespecially the most eminent, of all ages, the antients distinguish't from the moderns in their several alphabets : with some observations and reflections upon many of them, particularly those of our own nation : together with a prefatory discourse of the poets and poetry in generall

Theology in the English poets.Cowper -- Coleridge -- Wordsworth, and Burns.

The theory of elocution :exhibited in connexion with a new and philosophical account of the nature of instituted language

The theory of language.In two parts. Part I. Of the origin and general nature of speech. Part II. Of universal grammar. By James Beattie, LL.D. F.R.S.E. Professor Of Moral Philosophy And Logick In The Marishal College And University, Aberdeen; And Member Of The Zealand Society Of Arts And Sciences, Of The Literary And Philosophical Society Of Manchester, And Of The American Philosophical Society Of Philadelphia.

The theory of poetry in England;its development in doctrines and ideas from the sixteenth century to the nineteenth century,

The theory of poetry,

The theory of sciences illustratedor the grounds and principles of the seven liberal arts Grammar Logick Rhetorick Musick Arithmetick Geometry Astronomy. Accurately Demonstrated and Reduced to Practice. With Variety of Questions, Problems and Propositions both Delightful and Profitable. By H. Curson, Gent.