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The motion of the voice in connection with accent and accentual arsis and thesis

Multum in parvo.An improved grammar of the English language, for the use of schools and academies.

The muses library; or, a series of English poetry,containing, the lives and characters of all the known writers; the Names of their Patrons; Complete Episodes, by way of Specimen of the larger Pieces, very near the intire Works of some, and large Quotations from others. Being a general collection of almost all the old valuable poetry extant, now so industriously enquir'd after, tho' rarely to be found, but in the Studies of the Curious, and affording Entertainment on all Subjects, Philosophical, Historical, Moral, Satyrical, Allegorical, Critical, Heroick, Pastoral, Gallant, Courtly, and Sublime, by Langland, Gower, Chaucer, Lidgate, Occleve, Harding, Barclay, Fabian, Skelton, Howard Earl of Surrey, Sir T. Wyat, Dr. Bourd, Sackville Earl of Dorset, Churchyard, Higgens, Warner, Gascoign, Turbeville, Nash, Sir Philip Sidney, Grevill L. Brook, Spencer, Sir John Harrington, Chalkhill, Fairfax, Sir John Davis, Sir W. Raleigh, Sir Edw. Dyer, Daniel, &c.

Music and poetry;essays upon some aspects and interrelations of the two arts,

The music of nature; or, An attempt to prove that what is passionate and pleasing in the art of singing, speaking, and performing upon musical instruments,is derived from the sounds of the animated world.

The music, or melody and rhythmus of the English language;in which are explained ... the five accidents of speech ... and a musical notation ...

Musical and poetical relicks of the Welsh bardspreserved, by tradition and authentic manuscripts, from very remote antiquity; never before published. ... by Edward Jones, ...

The musical basis of verse,a scientific study of the principles of poetic composition,

A myrrovre for magistrates.Wherein may be seen by example of other, with howe greuous plages vices are punished: and howe frayle and unstable worldly prosperitie is founde ...

The mysterie of rhetorique unveil'dwherein above 130 the tropes and figures are severally derived from the Greek into English : together with lively definitions and variety of Latin, English, scriptural, examples, pertinent to each of them apart. Conducing very much to the right understanding of the sense of the letter of the scripture, (the want whereof occasions many dangerous errors this day). Eminently delightful and profitable for young scholars, and others of all sorts, enabling them to discern and imitate the elegancy in any author they read, &c.

The mystery of rhetorick unveil'd.Wherein above 130 of the tropes and figures are severally derived from the Greek into English; together with lively definitions, and variety of Latin, English, scriptural, examples. Pertinent to each of them apart: Eminently delightful and profitable for young scholars, and others of all sorts, enabling them to discern and imitate the elegancy in any author they read, &c. The ninth edition. By John Smith, gent.

The mystical poets of the English church,

Mythology for versification :or, A brief sketch of the fables of the ancients, prepared to be rendered into Latin verse, and desgned for the use of classical schools

Mythomysteswherein a short suruay is taken of the nature and value of true poesy and depth of the ancients above our moderne poets. To which is annexed the tale of Narcissus briefly mythologized

Myths of the robin rebreast in early English poetry :A paper read before the Anthropological society of Washington, December 18, 1888

Brown's grammar improved.The Institutes of English grammar methodically arranged; with forms of parsing and correcting, examples for parsing, questions for examination, false syntax for correction, exercises for writing, observations for the advanced student, methods of analysis, and a key to the oral exercises: to which are added five appendixes. Designed for the use of schools, academies, and private learners.

Nagavarma's Canarese prosody,

National and international ideals in the English poets,:a lecture delivered in the John Rylands library on 4th January, 1916.

National elementary speller:a critical work on pronunciation ...

The national fifth reader :containing a complete and practical treatise on elocution, select and classified exercises in reading and declamation ... : adapted to the use of students in literature

Natural method in English :consisting of a series of graded lessons for the use of schools. Arranged for the convenience of teachers, and especially adapted to private study.

A natural system of elocution and oratory :founded on an analysis of human constitution, considered in its three-fold nature--mental, physiological and expressional

Naturalism in English poetry

Naturalism in English poetry,

The nature and elements of poetry

Nature knowledge in modern poetry,being chapters on Tennyson, Wordsworth, Matthew Arnold, and Lowell as exponents of nature-study;

Nauatl or Mexican in Aryan phonology (not including formative syllables)

A new abridgment of the rules of French prosodia,according to Buffier's observations. Shewing, I. The Nature and Quantity of Heroic Verses. II. The Difference between Masculine and Feminine Verses. III. The Nature of the Cesura. IV. Of the mutual Relation Verses bear to each other. V. Of the Epigram, Madrigal, and Sonnet. VI. Odes and Rondeaux, &c. To which is added, the fourth satire of Mons. Boileau Despreaux, addressed to Mons. Moliere. By Terence Ryley, Teacher of French in the University of Oxford.

The new American Latin grammar: or, A complete introduction to the Latin tongue.Formed from the most approved writings in this kind. By the late presidents Burr, Finley, and others: and now carefully revised and reformed by a great variety of amendments, corrections, an useful remarks, most of which are entirely new; with the definitions of all the grammatical terms, in their proper places. The whole rendered much more useful than any of the kind yet published. By Edward Rigg, teacher of a grammar school in New-York.

The new and complete dictionary of the English languageIn Which All the Words are introduced, The Different Spellings preserved, The Sounds of the Letters occasionally distinguished, The Obsolete and Uncommon Words supported by Authorities, And the Different Construction and Uses illustrated by Examples. To which is prefixed, a comprehensive grammar. By John Ash, LL.D. Author of Grammatical Institutes; or, An Easy Introduction to Dr. Lowth's English Grammar. In Two Volumes.

The new and complete dictionary of the English languageIn Which All the Words are introduced, The Different Spellings preserved, The Sounds of the Letters occasionally distinguished, The Obsolete and Uncommon Words supported by Authorities, And the Different Construction and Uses illustrated by Examples. To which is prefixed, a comprehensive grammar. By John Ash, LL.D. Author of Grammatical Institutes; or, An Easy Introduction to Dr. Lowth's English Grammar. In Two Volumes.

The new and complete dictionary of the English language.In Which All The Words are introduced, The Different Spellings preserved. The Sound of the Letters occasionally listinguished, The Obsolete and Uncommon Words supported by Authorities, And the Different Construction and Uses illustrated by Examples. To which is prefixed, a comprehensive grammar. By John Ash, LL.D. Author of Grammatical Institutes; or, An Easy Introduction to Dr. Lowth's English Grammar. In two volumes. Vol. I.

A new and complete guide to the pronunciation and reading of the French language;illustrated with analogous English sounds.

The new and complete spelling dictionary,and sure guide to the English language: Shewing, I. The Use of the Alphabet in general, with the different Pronunciation of single, double, and treble Vowels and Consonants, in a Variety of Examples. II. An easy and familiar Grammar, in which are not only pointed out the different Parts of Speech by Name, but the Use of them reduced into real Practice. III. A Dictionary, containing upwards of Ten Thousand Words, with their Signification, and the Name of the Part of Speech to which they belong in the Order of Grammar. The Whole principally designed for the Use of Schools; but digested in so easy a Manner, that all such adult Persons, or Foreigners, who have not had the Advantage of being taught, may, by their own Application only, become acquainted with the English Tongue in a short Time. By D. Fenning, Author of the Royal Dictionary, Young Man's Book of Knowledge, Use of the Globes, Universal Spelling-Book, School-Masters Companion, &c. To which are prefixed two very useful tables. Table I. Contains the Names of the most principal Men mentioned in the Old and New Testament, with their significant Meaning, and the Place referred to. Table II. The Names of such Places as are more difficult to read and pronounce; having both their proper Accent and Rules for Pronunciation, for such as would read the Sacred Writings with Propriety.

A new and general biographical dictionarycontaining an historical and critical account of the lives and writings of the most eminent persons in every nation; particularly the British and Irish; ...

A new and general biographical dictionarycontaining an historical and critical account of the lives and writings of the most eminent persons in every nation; particularly the British and Irish; from the earliest accounts of time to the present period. Wherein their remarkable actions or sufferings, their virtues, parts, and learning, are accurately displayed; with a catalogue of their literary productions.

A new and improved spelling dictionary of the English languageteaching To Write as well as to Spell Correctly: Each Word being printed either with a small or a large initial Letter, as it ought in strict Propriety to be written. The part of speech and accent of each Word and Syllable are accurately marked, and a certain Plan laid down for avoiding the improper Use of Capital Initial Letters, which often disgraces a fine Hand-Writing. To which is added, A list of proper names of men and women, A preface, and also a Compendious English Grammar.

A new and practical system of the culture of voice and action :and a complete analysis of the human passions, with an appendix of readings and recitations designed for public speakers, teachers, and students