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  1. 3901

    Rhythmical Prose in Latin and EnglishThe Church quarterly review.

  2. 3902

    The rhythmical reader :being a selection of pieces in prose and verse, presented under a system of notation which exhibits the measure of speech, the quantities of syllables, and the just admeasurement of pauses, designed for the use of schools as well as for the instruction of private individuals who wish to improve themselves in the art of reading and speaking

  3. 3903

    Rhythms and rhymes in Chinese climes:a lecture on Chinese poetry and poets.

  4. 3904

    The Rhythms of Free VerseThe Dial

  5. 3905

    Richmond rules to form the Ovidian distich.With some hints on the transition to the Virgilian hexameter.

  6. 3906

    Right spelling very much improved. Teaching the speediest and surest way to write true English ; by rule and not by rote. With Particular Tables, of the most Material Exceptions, clearly explained, to the meanest Capacity. For the benefit of foreigners, and all such as desire to Write True English with Ease and Certainty

  7. 3907

    Rime as a criterion of the pronunciation of Spenser, Pope, Byron, and Swinburne:a contribution to the history of the present English stressed vowels,

  8. 3908

    The rime in Schiller's poems ...

  9. 3909

    The rime of the ancient mariner

  10. 3910

    The rime technique in the poems of Reinmar von Zweter.Thesis, Cornell University.

  11. 3911

    Rime-index to Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde.

  12. 3912

    A Rime-Index to the 'Parent Cycle' of the York Mystery Plays and of a Portion of the Woodkirk Conspiracio et CapitoPublications of the Modern Language Association of America

  13. 3913

    The rime-vowels of Cursor mundi,a phonological and etymological investigation ...

  14. 3914

    The rise and development of the mock heroic poem in England from 1660 to 1714:

  15. 3915

    The rise of the Greek epic :being a course of lectures delivered at Harvard university

  16. 3916

    The rise, progress, and present structure of the English language.

  17. 3917

    Rising and Falling Rhythms in English VersePublications of the Modern Language Association of America.

  18. 3918

    The road to knowledge; or, young man & women's best friendbeing a plan of general instruction, as far as relates to the useful pursuits and purposes of life. Consisting of a Concise, yet Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language; A Series of Letters On Subjects yielding both Information and Amusement; and the Four First Rules of Arithmetic, Exhibited in Examples so plain and intelligible, as to be acquired with the utmost Ease. Calculated for both Sexes. To Which are Added, As more immediately adapted to the Attention of Young Men, The Nature and Operations of Bills of Exchange Bills of Sale Bonds Obligations Notes Letters of Attorney Letters of Credit Writs Warrants Arrests Subpoenas Summonses General Releases Deeds of Gift Conveyances and Various Other Instruments of Writing; With the precise Forms in which many of them are drawn up. To the Whole are Subjointd, Geographical Sketches; Comprehending the Rise and Progress of Geography; with an Explanation of Geographical Terms, And a Description of the several Kingdoms and States of Europe. By George Stapleton, Late English Preceptor at Paris and at Brussels.

  19. 3919

    Robert Bridges :a critical study

  20. 3920

    Robertson's manual of elocution and philosophy of expression.

  21. 3921

    The Role of Kinaesthesis in the Perception of RhythmThe American journal of psychology.

  22. 3922

    The Role of Pitch in RhythmThe Psychological review.

  23. 3923

    Roman orthoëpy :a plea for the restoration of the true system of Latin pronunciation

  24. 3924

    The Roman poets of the Augustan age ;Horace and the Elegiac poets

  25. 3925

    Roman portraits,a poem, in heroick verse; with historical remarks and illustrations: By Robert Jephson, Esq.

  26. 3926

    The Roman pronunciation of Latin;why we use it and how to use it,

  27. 3927

    The romance of Sir Beues of Hamtoun.

  28. 3928

    The romance of words.

  29. 3929

    Romantic Aspects of the Age of PopePublications of the Modern Language Association of America

  30. 3930

    The Romaunce of the Sowdone of Babylone and of Ferumbras his sone who conquerede Rome.

  31. 3931

    Roots and ramifications; or, Extracts from various books explanatory of the derivation or meaning of divers words.

  32. 3932

    Roundabout papers(from the Cornhill magazine) To which is added The second funeral of Napoleon; The four Georges; The English humorists of the eighteenth century; Critical reviews & selections from Punch.

  33. 3933

    Roundabout papers :(from the Cornhill magazine) : to which is added The second funeral of Napoleon

  34. 3934

    Roundabout papers:the four Georges; The English humourists

  35. 3935

    The royal English dictionaryor, a treasury of the English language. Containing, I. A Full Explanation of all the Terms made Use of In Algebra, Anatomy, Architecture, Arithmetic, Astronomy, Botany, Chemistry, Dialling, Divinity, Gardening, Geography, Geometry, Grammar, Gunnery, Heraldry, Hieroglyphics, History, Husbandry, Hydraulics, Hydrostatics, Law, Logic, Mathematics, Mechanics, Military Art, Music, Natural History, Navigation, Optics, Painting, Perspective, Philosophy, Pneumatics, Poetry, Printing, Rhetoric, Sculpture, Surgery, Surveying, &c. II. Tracing the Words from their original Fountains. III. Explaining the various Senses in which they are used, supported by Authorities from the best English Writers. IV. Accents are properly placed, to facilitate the true Pronunciation. V. Each Word is followed by an initial Letter, to denote the Part of Speech to which it belongs. VI. A Geographical Account of the principal Kingdoms, Cities, &c. of the World. Vii. A Description of the Cities and Counties of England and Wales. Viii. The Lives of the most eminent Poets and other ingenious and illustrious Men, who have flourished in these Kingdoms. The Whole on so Extensive a Plan, as to unite the different Excellencies of all other English Dictionaries. To which is prefixed, a comprehensive grammar of the English tongue. By D. Fenning, Author of the Universal Spelling Book; A Treatise of Arithmetic; The Young Algebraist's Companion; The Use of the Globes; &c.

  36. 3936

    The royal English grammar,Containing what is necessary to the knowledge of the English tongue, laid down in a plain and familiar way. For the use of young gentlemen and ladies. To which are added, lessons for boys at school, shewing the use of the parts of speech, and the joining words together in a sentence. By James Greenwood sur-master of St. Paul's School.

  37. 3937

    The royal French grammarby which one may, ... attain the French tongue ... Containing, ... Several fables in verse, by Mr. de la Fontaine. Perused by several of the French masters; ...

  38. 3938

    The royal standard English dictionaryIn which the words are not only rationally divided into syllables, accurately accented, and their part of speech properly distinguished; but likewise, by a key to this work, comprising the various sounds of the vowels sounds of the vowels and consonants, denoted by typographical characters, and illustrated by examples, which render it intelligible to the weakest capacity; it exhibits their true pronunciation, according to the present practice of men of letters, eminent orators, and polite speakers in London; upon a plan perfectly plain, & entirely new. To which is prefixed a comprehensive grammar of the English language. The ninth edition. To which is added the scripture proper names, together with the names of the principal cities, rivers, mountains, &c. in the known world, the ancient and modern poets philosophers, statesman, &c. all accurately accented, with their proper pronunciation pointed out, and enriched with the addition of more than one thousand words not inserted in any former edition. By William Perry, author of the standard French and English pronouncing dictionary, the man of business and gentleman's assistant, the only sure guide to the English tongue, &c. &c.

  39. 3939

    The royal universal British grammar and vocabulary.Being a digestion of the entire English language into its proper parts of speech. Compiled and calculated for equal Ease, both for the Master and Scholar. In a Method entirely New. In which An exact Parallel is observed between the Names, Qualities, and Affirmations, according to Being, Doing, and Suffering, in the English or modern British Language, and the Declensions of the Nouns, both Substantive and Adjective; the Pronouns and Conjugations of Verbs in the Latin and other Languages; the Regular Words of each Part of Speech are distinctly separated from the Irregular; and Plain, and Concise Rules are given precedent to the full and entire Scope of Examples. The Whole being delivered By proper Queries and Answers. In this Work the Etymology of the English Language is illustrated, and rendered very facile; the various Acceptations of the same Word are carefully distinguished; the proper Accents accurately marked; and Children may be taught the Formation of more than Ten Thousand Sentences, by marginal Insertions, apposed to that Part of Speech term'd Qualities; which have not increased the Volume two Pages. By D. Farro, S. M.

  40. 3940

    Rudimenta etymologiæ & syntaxeos, or, A new and easy method of teaching the Latine tongue. Compiled particularly for translating the English into Latine, and è contra; whereas Despauter's syntax is designed universally for all languages. ...

  41. 3941

    Rudimental lessons in etymology and syntax :in which these two parts of grammar are exhibited in parallel columns : carelfuly adapted to the capacity of young learners

  42. 3942

    Rudiments of constructive etymology and syntax

  43. 3943

    The rudiments of criticism,

  44. 3944

    Rudiments of elocution;founded on Rush's philosophy of the human voice.

  45. 3945

    Rudiments of English grammar :being an abridgment of the improved grammar of the English language

  46. 3946

    Rudiments of English grammar :containing, I. The different kinds, relations, and changes of words, II. Syntax, or the right construction of sentences : with an appendix, comprehending a table of verbs irregularly inflected ...

  47. 3947

    The rudiments of English grammar :illustrated by parsing lessons : containing also a table of questions on the parts of speech, arranged in systamatic order, designed to facilitate the pupil's progress and initiate him in the principles of etymology : together with twenty-four syntactical rules, ellipsis, and a few observations on the uses of what and its

  48. 3948

    The rudiments of English grammaradapted to the use of schools; with examples of English composition. By Joseph Priestley, LL. D. F. R. S.

  49. 3949

    Rudiments of English grammarbeing an introduction to the second part of The grammatical institute of the English language: compiled at the desire of the committee of the grammar school in Hartford. By Noah Webster, jun. Esq. Published according to statute.

  50. 3950

    Rudiments of English grammarby Lewis Brittain Regent of Bornhem College.

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