English Grammar,: Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners, : with an Appendix, Containing Rules and Observations, for Assisting the More Advanced Students to Write with Perspicuity and Accuracy. ; [Three Lines from Blair]

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H. and E. Phinney, at their bookstore, printing-office and bindery., 1816 - English language - 287 pages

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Contents

I
9
II
29
IV
30
V
33
VI
36
VII
38
IX
47
X
50
XXVI
138
XXVII
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XXVIII
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XXIX
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XXX
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XXXI
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XXXII
156
XXXIII
158

XI
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XII
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XIII
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XIV
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XV
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XVI
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XVII
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XVIII
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XIX
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XX
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XXII
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XXIII
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XXIV
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XXXIV
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XXXV
162
XXXVI
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XXXVII
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XXXVIII
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XXXIX
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XL
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XLII
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XLIII
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XLIV
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XLV
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XLVI
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XLVII
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