A PRACTICAL GRAMMAR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE; WITH ANALYSIS OF SENTENCES. BY REV. PETER BULLIONS, D.D., LATE PROFESSOR OF LANGUAGES IN THE ALBANY ACADEMY, AND AUTHOR OF THE SERIES REVISED PEPARTMENT OF EDUCAÄNN AND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY NEW YORK: PUBLISHED BY SHELDON AND COMPANY, A PRACTICAL GRAMMAR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE; WITH ANALYSIS OF SENTENCES. BY REV. PETER BULLIONS, D.D., LATE PROFESSOR OF LANGUAGES IN THE ALBANY ACADEMY, AND AUTHOR OF THE SERIES OF GRAMMARS, GREEK, LATIN, AND ENGLISH, ON THE SAME PLAN, ETC. REVISED. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIN AND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY TLAND NEW YORK: PUBLISHED BY SHELDON AND COMPANY, 498 & 500 BROADWAY. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the North Entered, according to act of Congress. in the year 1867, by In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the North BULLIONS' SERIES OF GRAMMARS, ETC. 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CHEMISTRY, $1.75.* SCHMITZ'S ANCIENT HISTORY, $1.75.* ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY, $1.75.* SHAW'S OUTLINES OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, $1.75.* SHAW'S NEW MANUAL OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, $2.00.* We furnish to Teachers, postpaid, a copy of any of the above books, not having annexed, at half price. Those marked with awe send on receipt of the pri annexed. PREFACE. Ir is now nearly a quarter of a century since the first publication of Dr. Bullions's "Principles of English Grammar." The history of that book, and of the " Analytical and Practical English Grammar" which followed it, has been contemporary with the progress we have made in mastering the principles, laws, and usages of the language itself; and it is safe to say that we are indebted to no one more than to the author of this treatise for the results that have been achieved. Among the first to discuss the Analysis of Sentences, he has given a clear and succinct statement of the principles relating to this department, and reduced all elements, and even idioms, to a simple, yet comprehensive system. This treatise is therefore not the work of a day, but the fruit of twenty-five years of intelligent thought, aided by the daily practical experience of the school-room. In the present revised edition of the "Analytical and Practical English Grammar," the order of subjects, method and classification, which had given the former work such enviable reputation among a large class of our most successful teachers, have been for the most part retained. The language, even, has been generally preserved, and only such changes have been admitted as the present wants of the school-room seem to demand. It is hoped that the few alterations which have been thought necessary will enhance, rather than diminish, the value of the treatise as a text-book of practical grammar. The most radical departures from the text of the author's edition have been made in the divisions of the verb, and the classification of sentences; yet these present, in point of fact, little else than a change of nomenclature,-the distinctive characteristics, illustrations, and examples being retained. Tables of the different parts of speech have been given, for the purpose of presenting to the eye of the learner, at one view, the distinctions which are more fully discussed under the separate heads. Tabular classifications of the analysis of the sentence have been presented, for the sake of greater clearness. |