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Language Manuscripts (Brotherton Collection)
1651-1745
Manuscripts on the English, French and Spanish languages, including works on English grammar.
The practice of speaking and writing English, by John Kirkby.
Kirkby, John (1705-1754)
c.1745
Also known as:A new English grammar, by John Kirkby. Contains an English grammar divided into 15 chapters, which deal, in order, with letters, syllables, sounds, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunc...
Whether the French or Spanish tongue bee the ancienter?
c.1651-1700
Contains an anonymous short English treatise on the relative antiquity of the French and Spanish languages, probably written in the latter half of the seventeenth century.
A most short instruction teaching or reason etc., of the knowledge of the art of grammer..., by William Lily.
Lily, William
c.1560-1600
Also known as:Brevissima Institutio - English Contains an apparently unpublished English translation of William Lily's 'Brevissima Institutio', which forms the second part of his 'A short introductio...