A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH GRAMMAR: WITH CRITICAL NOTES.. THE SECOND EDITION, CORRECTED. Nam ipfum Latine loqui eft illud quidem in magna laude ponendum: fed non tam fua fponte, quam quod eft a plerifque neglectum. Non enim tam præclarum eft fcire Latine, quam turpe nefcire; neque tam id mihi oratoris boni, quam civis Romani proprium videtur. CICERO. LONDON, Printed for A. MILLAR, in the Strand; and R. and J. DoDSLEY, in Pall-mall. MDCCLXIII. Sastead of 9-1048 48257 [v] PREFACE. THE English Language hath been much cultivated during the last two hundred years. It hath been confiderably polished and refined; its bounds have been greatly enlarged; its energy, variety, richness, and elegance, have been abundantly proved by numberless trials, in verfe and in profe, upon all fubjects, and in every kind of style: but whatever other improvements it may have received, it hath made no advances in Grammatical accuracy. Hooker is one of the earliest Writers of confiderable note within the period above-mentioned: let his writings be compared with the best of those of more modern date; and, I believe, it will be found, |