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English language - 18th century

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    The reader, or reciter by the assistance of which any person may teach himself to read or recite English prose With The Utmost Elegance And Effect. To which are added, instructions for reading plays. ON A Plan Never Before Attempted.

    | Date: 1799
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    Rules of Syntax applied to the English Language, with Familiar examples, and a praris to the same . Drawn up by R. Bullock, for the use of the youths in his school.

    Bullock, R., fl. 1793. | Date: 1793
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    Observations upon the English language . In a letter to a friend.

    Harris, George, 1722-1796. | Date: [1752]
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    Lexiphanes, a dialogue . Imitated from Lucian, and suited to the present times. With a dedication to Lord Lyttleton, ... Being an attempt to restore the English tongue to its ancient purity, ..

    Campbell, Archibald, 1726?-1780. | Date: 1767
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    Governing the tongue : the politics of speech in early New England / Jane Kamensky.

    Kamensky, Jane. | Date: 1997
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