A Grammar of the English Tongue by Samuel Johnson
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A Grammar of the English Tongue
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Title: A Grammar of the English Tongue
Author: Samuel Johnson
Release Date: February 18, 2005 [EBook #15097]
Language: English
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A
DICTIONARY
OF THE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE:
IN WHICH
THE WORDS ARE DEDUCED FROM THEIR ORIGINALS, EXPLAINED IN THEIR DIFFERENT MEANINGS,
AND
AUTHORIZED BY THE NAMES OF THE WRITERS IN WHOSE WORKS THEY ARE FOUND.
ABSTRACTED FROM THE FOLIO EDITION,
BY THE AUTHOR,
SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.
* * * * *
TO WHICH IS PREFIXED,
DR. JOHNSON'S PREFACE TO THE ORIGINAL FOLIO EDITION,
AND
HIS GRAMMAR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
1812.
* * * * *
A GRAMMAR OF THE ENGLISH TONGUE.
GRAMMAR, which is the art of using words properly, comprises four parts: Orthography, Etymology, Syntax, and Pr