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Includes grammatical texts, dictionaries, conduct manuals, addresses, essays, instructions, strictures, or letters addressed to youth and educators.

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Displaying 126–150 of 564

ID Title Author Firms (City) Date Edition
14428 An introduction to the making of Latin, Comprising, after an easy, compendious method, the substance of the Latin syntax. With proper English examples, most of them translations from the classick authors, in one column, and the Latin words in another. To which is subjoin'd, in the same method, a succinct account of the affairs of antient Greece and Rome; intended at once to bring boys acquainted with history and the idiom of the Latin tongue; with rules for the gender of nouns. The fourteenth edition. By John Clarke, late master of the Publick Grammar-School in Hull. Clarke , John
George and Alexander Ewing (Dublin)
William Smith II [Dame Street] (Dublin)
George Risk [at Shakespeare's Head] (Dublin)
1745 The fourteenth edition.
15146 An universal etymological English dictionary; Comprehending The Derivations of the Generality of Words in the English Tongue, either Ancient or Modern, from the Ancient British, Saxon, Danish, Norman, and Modern French, Teutonick, Dutch, Spanish, Italian; as also from the Latin, Greek, and Hebrew Languages, each in their proper Characters. And also A brief and clear Explication of all difficult Words, derived from any of the aforesaid Languages, and Terms of Art, relating to Anatomy, Botany, Physick, Pharmacy, Surgery, Chymistry, Philosophy, Divinity, Mathematicks, Grammar, Logick, Rhetorick, Musick, Heraldry, Maritime Affairs, Military Discipline, Horsemanship, Hunting, Hawking, Fowling, Fishing, Gardening, Husbandry, Handicrafts, Confectionary, Carving, Cookery, &c. Together with A large Collection and Explication of Words and Phrases used in our Ancient Statutes, Charters, Writs, Old Records, and Processes in Law; and the Etymology, and Interpretation of the Proper Names of Men, Women, and remarkable Places in Great Britain: Also the Dialects of our different Countries. Containing many Thousand Words more than either Harris, Philips, Kersey, or any English Dictionary before extant. To which is added, A Collection of our most common Proverbs, with their Explication and Illustration. The whole Work compiled and methodically digested, as well for the Entertainment of the Curious, as the Information of the Ignorant; and for the Benefit of young Students, Artificers, Tradesmen, and Foreigners, who are desirous thoroughy to understand what they Speak, Read, or Write. By N. Bailey, philologos. The four-and-twentieth edition, carefully enlarged and corrected by Edward Hardwood, D. D. Bailey , Nathan
James Buckland [57 Paternoster] (London)
William Strahan (London)
John Rivington and Sons [or J. F. and C. Rivington] (London)
William Owen (London)
Thomas Caslon (London)
Thomas Longman II (London)
Bedwell Law [13 Ave Maria Lane, 1767-1790, 1794-1795] (London)
Charles Rivington II (London)
John Wilkie (London)
Sir Charles Corbett (London)
George Keith (London)
James Robson (London)
Thomas Lowndes [77 Fleet Street] (London)
Samuel Bladon [13 Paternoster Row] (London)
George Robinson [ii] (London)
Robert Baldwin I (London)
William Woodfall (London)
William Goldsmith [Paternoster Row] (London)
John Sewell [Royal Exchange] (London)
Thomas Beecroft (London)
John Bew [Paternoster Row] (London)
Zachariah Stuart (London)
John Russell (London)
Thomas Evans [32 Paternoster Row] (London)
John Fielding [23 Paternoster] (London)
John Walker II [20 Paternoster Row] (London)
Samuel Hayes (London)
Elizabeth Newbery (London)
Benjamin Collins (London)
1782 The four-and-twentieth edition, carefully enlarged and corrected by Edward Hardwood, D. D.
15598 Association among Protestant Schoolmasters in the North of England, for the Support of Their Aged Brethren, Widows, and Orphans. An address to the public, in behalf of the Association among Protestant Schoolmasters in the North of England, for the support of their aged brethren, widows, and orphans: In which the Necessity and Utility of that charitable Institution are briefly illustrated. To which is subjoined, an abstract of the rules: Submitted to the Consideration of Gentlemen and Ladies who are inclined to promote this laudable Scheme by their Subscriptions or Benefactions. 1788
24811 Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's principles, and made easy to those who have not studied mathematics. To which are added, a plain method of finding the distances of all the planets from the sun, by the Transit of Venus over the Sun's Disc, in the Year 1761. An account of Mr. Horrox's observation of the transit of Venus in the Year 1639: and, of the Distances of all the Planets from the sun, as deduced from Observations of the Transit in the Year 1761. By James Ferguson, F. R. S. The Tenth Edition, with some additional notes. Ferguson , James
Joseph Johnson (London)
George, George, and John Robinson (London)
Robert Baldwin I (London)
Francis and Charles Rivington (London)
William Lowndes [76 Fleet Street] (London)
James Scatcherd (London)
John Walker II [44 Paternoster Row, 1784-1814, 1818-1825] (London)
Ann Vernor and Thomas Hood [Poultry] (London)
John Cuthell [4 Middle Row] (London)
Thomas Norton Longman And Owen Rees (London)
Thomas Cadell and William Davies (London)
Thomas Hurst [Paternoster] (London)
James Wallis [46 Paternoster Row] (London)
1799 The Tenth Edition, with some additional notes.
19041 Biography for boys; or, Characteristic histories, calculated to impress the youthful mind with an admiration of virtuous principles and a detestation of vicious ones. By Mrs. Pilkington. Pilkington , Mary
Johnson & Warner (Philadelphia)
1809
19042 Biography for girls; or, Moral and instructive examples for the female sex. Fourth Edition. By Mrs. Pilkington. Pilkington , Mary
Johnson & Warner (Philadelphia)
1809 Fourth Edition.
25109 Boad's Expositor Boad , Henry
Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme (London)
1805
18533 Boarding School for Young Ladies, By Madame de Montcarel. Madame de Montcarel ,
1816
14691 Brachygraphy: or An easy and compendious system of short-hand, adapted to the various arts, sciences and professions; Improved after more than forty years practice & experience by Thomas Gurney: and brought still nearer to perfection upon the present method by Joseph Gurney. Gurney , Joseph
Gurney , Thomas
Joseph Gurney (London)
1789 The eleventh edition.
14662 Brachygraphy: or an easy and compendious system of short-hand, adapted to the various arts, sciences and professions; improved after more than Forty Years Practice & Experience by Thomas Gurney: and brought still nearer to perfection upon the present Method. by Joseph Gurney. Gurney , Thomas
Gurney , Joseph
Martha Gurney (London)
Joseph Gurney (London)
1778 The ninth edition.
13420 Brachygraphy: or an easy and Compendious System of Short-Hand, Adapted to the Various Arts, Sciences and Professions. Improved after more than Forty Years Practice & Experience by Thomas Gurney: And brought still nearer to Perfection upon the present Method by Joseph Gurney. The Tenth Edition. Gurney , Joseph
Gurney , Thomas
Martha Gurney (London)
1785 The Tenth Edition.
6059 Brachygraphy: or an easy and Compendious System of Short-Hand, Adapted to the Various Arts, Sciences and Professions. Improved after more than Forty Years Practice & Experience by Thomas Gurney: And brought still nearer to Perfection upon the present Method by Joseph Gurney. The Twelfth Edition. Gurney , Joseph
Gurney , Thomas
Martha Gurney (London)
1795 The Twelfth Edition.
16703 Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, Versified; for the Entertainment and Instruction of Youth. By George Burder, Author of Village Sermons, &c. With Other Poems Subjoined. Burder , George
More , Hannah
Joseph Sharpless (Philadelphia)
1814
15961 Cheap repository tracts; entertaining, moral, and religious. Consisting of a great variety of separate performances, written in a neat, yet simple style, and eminently calculated for the amusement and instruction of the youth of both sexes. The first Boston, from the latest English, edition. More , Hannah
More , Sarah
1802 The first Boston, from the latest English, edition.
15903 Chesterfield Travestie; or, School for Modern Manners. Embellished with six caricatures, Engraved from original Drawings by Rowlandson. From the last London edition. Woodward , George Moutard
Mathew Carey [121 Chesnut Street] (Philadelphia)
1812 From the last London edition.
14820 Choice emblems, natural, historical, fabulous, moral, and divine; for the improvement and pastime of youth. Wynne , John Huddlestone
Elizabeth Newbery (London)
1784 The fifth edition.
10254 Conversations on botany: with plates. Fitton , Elizabeth
Fitton , Sarah Mary
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown (London)
1817
10255 Conversations on botany: with plates. Sixth edition. Fitton , Sarah Mary
Fitton , Elizabeth
Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green (London)
1828 Sixth edition.
25169 Conversations on chemistry; in which the elements of that science are familiarly explained and illustrated by experiments: in two volumes. The Fifth Edition, revised, corrected, and considerably enlarged. Marcet , Jane
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown (London)
1817 The Fifth Edition, revised, corrected, and considerably enlarged.
25026 Conversations on chemistry; in which the elements of that science are familiarly explained and illustrated by experiments: in two volumes. The Fourth Edition, revised, corrected, and considerably enlarged. Marcet , Jane
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown (London)
1813 The Fourth Edition, revised, corrected, and considerably enlarged.
10481 Conversations on chemistry; in which the elements of that science are familiarly explained and illustrated by experiments: in two volumes. The Third Edition, revised, corrected, and considerably enlarged. Marcet , Jane
Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme (London)
1809 The Third Edition, revised, corrected, and considerably enlarged.
10333 Conversations on chemistry: in which the elements of that science are familiarly explained and illustrated by experiments: in two volumes. Marcet , Jane
Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme (London)
1807 Second Edition
10456 Conversations on chemistry: in which the elements of that science are familiarly explained and illustrated by experiments: in two volumes. The ninth edition, revised, corrected, and enlarged. Marcet , Jane
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green (London)
1824 The ninth edition, revised, corrected, and enlarged.
18383 Conversations on chymistry, in which the elements of that science are familiarly explained and illustrated by experiments and plates, from the last London edition: the second American edition: enlarged by an appendix consisting of a description, with a plate, and the manner of using of the new hydro-pneumatic blow-pipe, invented by Mr. Joseph Cloud of the mint of the United States: also of three disquisitions, one on dyeing, one on tanning, and one on currying Marcet , Jane
James Humphreys (Philadelphia)
1809 From the last London edition: the second American edition.
18384 Conversations on chymistry, in which the elements of that science are familiarly explained and illustrated by experiments, and plates. Two volumes in one. Marcet , Jane
1806