Lily, improved, corrected, and explained with the etymological part of the common accidence. By W. T. Master of a boarding-school at Fulham, near London, for above two and twenty years.

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Lily, improved, corrected, and explained with the etymological part of the common accidence. By W. T. Master of a boarding-school at Fulham, near London, for above two and twenty years.

Author

W. T.

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London :: printed for R. Bentley, in Russel-street, in Covent-garden,

MDCXCVI. [1696]

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English language -- Grammar -- Early modern, 1500-1799.

Latin language -- Grammar -- Early works to 1800.

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Contents

• title page
• dedication
• THE INTRODUCTION OF The Eight Parts of Latin Speech, and a perfect succinct Explanation of the Royal and Authoriz'd, commonly call'd Lilly's Grammar, with several Amend∣ments, Supplements, and Animadversions.
• treatise
  • THE Eight Parts of Speech Examin'd out of the Common Accidence BY Questions and Answers.
  • Brief Examinations on the Four Parts of Grammar.
  • Propria quae Maribus, Explained by QUESTION and ANSWER.
  • Of Nouns Heteroclites.
  • As in Praesenti, Explained by QUESTION and ANSWER.
  • part
  • part
  • De tribus Concordantiis & casu Relativi: de Interrogativo & Redditivo, & Sub∣stantivorum convenientia.
  • Figurata Syntaxis.
  • De Regimine.
  • Substantivorum regimen seu Constru∣ctio.
  • Adjectivorum regimen seu Constructio.
    • GENITIVUS.
    • DATIVUS.
    • ACCUSATIVUS.
    • ABLATIVUS.
  • Pronominum Constructio.
  • Constructio seu Regimen Verborum.
    • Nominativus post Verbum.
    • Genitivus post Verbum.
    • Dativus post Verborum.
    • Accusativus post Verbum.
    • Ablativus post Verbum.
    • Passivorum Constructio.
    • De Gerundiis.
    • De Supinis.
    • Constructio Temporis & Loci.
    • Locorum Constructio.
    • Propria Urbium & Oppidorum.
  • Impersonalium Constructio.
    • GENITIVUS.
    • DATIVUS.
    • ACCUSATIVUS.
  • Participiorum Constructio.
  • Adverbii Constructio.
  • Constructio Conjunctionum.
  • Praepositionum Constructio.
  • Interjectionum Constructio.
  • The foregoing SYNTAXIS Examin'd and Explain'd by QUESTION and ANSWER.
  • Observations for the Government of Words by Signs.
  • Rules to turn English into Latin, or La∣tin into English.
  • Short Rules for the placing of Latine, Words.
  • De Figuris.
  • Modus examinandi Lectionem.
  • PROSODIA Examin'd and Explain'd by QUESTION and ANSWER.
  • Instructions to Tyrocinians for the Com∣posing of a Theme.
  • For the Composing of Verses.
  • A Brief Advice touching Epistles, Ora∣tions and Declamations.
    • Of Epistles.
    • Of Orations.
    • Of Declamations.