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Contents
Grammar and Exercises
Reading Selections:
Prose,Poetry
Glossary
ANGLO-SAXON GRAMMAR
AND EXERCISE BOOK
WITH INFLECTIONS, SYNTAX, SELECTIONS
FOR READING, AND GLOSSARY
BY
C. ALPHONSO SMITH, Ph.D., LL.D.
LATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH IN THE
UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY
ALLYN and BACON
BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO
ATLANTA SAN FRANCISCO
Copyright, 1896, by
C. ALPHONSO SMITH.
IAI
Norwood Press
J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith
Norwood Mass. U.S.A.
iii
PREFACE.
The scope of this book is indicatedin § 5. It is intended for beginners, and in writing it, these words ofSir Thomas Elyot have not been forgotten: “Grammer, beinge but anintroduction to the understandinge of autors, if it be made to longe orexquisite to the lerner, it in a maner mortifieth his corage: And bythat time he cometh to the most swete and pleasant redinge of oldeautors, the sparkes of fervent desire of lernynge are extincte with theburdone of grammer, lyke as a lyttell fyre is sone quenched with a greatheape of small stickes.”—The Governour, Cap. X.
Only the essentials, therefore, are treated in this work, which isplanned more as a foundation for