Excerpt from The Treasury of Knowledge and Library of Reference, Vol. 2: Containing a Compendious English Grammar
Dr. Priestley, who acknowledges his obligations to Johnson, and also to Lowth, (whose work he says was published subsequently to his own.) thought it premature to attempt an English grammar, and contented himself with publishing a few brief Rudiments, with Notes and Observations for the use of those who have made some proddeney alleging that, when, by this means, the language shall be written with sufficient uniformity, we mayhopeto see acornplete grammarofit. Atprm,aisbynemrspsforsum. M - Frej to Grom p. Xvi.
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