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The Columbian Grammar; or, An essay for reducing a grammatical knowledge of the English language to a degree of simplicity, which will render it easy for the instructor to teach, and for the pupil to learn (p. 79)
The Columbian Grammar; or, An essay for reducing a grammatical knowledge of the English language to a degree of simplicity, which will render it easy for the instructor to teach, and for the pupil to learn (p. 79)
TitleThe Columbian Grammar; or, An essay for reducing a grammatical knowledge of the English language to a degree of simplicity, which will render it easy for the instructor to teach, and for the pupil to learn (p. 79)
AuthorDearborn, Benjamin, 1754-1838
PublisherDearborn, Benjamin, 1754-1838
Publisher LocationUnited States--Massachusetts--Boston
Publication Date1795
PrinterHall, Samuel
NotesUn-illustrated.
Written in introductory remarks: "To insure success in instruction, it should be rendered as easy and pleasing to the pupil as possible. For gaining these essential points, the method of teaching by question and answer has, in a number of instances, the advantage of every other. A youth engaged in the study of abstract ideas, under a necessity of committing to memory many pages of an unentertaining subject, finds pleasure in this social method, as it gives an opportunity of obtaining assistance from any person who can read; while the questions given by refreshing the memory, relieve the mind from intense application."
This page gives examples of contemporary interjections such as alackaday, fugh, halloo, huzza, and pshaw.
Contextual NotesBenjamin Dearborn, Jr. was a printer, publisher, educator, inventor, and manufacturer. He opened a school for girls in 1780 and, like many educators of his time, recognized the deficiencies of most imported textbooks which led him to write and publish several of his own textbooks on arithmetic, grammar, and music.
Subjects (LCSH)English language--Grammar
CategoryGrammars
LanguageEnglish
Digital CollectionChildren's Historical Literature Collection
Digital ID NumberCHL0014
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
Repository CollectionChildren's Historical Literature Collection PE1109.D3 1795
Object TypeBook
Physical Description[4], ii, [3], 6-140 p.; 18.5 x 11 cm.
Digital Reproduction InformationPhotographed from original book in TIFF format using a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi/EOS 400D, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2009.
Exhibit ChecklistExhibit checklist L.67
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