Excerpt from The Rudiments of Latin and English Grammar: Designed to Facilitate the Study of Both Languages, by Connecting Them Together We firlt learn to fp'eak from imitation. We ufe the ex prefiions which we hear from others. But when we have once gained a certain flock of words, we employ them'rac cording to general rules: Then a child, for inflance, has occafion tofpeakof-two perfons, he will fay, two mans, inltead* of-f' two men _becaufe he learns the general method of' forming the plural, before he attends to parti cular exceptions. The fame may be obferved ofa perion who endeavours to atquire any foreign language. Memo ry, furnifhes us with proger terms to exprefs our thoughts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.