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Excerpt from The Miscellaneous Essays and Occasional Writings of Francis Hopkinson, Esq., Vol. 3 Dixneuf versus Lacaze; Miller Versus the Resolution; Cassen Versus the Trislam Shandy; Robeson Versus the Amelia; Hainey Versus the Tristram Shandy and Dimsdale; Magee Versus the Fanny; Willis Versus the York; Gibbs Versus the Two Friends; Clinton Versus the Hannah and General Knox; Pierre de Moitez Versus the South-Carolina; Kemp Versus the Experiment; Mahoon & Al. Versus the Lady Margarot; M' Culloch Versus the Lethe; Brice & Woodroff Versus the Nancy; Shaw Versus the Lethe; Dray & Al. Versus the Collier; Talbot Versus the Owners of the Achilles, Patty & Hibernia; Dean & Al. Versus John Angus; Ditto Judgement on the merits; Leibaert, Baes, Durdeyn & Co. Versus the Emperor; Turnbull and Al. Versus the Enterprize; Forbes Versus the Hannah; Canizares Versus the Sa. Trinidad; Smith Versus Leard; Anderson & Al. Versus Forbes; Moran Versus Baudoin; Thybout Versus Baudoin 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.

Excerpt from Miscellaneous Essays and Occasional Writings of Francis Hopkinson, Esq., Vol. 2 To begin, then, the detail of our infiruetion. After the younglier hath been taught to fpell, read, and write, in his mother tongue, he afcends the firlt liep of learned education. - The Latin lan guage is the object, to attain which, a Latin gram mar is put into the poor boy's hands. This gram mar is called the rudiments or foundation of that language: by which one might fuppofe, that the grammar had been given by infpiration, and the Romans derived their language from it. But the fact isjul't the reverie for in every language, the grammar is, and mull necellarily be, the refult, and not the origin of that language but notwith i'tanding this undeniable truth, the Latin mull: be inculcated according to the method and difcipline of the fchools, a po/teriori, in more fenfes than one. - vvell! Through this grammar, at all events, the bewildered pupil mull wade, groping for a year or two in utter darknefs, and learning by rote a complicated fyilem of rules, the propriety or ap plication of which it is impo ible for him to fee in any inflance. These rules are framed partly in elegant prole, and partly in much more elegant verfe, in order. 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."

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