PRINCIPLES OF LATIN AND ENGLISH GRA Ꮐ Ꭱ Ꭺ Ꮇ Ꮇ Ꭺ Ꭱ ; Grammatice est ars, necessaria pueris, jucunda senibus, dulcis secretorum comes, et A NEW EDITION, CAREFULLY REVISED AND CORRECTED, BY WILLIAM PYPER. A. M. LL.D. PROFESSOR OF HUMANITY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF ST Andrew's. EDINBURGH: BELL & BRADFUTE, 12. BANK STREET; LONGMAN & CO., WHITTAKER & CO., SIMPKIN, MARSHALL & CO., MDCCCXLVI. THE Copyright of this Book was given to the Society of Burgh and Parochial Schoolmasters of Scotland by Dr WALTER ADAM, son of the Author, the late Dr ALEXANDER ADAM, in pursuance of the known wish of his father that it should serve as the commencement of a Series of School-books to be published under the immediate inspection of the Society.-A Premium for each subsequent Edition has accordingly been paid by the Publishers, and applied to the uses of the Fund for the Relief of the Widows and Children of the Burgh and Parochial Schoolmasters of Scotland, of which Dr ADAM had been a zealous promoter. Printed by James Walker, STER FROM C. O. ADVERTISEMENT. It THE present edition of this excellent elementary work has been carefully revised and corrected. has been compared throughout with the last edition superintended by the author; and many errors which appear in recent impressions have been detected and removed. In order to secure accuracy of pronunciation, and promote an early practical acquaintance with Prosody, the quantities of syllables have been marked to a much greater extent than formerly. The quotations and references with which the work abounds have been compared with the original authorities, and rectified in numerous instances. The object of the Editor has been, not to make any alteration on the body of the work, but to restore the text to its original integrity; and it is hoped that this edition will be found more accurate than any that has preceded it. WILLIAM PYPER. HIGH SCHOOL, EDINBURGH, Į |