Lily's Grammar of Latin in English: An Introduction of the Eyght Partes of Speche, and the Construction of the Same


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This is an edition of the sixteenth-century Latin grammar which became, by Henry VIII's acclamation, the first authorized text for the teaching of Latin in grammar schools in England. It deeply influenced the study of Latin and the understanding of grammar. This edition includes chapters on its origins, composition, and subsequent history.







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