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Excerpt from The Principles of Syriac Grammar Those who enter upon the study of a foreign language must have a Grammar, which should be neither expensive and voluminous, nor meagre and unsatisfactory. Equally undesirable is it that it should be itself in a foreign tongue. When a man is well grounded in the principles of a language he is in a position to appreciate larger works, but not before. Now I have found that the Syriac Grammars at present in use, are either expensive, voluminous, in a foreign tongue, or meagre and unsatisfactory; I have there fore carefully translated and abridged the well known work of Dr. Hoffmann, which although not perfect, is the best of existing Syriac Grammars. I have carefully avoided omitting anything necessary to the student, and I have often intro duced corrections or additions of my own. The arrangement is wholly new, and has been adopted for facility of reference. 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.