A collection of English exercises, for the use of schools and academies: containing near two thousand sentences of false syntax, improprieties, or solecisms: collected from the most celebrated authors, during a course of reading, and pointed out to the Scholars at the time of teaching. By the Rev. James Milner, Master of the Commercial School, Scorton, Yorkshire; Author of the New Penman's Delight; Reviser of Perry's Dictionary, and Wood's English Grammar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milner, James, b. 1746 or 7.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Composition and exercises--Early works to 1800.

English language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii,[1],103,[5]p. )

Other Title:

Collection of English exercises,

Place of Publication:

York : printed by W. Blanchard in Coppergate, MDCCXCII. [1792]

Notes:

The final five pages contain an advertisement for the "Commercial and Mathematical Academy" at Scorton, near Catterick, Yorkshire, run by the Rev. James Milner and Monsieur Reyroux, "a foreigner".

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T223273.

OCLC:

642544186