The Institutes of English Grammar

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A book bound in light colored leather. The book has plain covers with a minimally decorated spine. The spine has four (4) lines of gold embossing. Between the two top lines on the spine is a dark rectangle with gold lettering featuring the title: [BROWN'S / GRAMMAR / IMPROVED]. Inside front cover page has extended title, author information, and the publisher listed. [BROWN'S GRAMMAR IMPROVED. / THE / INSTITUTES / OF / ENGLISH GRAMMAR / METHODICALLY ARRANGED; / WITH / FORMS OF PARSING AND CORRECTING, EXAMPLES FOR PASSING, / QUESTIONS FOR EXAMINIATION, / FALSE SYNTAX FOR COR- / RECTION, EXERCISES FOR WRITING, OBSERVATIONS / FOR THE ADVANCED STUDENT, / METHODS OF ANALYSIS, / AND / A KEY TO THE ORAL EXERCISES: / TO WHICH ARE ADDED FOUR APPENDIXES. / DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS, ACADEMIES, AND PRIVATE LEARNERS. / BY GOOLD BROWN, / PRINCIPAL OF AN ENGLISH AND CLASSICAL ACADEMY, NEW YORK.

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