Dissertations, Grammatical and Philological

by Peter Walkden Fogg

DISSERTATIONS

 

Grammatical and Philological.

 

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BY

PETER WALKDEN FOGG.

 

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[N. B. These Dissertations are contained in the second volume of Elementa Anglicana; but are thus printed separately to accommodate such as may wish to peruse them without the rest of the work; particularly to serve as lessons for pupils, to whose hands the Key cannot with propriety be committed.]

 

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——Fari, ut possit, quæ sentiat. HORACE.

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STOCKPORT;

PRINTER, FOR THE AUTHOR, BY J. CLARKE
and sold by
T. KNOTT. NO. 47, LOMBARD-STREET, LONDON.
and by the Booksellers in general.

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1796.

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ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL.

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PREFACE.

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The Grammar which I have offered to the public should have consisted of three volumes; the first nearly what it now is, the second comprizing the key and notes, the third composed of a number of rules and examples subservient to composition, to‍gether with these dissertations. The first and third volumes would then have been proper for learners in their different states of proficiency; the second would have been entirely for the pur‍pose of reference. Not fixing on this plan at first, and having unfortunately straitened myself by the terms of subscription, the work is necessarily published in two unequal volumes. The additional exercises in composition, not strictly grammatical, and therefore not originally promised, together with two dissertations on composition and criticism, are as yet unprinted; though (according to my ideas in January last) they are quite prepared for the press. What farther augmentations they may receive, and what encouragement I may have to bring them to light, cannot at present be precisely ascertained. In my own practice I find the manuscript of considerable utility.

The following attempts to investigate the Theory of the greatest part of the grammatical rules in a plain and popular way, appeared so adapted for pupils in the higher classes, that a few copies have been struck off to be sold separately. Their excellencies, if they possess any, the reader will discover: one of their defects I freely acknowledge. Remarks properly falling under some of the heads had been anticipated in the Notes fol‍lowing the Key, and to avoid repetition are wanting here. It is hoped however that enough is left to satisfy the mind on the most important topics. Should that public favour, which I have toiled to deserve, encourage the republication of the whole work, every thing apparently misplaced shall be removed, and three volumes formed, that shall aim at least, to traverse the whole Circle of philology, with as large an extent as common seminaries require.

Stockport,
September 16th, 1796.

Dissertations (not listed in original)

• Dissertation V. On Sounds.