KEY

TO

ENGLISH GRAMMAR,

IN WHICH THE MOST

DIFFICULT EXAMPLES OF SYNTAX

ARE ILLUSTRATED,

To abridge the labour of the Instructor, and
facilitate the progress of the Learner.

BY JOHN LYNDE.

"The present spirit of the learned world is such,
that to attempt to serve it in any way, one must have
the constancy of a martyr, and a respition to suffer
for its sake." POPE.

WOODSTOCK:

PRINTED BY D. WATSON,

PUBLIC LIBRARY
151032

ACTOR, LENOX AND
TILDEN FOUNDATIONS.
1899

DISTRICT OF VERMONT, TO WIT;

BE it remembered, that on the sixteenth day of August, in the forty-sixth year of the independence of the United States of America, SYLVANUS LYNDE, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a Book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit:

"A Key to English Grammar, in which the most difficult Examples of Syntax are illustrated, to abridge the labour of the Instructor, and facilitate the progress of the Learner. By JOHN LYNDE. "The present spirit of the learned world is such, that to attempt to serve it in any way, one must have the constancy of a martyr, and a resolution to suffer for its sake." POPE.

In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned."

JESSE GOVE,

Clerk of the District of Vermont. A true copy of record, examined and sealed by

J. GOVE, Clerk.

PREFACE.

Every man interested in the welfare of soci ety, and the interest of his country, will cheerfully contribute his mite to facilitate the diffusion of useful knowledge; especially in a government like that of the United States, where learning is the parent of greatness, and merit the passport to honor. Among all ranks of society, learning is now cultivated, and like the greatest advantages that heaven bestows "pon man, it has become as universal as it is useful. The value of every science is to be estimated according to its tendency to promote the improvement of arts, and the good of community. In every section of the United States, all branches of education are taught; reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, and grammar have become so common, as to be considered necessary acquirements in almost every department of society. A knowledge of English Grammar then, may be valued as an important branch of education, as it is emphatically said to be, "the mother of science." Subsidiary to this,