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History of England, From the First Invasion by Julius Caesar, to the Accession of George the Fourth, in Eighteen Hundred and Twenty
History of England From the First Invasion by Julius Caesar to the Accession of George the Fourth in Eighteen Hundred and Twenty Author:William Grimshaw Subtitle: With an Interrogative Index, for the Use of Schools General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1826 Original Publisher: J. Grigg Subjects: Great Britain History / Europe / Great Britain Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing te... more »xt. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: RECOMMENDATIONS. (LDSMITH'S HISTORY OF GREECE, improved bv . Jrimshaw, With a Vocabulary of the Proper Names con- ained in the work, and the Prosodial Accents, in conformity . vith the Pronunciation of Lempriere -- with Questions and i Key, as above. . lthough there are many worthless School Books, there are t few which are equally impure and inaccurate with the ori- al editions of Goldsmith's Histories, for the use of Schools. ongratulate both teachers and pupils, upon the appearance ( VIr. Grimshaw's edition of the " History of Greece," which 1 . been so completely expurgated, and otherwise corrected, a; j give it the character of a new work, admirably adapted to t1 purpose for which it is intended. THOMAS P. JONES, Professor of Mechanics in the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania, and late Principal of the North Carolina Female Academy. Pltiladtlphia, Sept. 5, 1826. Mr. John Grigg. Dear Sir -- Agreeably to your request I have examined, with attention, " Goldsmith's Greece, revised and corrected, and a vocabulary of proper names appended, with prosodial marks, to assist in their pronunciation, by William Grimshaw;" and I feel a perfect freedom to say, that the correction of numerous grammatical and other errors, by Mr. Grimshaw, together with the rejection of many obscene and indelicate passages improper for the perusal of youth, gives this edition, in roy opinion, a decided preference over th-s editions of that work heretofore i...« less