Excerpt from The Principles of Latin Grammar: Comprising the Substance of the Most Approved Grammars Extant, With an Appendix, for the Use of Schools and Colleges In the study of any language, the foundation of success must be laid m a thorough acquaintance with its principles. This being once attained. Future progress becomes easy and rapid. To the student of language, there fore, a good Grammar, which must be his constant companion, is of all his books the most immrtant. Such a work, to be really valuable, ought to be simple in its arrangement and style, so as to be adapted to the capacity of youth, for whose use it is designed; comprehensive, and accurate, so as to be a sufficient mid certain guide in the most difficult as well as in any cases; and its principles and rules should be rendered familiar by numer ous examples and exercises. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.