_From the alterations_ which have been frequently made in the sentiments and the language, to suit the connexion, and to adapt them to the particular purposes for which they are introduced; and, in many instances, _from the uncertainty to whom_ the passages originally belonged, the insertion of names _could seldom be made with propriety_.

But if this could have been generally done, a work of this nature _would derive no advantage from it_, equal to the inconvenience of crowding the pages with a repetition of names and references.

It is.
however, proper to acknowledge, in general terms, that the authors to whom the grammatical part of this compilation is principally indebted for its materials, are Harris, Johnson, Lowth, Priestley, Beattie, Sheridan, Walker, and Coote."-- _Introd.; Duodecimo Gram._, p.

4; _Octavo_, p.

7.
10.