Authority Cited: Accidence (and Preface)
Author name and dates: Likely by William Lily (c. 1468-1522), pub. 1542; see Lily entry
BKG Bio-tweet: Elementary schoolbook; English part of “Lily’s Grammar”; SJ uses same parts of speech in Grammar of English Tongue
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary) [BKG Note: two Accidence cites in 1755 Dict. vol.1, three in 1755 Dict. vol. 2.. Four Accidence cites were added in vol. 1 of the 1773 Dict., indicated in bold italic below. SJ defines accidence as "The little book containing the first rudiments of grammar, and explaining the properties of the eight parts of speech." Which of the many editions of the title below was used by SJ is unknown. Yale vol. 18, p. 266 notes that the quote for let is also from this work, cited as Introduction to Grammar.]
A short introduction of grammar compiled and set forth for the bringing up of all those that intend to attaine to the knowledge of the Latine tongue. 1641, London : printed by Myles Flesher, Robert Young, and R. Hodgskinson; gain (in To the Reader, gainest in text, added in 1773 Dict.); ground (in To the Reader); him (in Of a Verbe, Moods, added in 1773 Dict.), impersonal (in Passives, Impersonals, added in 1773 Dict.); irk (in The Syntaxis Construed); it (in Of a Noune, added in 1773 Dict., same quote as signification); signification (in Of a Noune); speech (in an introduction of the eight parts of Latine speech); wretch (in Of a Verbe, Moods)
Author name and dates: Likely by William Lily (c. 1468-1522), pub. 1542; see Lily entry
BKG Bio-tweet: Elementary schoolbook; English part of “Lily’s Grammar”; SJ uses same parts of speech in Grammar of English Tongue
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary) [BKG Note: two Accidence cites in 1755 Dict. vol.1, three in 1755 Dict. vol. 2.. Four Accidence cites were added in vol. 1 of the 1773 Dict., indicated in bold italic below. SJ defines accidence as "The little book containing the first rudiments of grammar, and explaining the properties of the eight parts of speech." Which of the many editions of the title below was used by SJ is unknown. Yale vol. 18, p. 266 notes that the quote for let is also from this work, cited as Introduction to Grammar.]
A short introduction of grammar compiled and set forth for the bringing up of all those that intend to attaine to the knowledge of the Latine tongue. 1641, London : printed by Myles Flesher, Robert Young, and R. Hodgskinson; gain (in To the Reader, gainest in text, added in 1773 Dict.); ground (in To the Reader); him (in Of a Verbe, Moods, added in 1773 Dict.), impersonal (in Passives, Impersonals, added in 1773 Dict.); irk (in The Syntaxis Construed); it (in Of a Noune, added in 1773 Dict., same quote as signification); signification (in Of a Noune); speech (in an introduction of the eight parts of Latine speech); wretch (in Of a Verbe, Moods)