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The Comic Latin Grammar: A New and Facetious Introduction to the Latin Tongue

Percival Leigh

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The Comic Latin Grammar: A New and Facetious Introduction to the Latin Tongue

Percival Leigh

Humour, Language & Communication

'The Comic Latin Grammar' is a humorous instructional text by Percival Leigh, published in the early 19th century. This work serves as a satirical guide to learning Latin, using wit and parody to engage readers, particularly schoolboys and educators, with the complexities of the language. The author aims to make the study of Latin more enjoyable by blending instruction with comedy, providing playful commentary on traditional pedagogical practices and the nature of grammar.

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“But the same in the plural in ia must be. E, or i, are the ablative’s ends,”

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