GRAMMAR OF THE SPANISH LANGUAGE, As it is now Spoken and Written : COMPRISED IN A SERIES OF LECTURES: WITH A COMPREHENSIVE TREATISE ON CASTILIAN AND COPIOUS EXAMPLES AND EXERCISES. BY EMANUEL DEL MAR, PROFESSOR OF THE SPANISH LANGUAGE; AUTHOR OF "AN ENGLISH GRAMMAR FOR THE USE OF SPANIARDS;" SIXTH EDITION, CAREFULLY REVISED, ENLARGED, AND IMPROVED. UTINAM DESIDERIUM MULTITUDINIS IMPLEAM. LONDON: DAVID NUTT, 270, STRAND, FOREIGN BOOKSELLER TO THE QUEEN; AND MAY BE HAD OF ALL BOOKSELLERS. 1853. 303. c. 46. A KEY TO THE EXERCISES in this Grammar may be had separately; also, A NEW GUIDE TO SPANISH AND ENGLISH CONVERSATION. The Author's Cards of Address may be obtained at MR. NUTT'S, 270, Strand; and at SIG ROLANDI's, 20, Berners-street, Oxford-street. PREFACE. THE very favourable reception given to the former Editions of this GRAMMAR of the SPANISH LANGUAGE has induced the Author to offer to the Public this SIXTH and ENLARGED EDITION, in which he has embodied such additions and improvements as time and reflection have suggested. The whole arrangement of the work is the result of the almost unremitting labour of thirty years, and of long experience in teaching the Spanish Language and the best proof of the preference given to this Grammar is the fact that five editions of it have been sold almost entirely unaided by advertisements. In every division of this work it has been the Author's aim to endeavour, as far as practicable, to overcome every obstacle that the Spanish Language presented to the Student, and to make every difficulty subordinate to rule; thus rendering the acquisition of this rich, expressive, and manly Language a pleasing task to those desirous of acquiring it. The principles of the Spanish Language will be found in this Grammar clearly expounded in a SERIES OF LECTURES, and each Rule and Observation accompanied by appropriate Examples; the |