Excerpt from A Series of First Lessons in Greek: Adapted to Goodwin's Greek Grammar, and Designed as an Introduction Either to Goodwin's Greek Reader, or to His Selections From Xenophon and Herodotus, or to the Anabasis of Xenophon Fob some years it was a part of my work to instruct begin ners in Greek. During that time the method of this book, which is in some regards peculiar, was developed. It will, perhaps, hardly be necessary to give reasons for the introduction of the verb at the very outset, and the sub sequent development of its in ection alternately with that of the other parts of speech. We should teach Greek, as far as the changed conditions will allow, in the natural way in which in adult years we learn to speak a modern language. In this case, the object being Me expression of thought, about the first thing that we do is to put noun and verb together. 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."