make a progress

[joham]

Dictionaries say that 'progress' is an uncountable noun. But I read the phrase 'which prevents our making a progress towards perfection' and the sentence 'Whatsoever is successively varied, or has such a manner of existence as time can affect, must have had both an origin and a progress;...' from the Grammar of English Grammars. May I ask if native speakers sometimes say 'a progress'?

Thank you in advance.

 

[Heterological]

Both those sentences sound wrong to me. I'm trying to think of an instance when "progress" could be countable; I'll let you know if I recall any. Many non-countable nouns have specific countable usages, but I don't think this is one of them.

 

[joham]

Then how about the phrase a careful attention and an evidence inthese sentences? Do native speakers say/use them?

But how shall, or can, this readiness be acquired? I answer, By a careful attention to such exercises as are fitted to bring the learner's knowledge into practice.

Of the whole method of parsing, it should be understood, that it is to
be a critical exercise in utterance, as well as an evidence of previous study

Again these sentences are taken from the Grammar of English Grammars.

Thank you in advance.