Entick's new spelling dictionary
teaching to write and pronounce the English tongue with ease and propriety; in which each word is accented according to its just and natural pronunciation; the part of speech is properly distinguished, and the various significations are ranged in one line; with a list of proper names of men and women. : The whole compiled and digested in a manner entirely new, to make it a complete pocket companion, for those who read Milton, Pope, Addison, Shakespeare, Tillotson, and Locke, or other English authors of repute in prose or verse: and in particular to assist young people, artificers, tradesmen and foreigners, desirous of understanding what they speak, read and write. : To which is prefixed A grammatical introduction to the English tongue
A new edition. / Revised, corrected, and enlarged. To which is added a catalogue of words of similar sounds, but of different spellings and significations. By William Crakelt, M.A. Rector of Nursted and Ifield in Kent.
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Author
Publication
1800 - London, printed: Wilmington: re-printed and sold by Peter Brynberg., Wilmington, Del., Delaware
Language
English
Word Count
115,000 words, Guess
Page Count
460 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL58179023M
- OCLC Control Number55823354
Subjects
Series Statement
- Early American imprints -- no. 37375
Other Editions
- Entick's new spelling dictionary: teaching to write and pronounce the English tongue with ease and propriety; in which each word is accented according to its just and natural pronunciation; the part of speech is properly distinguished, and the various significations are ranged in one line; with a list of proper names of men and women. : The whole compiled and digested in a manner entirely new, to make it a complete pocket companion, for those who read Milton, Pope, Addison, Shakespeare, Tillotson, and Locke, or other English authors of repute in prose or verse: and in particular to assist young people, artificers, tradesmen and foreigners, desirous of understanding what they speak, read and write. : To which is prefixed A grammatical introduction to the English tongue
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