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The only sure guide to the English tongue: or, New pronouncing spelling book. : Upon the same plan as Perry's Royal standard English dictionary, now made use of in all the celebrated schools in Greatbritain , Ireland and America. : To which is added, a comprehensive grammar of the English language; and, a select number of moral tales and fables, for the instruction of youth. : With an appendix... / By W. Perry, lecturer on the English language, in the Academy, Edinburgh.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Perry, William, 1747-1808, author.
Contributor:
Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831, editor.
Series:
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 32672.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
English language--Pronunciation.
English language.
English language--Orthography and spelling.
English language--Grammar.
Genre:
Grammars.
Spellers.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (ix pages, 1 unnumbered page, 11-180 pages) : illustrations
Edition:
Tenth Worcester edition. Illustrated with cuts. Carefully revised by Perry's Royal standard English dictionary, by Isaiah Thomas. And corrected of the numerous errors, which are in all other editions both British and American.
Place of Publication:
Printed at Worcester, Massachusetts, : by Isaiah Thomas, Jun. Sold wholsesale and retail, at his bookstore in Worcester. Sold also by Thomas and Andrews, and other booksellers in Boston., MDCCXCVII. [1797]
System Details:
text file
Notes:
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 32672).
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Evans 32672
Access Restriction:
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