The royal standard English dictionary : in which the words are not only rationally divided into syllables, accurately accented, their part of speech properly distinguished, and their various significations arranged in one line; but likewise by a key to this work, Comprising The various Sounds of the Vowels and Consonants, denoted by typographical characters, and illustrated by Examples which render it intelligible to the weakest capacity, It Exhibits their True Pronunciation, According to the Present Practice of Men of Letters, Eminent Orators, and Polite Speakers in London; upon a Plan Perfectly Plain, and Entirely New. To which is Prefixed, A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language. By W Perry, Author of The Man of Business, and Gentleman's Assistant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perry, William, 1747-1808.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Dictionaries.

English language.

Genre:

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

liv,427 pages, 5 unnumbered pages ; 12⁰

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : printed for the author, by David Willison; and sold by J. Wilkie, T. Evans, and J. Murray London; J. Bell, W. Creech, J. Dickson, C. Elliot, R. Jamieson, Edinburgh; Charnley, Newcastle; Etherington, York; Norton, Bristol; Frederick, Bath; and by the author, M,DCC,LXXV. [1775]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

With five final pages of errata and advertisements.

Price from imprint: Price bound Three Shillings.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T87431.

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