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An english alphabet, for the use of foreigners : wherein the pronunciation of the vowels, or voice-letters, is explained in twelve short general rules, with their several exceptions, as abridged (for the instruction of Omai) from a larger work.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sharp, Granville, 1735-1813.
- Series:
- Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.
- Standardized Title:
- Short treatise on the English tongue. Abridgments
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Omai--Books and reading.
- Omai.
- Books and reading.
- Physical Description:
- 76 pages ; 8⁰
- Place of Publication:
- London : printed by J.W. Galabin, Ingram-Court, for B. White, Fleet-Street, and C. Dilly, Poultry, M.DCC.LXXXVI. [1786]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- Anonymous. By Granville Sharp.
- Omai = the Tahitian native brought to England by Captain Furneaux in 1774.
- An abridgment of 'A short treatise on the English tongue'.
- With 'An appendix, containing a brief account of the chief peculiarities of the English consonants, by the late Rev. Mr. T. S', beginning on page 45.
- 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:
- Alston, vi, 502
- English Short Title Catalog, T113850.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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