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The soldier's friend, and traveller's vade mecum; or, A new pocket vocabulary, in six languages, viz. English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese : Containing all the terms that belong to the military art; words of command; duty signals; evolutions; fortification; gunnery; military implements and utensiles; provisions, and forage. Also, the cardinal, and ordinal numbers; days, months, and seasons; weights, measures; metals; wearing apparel; furniture; diversions, and games; with accurate tables of the coins of most of the european nations, and states; and many words, phrases, and terms that are most frequently made use of in common intercourse: to which are annexed interrogatories, and answers, that might occur in some of the most pressing situations, so arranged, that persons of different countries may communicate their ideas to each other, without having any other knowledge of more than their respective languages. By Capt. James Willson, of the Marines. Dedicated (by permission) to His Royal Highness the Duke of York.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Willson, James, active 1760-1812.
- Series:
- Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.
- Standardized Title:
- Soldier's pocket dictionary, or friend in need
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Language and languages--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.
- Language and languages.
- Electronic handbooks, vade-mecums, etc--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.
- Electronic handbooks, vade-mecums, etc.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
- Controlled vocabularies.
- Physical Description:
- 2 unnumbered pages,iv pages, 2 unnumbered pages,76,76 pages, 1 unnumbered page,77-100 pages ; oblong12⁰
- Place of Publication:
- London : [publisher not identified], M,DCC,XCIX. [1799]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- The main part of the book has duplicate pagination.
- First published in 1794 as 'The soldier's pocket dictionary, or friend in need'.
- 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, T160192.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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