An accurate new spelling dictionary, and expositor of the English language. : Containing a much larger collection of modern words than any book of the kind and price extant: and shewing how the same are to be written correctly, and pronounced properly; with the different meanings or significations of each word. To which is added an entire new dictionary of all the Heathen Gods and Goddesses: and also of the most illustrious heroes treated of by Homer, Virgil, Ovid, and other ancient poets: with a summary account of their origin, descent, and expolits and how represented by statuaries, painters, &c. To the whole is prefixed, a compendious, practical grammar of the English language. By A. Fisher, author of the practical new English grammar, with exercises of bad English; the new English tutor, calculated for the new method of teaching English, &c. &c.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fisher, A. (Anne), 1719?-1778

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Dictionaries--Early works to 1800.

English language.

Genre:

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages,xxii pages, 376 unnumbered pages ; oblong12⁰

Edition:

The fifth edition, much improved.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for the author, and sold by G. Robinson, in Paternoster-Row; W. Nicoll, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; and T. Slack, in Newcastle, MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

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, T229432.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.