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A new pocket dictionary; or, English expositor : Containing I. A complete course of spelling for the use of schools II. A spelling dictionary; including seventeen thousand of the most useful words in the language. III. A clear and concise explanation of all the words, except those which are familiar to the meavest capacity: to be read in lessons, or consulted occasionally. IV. A sure and easy help to pronunciation, by long, short, and broad accents over the vowels; by figures to express the number of syllables in words where they are doubtful; and, by inserting the word in crotchets according to the found. V. The young scholar's guide to English parsing, exhibiting all the parts of speech by initial letters. With a supplement, for occasional inspection: containing all the uncommon words in Johnson's abridgment, which were omitted in the first alphabet. To which are prefixed, a practical grammar; with directions for reading; the laws of versification; the explanation of prepositions and terminations; and examples of bad English, to be corrected by the rules of syntax. And a plan for the improvement of children in virtue and learning, without the use of the rod. With the present state and practice of the play-school in Belfast. By D. Manson, schoolmaster.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Manson, David, 1726-1792.
- 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:
- 12 pages, 312 unnumbered pages ; 12⁰
- Place of Publication:
- Belfast : Printed by Daniel Blow, M,DCC,LXII. [1762]
- 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:
- Alston, v, 231a
- English Short Title Catalog, T229722.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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