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Entick's New spelling dictionary : teaching to write and pronounce the English tongue with ease and propriety, in which each word is accented according to its just and natural pronunciation, the part of speech is properly distinguished, and the various significations are ranged in one line : with a list of proper names of men and women : the whole compiled and digested in a manner entirely new, to make it a complete pocket companion for those who read Milton, Pope, Addison, Shakespeare, Tillotson and Locke, or other English authors of repute in prose or verse, and in particular to assist young people, artificers, tradesmen and foreigners desirous of understanding what they speak, read, and write : to which is prefixed a grammatical introduction to the English tongue.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Entick, John, 1703?-1773.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Dictionaries.
- English language.
- Genre:
- Dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- xxx pages, 1 unnumbered page, 32-460 pages ; 14 x 13 cm
- Edition:
- A new edition, revised, corrected and enlarged; to which is added a catalogue of words of similar sounds but of different spellings and significations, by William Crakelt ...
- Other Title:
- New spelling dictionary.
- Place of Publication:
- [Wilmington, Del.] : London printed, Wilmington, re-printed and sold by Peter Brynberg, 1800.
- Notes:
- Gatherings in 6's, with vertical chainlines.
- Cited in:
- Evans 37375
- OCLC:
- 84342767
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