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The new spelling dictionary, teaching to write and pronounce the English tongue with ease and propriety [electronic resource] : [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. By the Rev. John Entick, A.M. editor of Littleton's Latin and English dictionary and Schrevelius's Greek Lexicon[.].

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Entick, John, 1703?-1773.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
English language--Dictionaries.
English language.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxviii,472,[4]p. )
Edition:
A new edition. Carefully revised and corrected.
Other Title:
New spelling dictionary, teaching to write and pronounce the English tongue with ease and propriety
Place of Publication:
London : Printed for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, 1782.
Notes:
With two final advertisement leaves.
Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.
Cited in:
English Short Title Catalog, N42199.
OCLC:
508208175

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