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Every young man's companion; or Youth's new general director : Being Hoey's instructor improved. In two parts. Containing directions for spelling, reading and writing true English.---How to address persons of all distinctions.---The British penman.--Sententious precepts and maxims, being sets of copies for improvement in writing---Receipts to make red and black ink, &c.---Value and weight of the several gold pieces.---A large table of Guineas ready cast up.--Interest where reduced.--Interest computed before the new stile.--A new and compendious system of practical arithmetick.--Book-keeping after the Italian manner, &c--A short system of book-keeping for shop-keepers.--Bills of exchange, with variety of examples of inland and foreign bills;--Variety of letters on business and mercantile affairs, &c. &c.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Hoey, James, fl. 1759-1781.
Standardized Title:
Youth's general director, or Hoey's new instructor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
English language--Grammar--Early works to 1800.
English language.
Genre:
Grammars.
Physical Description:
1 online resource ([6],214p. )
Place of Publication:
Dublin : Printed by James Hoey, at the Mercury in Skinner-row, 1765.
Notes:
First published in this form as 'Youth's general director, or Hoey's new instructor', Dublin, 1751.
Reproduction of original from National Library of Ireland.
Cited in:
English Short Title Catalog, T181994.
OCLC:
509342335

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