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The new art of spelling : Design'd chiefly for persons of maturity, teaching them how to spell and write words by the sound thereof, and to sound and read words by the sight thereof, Rightly, Neatly, and Fashionably. I. It will Instruct any Person, that can Read and Write, to Spell and Write most Languages, that he can Speak, and uses to Read, in a few Hours, by a General Rule, contain'd in Two or Three Lines, and the Use of a Spelling Alphabet, which may be writ on the Twelfth Part of a Sheet of Paper, to carry about them. II. Short and Easie Directions, whereby any One may be Taught to Spell tolerably well in a few Days, and in a many a Year's time be perfected in the Art of True Spelling. III. A Child, or any Person, who can't Read or Write, may, by the help of this Book, learn to Spell and Write perfectly in a small Time. IV. Rules for Foreigners, by which they may Sweeten their Language; and Directions how to Invent an Universal One. Applied to the English Tongue. By J. Jones, M.D.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Jones, John, 1645-1709.
Standardized Title:
Practical phonography
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
English language--Orthography and spelling.
English language.
Physical Description:
1 online resource ([6],144p. )
Other Title:
New art of spelling.
Place of Publication:
London : [s.n.], Printed in the Year 1704.
Notes:
A reissue, with a new titlepage, of 'Practical phonography', 1701.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Cited in:
Alston, VI 473
English Short Title Catalog, T114371.
OCLC:
642291260

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