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Dissertations on the English language : with notes, historical and critical, to which is added, by way of appendix, an essay on a reformed mode of spelling, with Dr. Franklin's arguments on that subject. By Noah Webster, Jun. Esquire. [Two lines in Latin from Tacitus].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Webster, Noah, 1758-1843.
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Spelling reform.
- English language--Orthography and spelling.
- English language.
- English language--Grammar--Early works to 1800.
- Spelling reform--Early works to 1800.
- Genre:
- Essays.
- Grammars.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv,[2],18-410,[6]p. )
- Other Title:
- Dissertations on the English language
- Place of Publication:
- Printed at Boston : for the author, by Isaiah Thomas and Company, MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]
- Notes:
- Dedicated to Benjamin Franklin.
- Printers' monogram device on title page.
- Error in paging: p. 115 misnumbered 114.
- Reproduction of original from British Library.
- Cited in:
- Evans, 22259
- Alston, III.395
- Skeel, E.E.F. Skeel, 651
- English Short Title Catalog, W30890.
- OCLC:
- 642788869
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