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French language - Orthography and spelling - Early works to 1800
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A theoretical and practical grammar of the French tongue, in which the present usage on pronunciation, orthography, and the rules of syntax is developed, And All Great Difficulties Cleared UP, according to the decisions of the French Academy. By M. de Lévizac.
Levizac, Jean-Pons-Victor Lecoutz de, -1813.Date: [1799]- Books
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A new French spelling-book, in tables from one to eight syllables, with the true English to every word. In the gradual order of teaching, and due orthography; and practical lessons on the foregoing tables; to which are annexed the catechism, and prayers, &c. (proper for schools) intended chiefly for young beginners; Adapted to the meanest Capacities. Approved of by several Eminent Masters, and now published for the use of schools. By Richard Pierce, late master of the Academy in Burlington-Gardens.
Pierce, Richard, master.Date: MDCCLXXXIII. [1783]- Books
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French pronunciation and reading made easy: or; the logographic-emblematical French spelling-book. Being a Method by which any Child, Four or Five Years old, and of ever so slow an Apprehension, although perfectly unacquainted with his Letters, will, in a few Months, be enabled to read French fluently, and pronounce it as if he were a Parisian born. To which are added instructions to enable any Person to put this Method in Practice; as likewise Certificates and other Vouchers of the Efficacy of the same. Published by M. Lenoir, Author of the Practique de L'Orateur Francois, de L'Eloge Funebre de Louis XVI, &c. and a Professor of the French Language, Elocution, and Belles-Lettres.
Lenoir, P. V.Date: 1799- Books
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Nouvelle methode pour apprendre a bien lire et a bien orthographier. En deux parties. La Prémiére [sic] regarde les commençans, & les conduit graduellement, d'une Manière fort aisée, de la Connoissance des simples Lettres de L'Alphabet, à la Lecture des Mots les plus longs & les plus difficiles. La seconde est pour ceux qui savent lire. Elle comprend les Règles nécessaires pour les perfectionner dans la Lecture & dans l'Orthographe, & traite de la Division des Syllabes, de la Ponctuation, des Lettres Capitales, de L'Elision, des Accens, &c. à la fin de laquelle on a mis un Recueil des Mots qu'on prononce de même, ou fort approchant, mais qui écrits différemment ont tout un autre Sens, &c. Pour l'usage de S.A.R. Mme. la Princesse Louise, Reine de Danemarc. Par Jean Palairet, Ci-Devant Précepteur pour la Langue Françoise, &c. de L. A. R. Monseigneur le Duc de Cumberland, Madame la Princesse Marie, & Madame la Princesse Louise.
Palairet, Jean, 1697-1774.Date: [1765?]- Books
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The pronunciation and orthography of the French language rendered perfectly easy, on a plan quite original. Containing, I. A concise, but comprehensive Theory of the Pronunciation, with Tables for Practice; in which are exemplified the different Sounds of the Vowels, Diphthongs, and Triphthongs; also those of the Single, Double, and Triple Consonants, in their various Situations: the Whole arranged alphabetically. II. A Vocabulary of such Words as are the same, and of others that resemble each other in Sound, but differ in Spelling, briefly explained, properly accented, the Parts of Speech, and the Genders of the Nouns distinguished. III. A Vocabulary of those Words which, though consisting of the same Letters, vary in Meaning or Pronunciation, and sometimes in both, according as they are differently connected or accentuated. IV. A Collection of Phrases, Dialogues, Maxims, Fables, Stories, and Repartees. V. Remarks on the Composition and Reading of French Verse, exemplified by Specimens of Poetry. For the use of schools and learners of French in general. By John Murdoch, Teacher of French, English, &c. and Compiler of the Radical Vocabulary of the French Language.
Murdoch, John, 1747-1824.Date: M.DCC.XCV. [1795]