A guide to the English tongue; in two parts. The First proper for Beginners, shewing a Natural and Easy Method, to pronounce and express both Common Words, and proper Names; in which particular Care is had to shew the Accent, for preventing Vitious Pronounciation. The Second for such as are advanced to some Ripeness of Judgment, containing Observations on the Sounds of Letters and Diphthongs; Rules for the true Division of Syllables, and the Use of Capitals, Stops, and Marks: With large tables of Abbreviations, and Distinctions of Words; and several Alphabets of Copies for young Writers. To which is now added, an appendix, containing many additional Lessons, in Prose and Verse; First, in words of one Syllable only; and then mixed with Words of two, three, four, five, six, and seven Syllables. By T. Dyche, Schoolmaster at Stratford Bow.
- Dyche, Thomas, -approximately 1733.
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- Printed in the Year M.DCC.LIX. [1759]
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[London?] : [s.n.], Printed in the Year M.DCC.LIX. [1759]
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[8],148p.,plates ; 80.
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ESTC T222997
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.