A new vocabulary of the most difficult words in the English language, teaching to pronounce them with ease and propriety; Shewing Their various Significations, and, where necessary, are spelled so as to indicate the true Articulation: Also, Names of Persons and Places, more particularly those in the New Testament: Together with several common Phrases from the Latin and French, translated into English. The Whole accented and arranged in alphabetical Order, and interspersed with Apophthegms, ancient and modern, tending to promote Virtue and Knowledge. Wherein is a new method of calculating the sun's diameter, Whereby his horizontal Parallax is determined; and a Plate annexed, by which may be discovered the Magnitude of the Sun compared with the Earth. Compiled and calculated by William Fry. Teacher of Languages and Mathematical Sciences.
- Fry, William, active 18th century.
- Date:
- 1784
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Publication/Creation
London : printed for and sold by the author, in St. Martin's le-Grand; J. Buckland, in Paternoster-Row; and J. Johnson, in St. Paul's-Church-Yard, 1784.
Physical description
VIII,291,[1]p.,plate ; 120.
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References note
ESTC T117740
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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.