The new spelling dictionary, teaching to write and pronounce the English tongue with Ease and Propriety; In which each Word is accented according to its just and natural Pronunciation; the Part of Speech is properly distinguished, and the various Significations are ranged in one Line: With a list of proper names of Men and Women. The Whole compiled and digested in a Manner entirely new, to make it a Complete Pocket Companion For those who read Milton, Pope, Addison, Shakespeare, Tillotson and Locke, or other English Authors of Repute in Prose or Verse: and in particular to assist young People, Artificers, Tradesmen and Foreigners, desirous of understanding what they speak, read, and write. To which is prefixed, a grammatical introduction to the English tongue. By the Rev. John Entick, A. M. Editor of Littleton's Latin and English Dictionary, and Schrevelius's Greek Lexicon.

  • Entick, John, 1703?-1773.
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MDCCLXXXII. [1782]
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Dublin : printed for Thomas Walker, No. 79, Dame-Street, MDCCLXXXII. [1782]

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xx,524p. ; obl.160.

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A new edition, carefully revised and corrected ..

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ESTC T138206

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