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Entick's 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. A new edition. Revised, corrected, and enlarged. To which is added, a catalogue of word of similar sounds, but of different spellings and Significations. By William Crakelt, M. A. Rector of Nursted and Ifield in Kent.

Title
Entick's new spelling dictionary, [electronic resource] : 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. A new edition. Revised, corrected, and enlarged. To which is added, a catalogue of word of similar sounds, but of different spellings and Significations. By William Crakelt, M. A. Rector of Nursted and Ifield in Kent.
Author
Entick, John, 1703?-1773.
Publication
London : printed for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, 1791.

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xxxvi,492p.; obl.8⁰.
Alternative Title
New spelling dictionary
Subject
Note
  • "In this edition Entrick's grammar is replaced by a new one written by Crakelt, the reviser, and continues to be printed with all subsequent editions" (Alston).
  • Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
Indexed In (note)
  • Alston
  • English Short Title Catalog
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
  • 642502916
  • ECCO1-T181111
Author
Entick, John, 1703?-1773.
Title
Entick's new spelling dictionary, [electronic resource] : 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. A new edition. Revised, corrected, and enlarged. To which is added, a catalogue of word of similar sounds, but of different spellings and Significations. By William Crakelt, M. A. Rector of Nursted and Ifield in Kent.
Imprint
London : printed for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, 1791.
Indexed In:
Alston, V.267
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexed In:
English Short Title Catalog, T181111.
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Place of Publication
Great Britain England London.
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