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2. New compendium of grammar, containing, chiefly, the substance of Lilly and others, abridged and made easy : To which are added, a treatise on some particular points relating to the Athenian, Roman, and English governments; a table of coins; and a short method of parsing English to be made into Latin. The whole calculated for the use of schools. By the Rev. John Wheeldon, A.M and teacher of a private grammar school at St Ives, Huntingdonshire

Author/Creator:
Wheeldon, John, 1734 or 1735-1800
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Cambridge : Printed for the author, and sold by Fletcher and Hodson; sold also by H. Briggs, at St. Ives; and Messr[s] Wilson and Fell, Paternoster Row, London, 1766
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3. A new English dictionary : containing I. An explanation of all English words used by the best writers; the various senses of each word being distinctly pointed out by figures 1,2,3, &c. II. The language from which each word is derived. III. The part of speech to which it belongs. IV. A supplement of upwards of 4000 proper names. In which every word has not only the common accent to denote the emphasis of the voice, but, in order to a just pronunciation, every syllable is marked with a long or short accent to determine its quantity; and the quiescent letters, various sounds of vowels, &c. are so distinguished, that any person, native or foreigner, who can but read, may speedily acquire an accurate pronunciation of the English Language. To the whole is prefixed a dissertation of the species of sounds, &c. with practical observations on the various powers and formations of the letters. A work intirely new, and designed for the use of schools, and of foreigners, as well as natives who would speak, read, and write English with propriety and accuracy. By James Buchnan, author of the English syntax, British Speeling Book, &c.

Author/Creator:
Buchanan, James, active 1753-1773
Publication/Creation:
London : Printed for G. Keith, J. Johnson and J. Payne, G. Pearch, F. Blyth, and G. Burnet, 1769
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A new edition.
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9. A new guide to the English tongue : in five parts. ... The whole, being recommended by several clergymen and eminent schoolmasters, as the most useful performance, for the instruction of youth, is designed for the use of schools in Great Britain, Ireland, and America. By Thomas Dilworth, Author of the Schoolmasters assistant; Young book-keeper's assistant, &c. &c.

Author/Creator:
Dilworth, Thomas, -1780
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Philadelphia : Printed & sold by Thomas & William Bradford, wholesale and retail booksellers and stationers, no. 8, South-Front Street, [1795?]
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