The anew spelling dictionary, teaching to write and pronounce the English tongue with easy 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 entirly 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, trade men and foreigners, desirous to understand what they speak, read and write. To which is prefix'd, a grammatical introduction to the English tongue. By the Rev. John Entick, A. M. editor of Littleton's Latin and English d[i]ctionary, and Schrevelius's Greek lexicon

People / Organizations

• John Entick (Author)

Imprint

London : printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, in the Poultry; and sold by Messrs. Kincaid and Creech, at Edinburgh, 1773. A new edition, carefully revised and corrected; to which are now added, above five thousand words which were not in any former impression; with, an exact list of all the cities, boroughs, and market towns in England and Wales; the days on which their markets are held, and their distance from London in measured miles.; ..

Publication year

1773

ESTC No.

T61472

Grub Street ID

287164

Description

444p. ; 12°.