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.

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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.
  • New spelling dictionary
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Imprint
London: printed for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, 1791.
Publication year
1791-1791
ESTC No.
T181111
Grub Street ID
217703
Description
xxxvi,492p. ; obl.8⁰
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).
Uncontrolled note
Format from Alston. O report 12?