An accurate new spelling dictionary, and expositor of the English language. [electronic resource] : Containing a much larger collection of modern words than any book of the kind and price extant: and shewing how the same are to be written correctly, and pronounced properly; with the different meanings or significations of each word. To which is added an entire new dictionary of all the Heathen Gods and Goddesses: and also of the most illustrious heroes treated of by Homer, Virgil, Ovid, and other ancient poets: with a summary account of their origin, descent, and expolits and how represented by statuaries, painters, &c. To the whole is prefixed, a compendious, practical grammar of the English language. By A. Fisher, author of the practical new English grammar, with exercises of bad English; the new English tutor, calculated for the new method of teaching English, &c. &c.
1784
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An accurate new spelling dictionary, and expositor of the English language. [electronic resource] : Containing a much larger collection of modern words than any book of the kind and price extant: and shewing how the same are to be written correctly, and pronounced properly; with the different meanings or significations of each word. To which is added an entire new dictionary of all the Heathen Gods and Goddesses: and also of the most illustrious heroes treated of by Homer, Virgil, Ovid, and other ancient poets: with a summary account of their origin, descent, and expolits and how represented by statuaries, painters, &c. To the whole is prefixed, a compendious, practical grammar of the English language. By A. Fisher, author of the practical new English grammar, with exercises of bad English; the new English tutor, calculated for the new method of teaching English, &c. &c.
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The fifth edition, much improved.
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London : Printed for the author, and sold by G. Robinson, in Paternoster-Row; W. Nicoll, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; and T. Slack, in Newcastle, MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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English
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[2],xxii,[376]p. ; obl.12⁰.
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Reproduction of original from British Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, T229432.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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