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The French scholar's guide: or, An easy help for translating French into English [electronic resourc...

The French scholar's guide: or, An easy help for translating French into English [electronic resourc...

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The French scholar's guide: or, An easy help for translating French into English [electronic resource] : Containing 1. Select fables. 2. Diverting tales. 3. Witty repartees. 4. Rarities of different countries. 5. Familiar letters. 6. Moral sentences. 7. Bills, receipts, and other forms of business, &c. With an index, in an exact alphabetical order, of all the words contained in the book, their proper signification in English, and their grammatical derivation. Designed for the use of schools, as well as private learners; very useful to foreigners who understand French, and want to learn English; and also very assisting to the mistresses of French boarding schools, &c. who, if they should understand but little of grammar or English, may, by the index, easily correct their scholars translations. By Peter Hudson, teacher of French, &c. author of the English introduction to the Latin tongue, and of the New introduction to trade and business.

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The French scholar's guide: or, An easy help for translating French into English [electronic resource] : Containing 1. Select fables. 2. Diverting tales. 3. Witty repartees. 4. Rarities of different countries. 5. Familiar letters. 6. Moral sentences. 7. Bills, receipts, and other forms of business, &c. With an index, in an exact alphabetical order, of all the words contained in the book, their proper signification in English, and their grammatical derivation. Designed for the use of schools, as well as private learners; very useful to foreigners who understand French, and want to learn English; and also very assisting to the mistresses of French boarding schools, &c. who, if they should understand but little of grammar or English, may, by the index, easily correct their scholars translations. By Peter Hudson, teacher of French, &c. author of the English introduction to the Latin tongue, and of the New introduction to trade and business.

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Publisher

London : Printed by assignment from the executor of G. Keith, for J. Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul's Church-Yard, M.DCC.LXXXV. [1785]

Date

M.DCC.LXXXV. [1785]

Record Identifier

74VKDBGgAgAg

MMS ID

991019132799702626

Language

English

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Physical content

xxviii,346,[2]p. ; 12°.

Publication information

Publisher

London : Printed by assignment from the executor of G. Keith, for J. Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul's Church-Yard, M.DCC.LXXXV. [1785]

Edition

The ninth edition corrected and enlarged.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

M.DCC.LXXXV. [1785]

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Access Conditions

Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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The French scholar's guide: or, An easy help for translating French into English [electronic resource] : Containing 1. Select fables. 2. Diverting tales. 3. Witty repartees. 4. Rarities of different countries. 5. Familiar letters. 6. Moral sentences. 7. Bills, receipts, and other forms of business, &c. With an index, in an exact alphabetical order,...

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Notes

General note

In the title the chapter headings are in two parallel columns divided by two vertical rules.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

With an additional titlepage in French: 'Guide pour ceux qui commencent à apprendre la langue françoise', a half title, and a final leaf containing 'Contents', with an advertisement on verso.

Citation / References Note

ESTC T231395.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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74VKDBGgAgAg

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKDBGgAgAg

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991019132799702626