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Clarendon's pocket dictionary; or, Literary companion. [electronic resource] : Being a treasury of t...

Clarendon's pocket dictionary; or, Literary companion. [electronic resource] : Being a treasury of t...

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Clarendon's pocket dictionary; or, Literary companion. [electronic resource] : Being a treasury of the English language: and the cheapest dictionary ever published. In which are laid down rules for writing and pronouncing with propriety and elegance. The words are accurately accented according to the true pronunciation in present practice with men of letters, eminent orators, and polite speakers wherein each part of speech is properly distinguished; and thier various significations ranced in one line; so that the eye will take in at a single view every thing necessary for understanding, pronouncing, and spelling the words sought for, to render this spelling dictionary cheap, concise, and protable; such words are omitted as being neither properly English, or used in good authors, which serve only to mislead and embarrass the purchaser. The whole compiled and digested in such a manner as to assist the memory, and be of the utmost service to the young student. By Thomas Clarendon, M.A.

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Clarendon's pocket dictionary; or, Literary companion. [electronic resource] : Being a treasury of the English language: and the cheapest dictionary ever published. In which are laid down rules for writing and pronouncing with propriety and elegance. The words are accurately accented according to the true pronunciation in present practice with men of letters, eminent orators, and polite speakers wherein each part of speech is properly distinguished; and thier various significations ranced in one line; so that the eye will take in at a single view every thing necessary for understanding, pronouncing, and spelling the words sought for, to render this spelling dictionary cheap, concise, and protable; such words are omitted as being neither properly English, or used in good authors, which serve only to mislead and embarrass the purchaser. The whole compiled and digested in such a manner as to assist the memory, and be of the utmost service to the young student. By Thomas Clarendon, M.A.

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London : Published by C. Cooke, No. 17, Pater-Noster-Row, [1795?]

Date

[1795?]

Record Identifier

74VKDlKyNEPd

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991019152139702626

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English

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[2], ii, 164 p. ; 12°.

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Publisher

London : Published by C. Cooke, No. 17, Pater-Noster-Row, [1795?]

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

[1795?]

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

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Clarendon's pocket dictionary; or, Literary companion. [electronic resource] : Being a treasury of the English language: and the cheapest dictionary ever published. In which are laid down rules for writing and pronouncing with propriety and elegance. The words are accurately accented according to the true pronunciation in present practice with men...

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"Price only one shilling and six-pence" enclosed in brackets at foot of imprint.

Date of publication a guess based on MS. annotation on front pastedown.

Price on title page: (Price only One Shilling and Six-Pence.)

Printed in two columns.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

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ESTC T232478.

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

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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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74VKDlKyNEPd

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991019152139702626