A new vocabulary of the most difficult words in the English language, [electronic resource] : teaching to pronounce them with ease and propriety; Shewing Their various Significations, and, where necessary, are spelled so as to indicate the true Articulation: Also, Names of Persons and Places, more particularly those in the New Testament: Together with several common Phrases from the Latin and French, translated into English. The Whole accented and arranged in alphabetical Order, and interspersed with Apophthegms, ancient and modern, tending to promote Virtue and Knowledge. Wherein is a new method of calculating the sun's diameter, Whereby his horizontal Parallax is determined; and a Plate annexed, by which may be discovered the Magnitude of the Sun compared with the Earth. Compiled and calculated by William Fry. Teacher of Languages and Mathematical Sciences. .