The royal standard English dictionary :
in which the words are not only rationally divided into syllables, accurately accented, their part of speech properly distinguished, and their various significations arranged in one line, but likewise by a key to this work comprising the various sounds of the vowels and consonants denoted by typographical characters and illustrated by examples which render it intelligible to the weakest capacity, it exhibits their true pronunciation according to the present practice of men of letters, eminent orators and polite speakers in London upon a plan perfectly plain and entirely new ... /
by William Perry, lecturer in the Academy at Edinburgh
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English
- Published
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Printed at Worcester, Massachusetts : By Leonard Worcester for Isaiah Thomas, sold at his bookstore by said Thomas & Waldo in Brookfield and said Thomas & Carlisle in Walpole, sold also in Boston by said Thomas and Andrews, S. Hall, B. Larkin, J. White, D. West, E. Larkin, jun., J. West, and at the Boston bookstore, 1794
- Edition
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The third Worcester edition, carefully revised and corrected
- Note
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"To which is prefixed a comprehensive grammar of the English language. To the whole is added the scripture proper names in the Old and New Testaments, names of the principal cities, rivers, mountains, &c. in the known world, also the ancient and modern poets, philosophers and statesmen, &c. with their proper pronunciation pointed out."
Center fold of each gathering is signed with lower case letter
Signatures: A-U⁶ W⁶ X-2U⁶ 2W⁶ 2X-3B⁶
- Physical Description
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[5], 2-559, [3], 563-596 p. ;
14 cm. (oblong 12mo)
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