Orthoepia Anglicana: or, the first principall part of the English grammar teaching the art of right speaking and pronouncing English, with certaine exact rules of orthography, and rules of spelling or combining of syllables, and directions for keeping of stops or points between sentence and sentence. A work in it selfe absolute, and never knowne to be accomplished by any before ... Methodically composed by the industry and observation of Simon Daines schoolemaster of Hintlesham in Suffs.
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- Orthoepia Anglicana: or, the first principall part of the English grammar teaching the art of right speaking and pronouncing English, with certaine exact rules of orthography, and rules of spelling or combining of syllables, and directions for keeping of stops or points between sentence and sentence. A work in it selfe absolute, and never knowne to be accomplished by any before ... Methodically composed by the industry and observation of Simon Daines schoolemaster of Hintlesham in Suffs.
- Author
- Daines, Simon.
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- London :: Printed by Robert Young and Richard Badger for the Company of Stationers,
- anno Domini 1640.
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- English language -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Pronunciation -- Early works to 1800.
- English language -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Orthography and spelling -- Early works to 1800.
- Letter writing -- Early works to 1800.
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"Orthoepia Anglicana: or, the first principall part of the English grammar teaching the art of right speaking and pronouncing English, with certaine exact rules of orthography, and rules of spelling or combining of syllables, and directions for keeping of stops or points between sentence and sentence. A work in it selfe absolute, and never knowne to be accomplished by any before ... Methodically composed by the industry and observation of Simon Daines schoolemaster of Hintlesham in Suffs." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A19762.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 31, 2025.
Contents
- title page
- to the reader
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encomia
- Upon the English Orthoepie, To the Author.
- Upon his friend the Author and his Work.
- In amicum, & eius Orthoëpiam Angli∣canam, simul ac Etymologiam Anglo-latinum.
- To his friend the Author, upon his elaborate and deserving worke, the two principle parts of the English Grammar.
- In Authorem.
- Upon the Author and his Work.
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The English Alphabet,
Expressing the number, order, denomination, and figure, or Charactericall forme of the Letters, as well Capitall as Small, according to their use in the English Tongue: In the three most usuall impressions appertaining to most Tongues in Europe. -
OPERI PROEMIUM, OR A SHORT INTRO∣DUCTION.
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Of Letters in genere. -
Of Letters in specie,and first of the Vowels. - The pronunciation of the Vowels severally.
- Of Dipthongs, or the combinations of two Vow∣els in one syllable.
- Of the Tripthongs.
- Of the Consonants.
- Of Syllables.
- The division of Syllables.
- Of Syllables mixt.
- Of the Combination of Syllables (where Consonants precede) and what Consonants such combi∣nations may assume.
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Of the foure Liquids, L, M, N, R,when they happen in the end of a word. - Certaine briefe Rules of spelling reduced to a method.
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The first Chapter of S. Matthew. -
Certaine peculiar Rules of Orthography.
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- Certaine briefe Notes, or Directions, for writing of Letters, or familiar Epistles.