Instructions for right-spelling, and plain directions for reading and writing true English with several delightful things very useful and necessary, both for young and old, to read and learn / by G. Fox.

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Title
Instructions for right-spelling, and plain directions for reading and writing true English with several delightful things very useful and necessary, both for young and old, to read and learn / by G. Fox.
Author
Fox, George, 1624-1691.
Publication
London :: Printed for Benjamin Clark ...,
1683.
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English language -- Orthography and spelling -- Early works to 1800.
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"Instructions for right-spelling, and plain directions for reading and writing true English with several delightful things very useful and necessary, both for young and old, to read and learn / by G. Fox." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A40205.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.

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He took great Pains to mend the Panes that were broken.

He had laid a Plot to take away a Plat of Ground.

The Principal man taught the first Prin∣ciple.

As he fate in his Place he eat Plaice.

The time was past before he made the Paste.

He sold that at a good Price which he had taken as a Prize.

To pare the Pear; a pair of Gloves.

The Palate of the Mouth; a Pallet Bed.

A Parson or Priest; a third Person.

Kings and Princes; a Princess.

Praise is not seemly for a Fool; the Preys of Beasts.

Pillars of a House; Cater-pillers.

It was his Pride, that he pryed into it.

There is no Profit may be receiv'd from a false Prophet.

He hath no Power to pour it out.

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