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.
- 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.
- Rights/Permissions
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- Subject terms
- English language -- Orthography and spelling -- Early works to 1800.
- Link to this Item
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- Cite this Item
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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 May 17, 2024.
Contents
- title page
- THE TABLE.
-
text
- alphabets
- syllabification lists
- The Childs Lesson.
-
Proper Names in Scripture divided into Syllables, and the Significations of them in
English; together with other memo∣rable Passages mentioned in Scripture, necessary and delightful for Children to Read and Learn. -
The reason of the Names of the Books of
Moses, and other Books. - The Signification of the seven Arts.
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Weights, Measures, and Coyns mentioned in Scriptures, reduced into our
English valuation, - lists
- The CATECHISM.
- Proverbs, which are short wise Sentences, very necessary for children to Read and Learn.
- grammar
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Hard Words used in our
English Tongue explained. -
Directions for true spelling and writing
English Words, which are alike in sound, yet unlike in their signification. -
Proper Names in Scripture, with their Signification in
English. - glossary of sects
- list of Roman numerals
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The Table of
Multiplication. -
Concerning
Weights, Measures, &c. - money matters
- The Significations of divers Words com∣monly used, but hard to be under∣stood.
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A perpetual
Almanack.