The compleat English-scholar, in spelling, reading, and writing: containing plain and easie directions for spelling, and reading English, according to the present pronunciation ... And directions for true writing of English, with several copies of the most usual hands engraven in copper. Also examples of the different writing and pronouncing of the same words in the English tongue. Lastly, how to spell words as are alike in sound, but differ in their sence and spelling ... / By E. Young, schoolmaster in London.

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The compleat English-scholar, in spelling, reading, and writing: containing plain and easie directions for spelling, and reading English, according to the present pronunciation ... And directions for true writing of English, with several copies of the most usual hands engraven in copper. Also examples of the different writing and pronouncing of the same words in the English tongue. Lastly, how to spell words as are alike in sound, but differ in their sence and spelling ... / By E. Young, schoolmaster in London.
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Young, E., schoolmaster in London.
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London, :: Printed for Ben. Alsop ...,
1680.
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English language -- Orthography and spelling.
English language -- Phonetics.
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"The compleat English-scholar, in spelling, reading, and writing: containing plain and easie directions for spelling, and reading English, according to the present pronunciation ... And directions for true writing of English, with several copies of the most usual hands engraven in copper. Also examples of the different writing and pronouncing of the same words in the English tongue. Lastly, how to spell words as are alike in sound, but differ in their sence and spelling ... / By E. Young, schoolmaster in London." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A97287.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 25, 2024.

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B B
Bab-ler Babler
back-bone backbone
back-bite backbite
back-side backside
back-slide backslide
back-ward backward
bad-ness badness
badg-er badger
bak-er baker
bald-ness baldness
bal-lance ballance
band-ed banded
ban-ner banner
ba-nish banish
ban-quec banquet
bap-tism baptism
bap-tist baptist
bap-tize baptize
bar-ber barber
bare-foot barefoot
bar-ley barley
bar-rel barrel
bar-ren barren
bas-ket basket
ba-son bason
ba-stard bastard
bat-tel battel
bea-con beacon
bear-ers bearers
beat-en beaten
beau-ty beauty
be-came became
be-come become
bee-tle beetle
be-fal befal
be-fore before
be-gan began
be-gat begat
be-get beget
beg-ged begged
beg-ger begger
be-guile beguile
be-half behalf
be-have behave
be-head behead
be-held beheld
be-hind behind
be-hold behold
be-hoove behoove
be-ing being
be-lieve believe
be-lief belief
be-ly bely
bel-low bellow
bel-lows bellows
bel-ly belly
be-long belong
be-moan bemoan
bench-es benches
be-neath beneath
be-reave bereave
be-ryl beryl
ber-ries berries
be-seech beseech
be-set beset
be-side beside
be-siege besiege
be-som besom
be-sought besought
be-stead bestead
be-stir bestir
be-stow bestow
be-take betake
be-think bethink

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be-times betimes
be-tray betray
be-troth betroth
bet-ter better
beu-lah beulah
be-wail bewail
be-ware beware
be-witch bewitch
be-wray bewray
be-yond beyond
bib ber bibber
bid-den bidden
bil-lows billows
bind-eth bindeth
bi-shop bishop
bit-ter bitter
bit-tern bittern
black-er blacker
black-ness blackness
blame-less blameless
blank-et blanket
blas-pheme blaspheme
blear-ing blearing
blem-ish blemish
bles-sed blessed
blue-ness blueness
blind-ness blindness
blou-dy bloudy
bloom-ed bloomed
blos-som blossom
bo-dy body
boil-ed boiled
bold-ly boldly
bold-ness boldness
bol-ster bolster
bond-age bondage
bon-nets bonnets
bor-der border
bor-row borrow
bo-som bosom
bos-ses bosses
bot-tle bottle
bot-tom bottom
boun-ty bounty
bow-ed bowed
bow-eth boweth
bow-els bowels
bowl-ed bowled
brace-let bracelet
brak-est brakest
bram-ble bramble
brand-ish brandish
bra-zen brazen
brawl-er brawler
break-er breaker
breech-es breeches
breed-ing breeding
bre-thren brethren
bri-ar briar
bri-dle bridle
brief-ly briefly
bright-ness brightness
brim-stone brimstone
bring-eth bringeth
brit-tle brittle
brok-en broken
bro-ther brother
brought-est broughtest
broil-ed broiled
bruis-ed bruised
bub-leth bubleth
buck-et bucket
buck-ler buckler
buf-fet buffet
build-ed builded
bul-lock bullock
bul-rush bulrush
bul-warks bulwarks
bun-dle bundle
bur-den burden
burg-lers burglers
bu-ry bury
burn-ed burned
burst-ing bursting
bush-el bushel
bush-es bushes

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bu-sie busie
but-ler butler
but-ter butter
but-tocks buttocks
buy-er buyer

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