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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"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 June 17, 2024.
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descriptionPage 80
Proper Names of four Syla∣bles both whole and divided into Sylables.
A
A
A-bi-a-thar
Abiathar
a-bed-ne-go
abednego
a-me-ri-ca
america
a-pu-lei-us
apuleius
a-bi-me-lech
abimelech
a-tha-li-ah
athaliah
a-za-ri-ah
azariah
a-do-ni-jah
adonijah
a-bi-na-dab
abinadab
a-bi-ez-er
abiezer
a-do-ni-cam
adonicam
a-ma-si-a
amasia
a-mi-na-dab
aminadab
a-ra-bi-a
arabia
a-lex-ander
alexander
a-ta-li-ah
a-talia
ar-tax-er-xes
artaxerxes
a-za-ri-ah
azariah
B
B
Be-shu-li-a
Beshulia
ba-al-ze-phon
baalzephon
ba-albe-rith
baalberith
be-el-ze-bub
beelzebub
be-er-she-ba
beersheba
be-ra-chi-ah
berachia
beth-a-ra-ba
betharaba
beth-a-ba-rah
bethabarah
bo-a-ner-ges
boanerges
bar-ti-me-us
bartimeus
bar-zil-la-i
barzillai
bar-ba-ri-an
barbarian
C
C
Cle-o-pa-tra
Cleopatra
can-ter-bu-ry
canterbury
cy-re-ni-us
cyrenius
co-ne-ni-ah
coneniah
cen-tu-rion
centurion
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ce-lo-sy-ri-a
celosyria
co-lo-ni-a
colonia
ce-na-ni-nah
cenaninah
D
D
Dal-ma-ti-a
Dalmatia
do-ro-sen-sko
dorosensko
de-mo-cri-tus
democritus
di-o-tre-phes
diotrephes
de-ca-po-lis
decapolis
do-ro-the-a
dorothea
do-si-the-as
dositheas
dib-la-tha-im
diblathaim
dab-ma-nu-tha
dabmanutha
E
E
E-ze-ki-el
Ezekiel
E-le-a-zar
Eliazar
E-li-a-kim
Eliakim
E-ben-e-zer
Ebenezer
E-li-za-beth
Elizabeth
E-li-sha-ma
Elishama
e-li-a-saph
eliasaph
e-ze-ki-ah
ezekiah
eu-ro-cly-don
euroclydon
e-li-e-nai
elienai
e-neg-la-im
eneglaim
e-zar-had-don
ezarhaddon
esh-te-mo-a
eshtemoa
e-li-e-zer
eliezer
e-li-ca-dah
elicadah
en-di-my-on
endimyon
e-li-phe-leh
elipheleh
e-li-ca-tha
elicatha
G
G
Gen-ne-sa-ret
Gennesaret
ga-la-ti-a
galatia
gi-le-a-dite
gileadite
ga-ma-li-el
gamaliel
ge-de-li-ah
gedeliah
geth-se-ma-ne
gethsemane
gir-ra-he-pher
girrahepher
H
H
He-ro-di-as
Herodias
He-ze-ki-ah
Hezekiah
her-mo-ge-nes
hermogenes
ha-na-ni-ah
hananiah
hor-ha-gid-gad
horhagidgad
he-tru-ri-a
hetruria
hel-ve-ti-a
helvetia
hy-me-ne-us
hymeneus
har-cha-li-ah
hachaliah
ho-bo-ni-ah
hoboniah
har-ha-bi-ah
harhabiah
ho-ra-na-im
horanaim
I
I
I-co-ni-um
Iconium
il-ly-ri-a
illyria
je-ko-ni-ah
jekoniah
je-ho-a-dan
jehoadan
je-ho-a-har
jehoahar
im-ma-nu-el
immanuel
je-re-mi-ah
jeremiah
je-ho-ja-da
jehojada
ig-na-ti-us
ignatius
iz-za-bel-la
izzabella
i-ro-ni-a
ironia
je-ru-sa-lem
jerusalem
jun-se-ni-a
junsenia
je-hab-ze-el
jekabzeel
je-za-ni-ah
jezaniah
K
K
Ke-der-minster
kederminster
ke-ren-happuk
kerenhappuk
ke-he-la-thah
kehelathah
kir-he-re-seth
kirhereseth
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L
L
La-vi-ni-a
Lavinia
le-vi-a-than
leviathan
M
M
Mel-chi-ze-dek
Melchizedek
mat-ta-ni-ah
Mattaniah
ma-a-zi-ah
Maaziah
mer-cu-ri-us
Mercurius
me-thu-sa-lem
Methusalem
ma-ra-na-tha
Maranatha
mat-ta-thi-ah
Mattathiah
N
N
Na-tha-na-el
Nathanael
Ne-a-po-lis
Neapolis
Ni-co-po-lis
Nicopolis
Ni-co-de-mus
Nicodemus
Ne-he-mi-ah
Nehemiah
Ne-tha-ni-ah
Nethaniah
No-ah-di-ah
Noahdiah
Ne-to-pha-thi
Netophathi
Ne-ha-li-el
Nehaliel
O
O
O-tha-li-ah
Othaliah
O-ba-di-ah
Obadiah
O-za-zi-ah
Ozaziah
O-bed-e-dom
Obededom
O-he-mo-ed
Ohemoed
P
P
Pto-lo-me-us
Ptolomeus
Pi-si-di-a
Pisidia
Pe-la-ti-ah
Pelatiah
Pi-lo-lo-gus
Pilologus
Po-ti-phe-rah
Potipherah
Pa-le-sti-na
Palestina
R
R
Re-e-la-jah
Reelajah
Re-ho-bo-am
Rehoboam
Re-ma-li-ah
Remaliah
Re-ha-bi-ah
Rehabiah
Re-ma-tha-im
Remathaim
S
S
Sen-na-che-rib
Sennacherib
Sa-ma-ria
Samaria
Se-le-mi-a
Selemia
She-ar-ja-shub
Shearjashub
She-ba-ni-ah
Shebaniah
She-ca-ni-ah
Shecaniah
She-pa-thi-a
Shepathia
Sam-ge-ne-bo
Samgenebo
T
T
The-o-phi-lus
Theophilus
Thy-a-ti-ra
Thyatira
Ti-be-ri-as
Tiberias
Tro-gyl-li-um
Trogyllium
Te-ba-li-ah
Tebaliah
The-o-do-rus
Theodorus
Ve-spa-si-an
Vespasian
Vi-tel-li-us
Vitellius
Vic-to-ri-a
Victoria
Ze-pha-ni-ah
Zephaniah
Za-cha-ri-ah
Zachariah
Ze-ro-ba-bel
Zerobabel
Ze-de-ki-ah
Zedekiah
Ze-lo-phe-had
Zelophehad
Ze-ma-ra-im
Zemaraim
Za-a-na-im
Zaanaim
Ze-re-da-tha
Zeredatha
Zu-ri-shad-da
Zurishadda
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