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Only sure guide to the English tongue, or, New pronouncing spelling-book

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Only sure guide to the English tongue, or, New pronouncing spelling-book
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Description	To which is added, an appendix, containing several very useful lists of words properly accented. By W. Perry.
Shelfmark	ABS.1.75.29
Additional NLS resources:	Library catalogue record
Attribution and copyright:	Public Domain - This work is free of known copyright restrictions. For details visit our copyright page. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Form / genre:	Written and printed matter > Books
Dates / events:	1797 [Date published]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland > Glasgow > Glasgow (inhabited place) [Place published]
Subject / content:	English (language) Spelling books Pronunciation Grammar (discipline)
Person / organisation:	Perry, William, 1747-1808 [Author] Gillies, James, active 1783-1799 [Bookseller]
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