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The new grammatical spelling book : being an easy introduction to the English language, teaching the different parts of speech, and definitions of all the words contained in the tables of spelling, from two to six syllables ; also, a synopsis of English grammar, with an easy praxis on some passages in scripture, to practise the learner in the rules of reading and punctuation, &c. ; the whole adapted to the capacity of youth, and composed for the use of schools

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1801.
Call number: 610589
Creator: Kennedy, Platt(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last Trust, June 2022.
Dimensions: 18 cm
Associated people: Denniston, David,; Last, Jay T.,
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