The expeditious instructor or, reading, writing and arithmetick made plain and easy. (containing much more in Quantity, and a far greater Variety of Instructions, than any Book of the Kind or Price; and expressed in so easy and familiar a Manner, that Persons of the lowest Capacity may learn, without a Master.) Among many other useful Particulars, are contain'd I. A succinct English Grammar. II. Of Words that are nearly alike in Sound, but are different in Sense and Spelling. III. The Names of the Gods and Goddesses of the Heathens; and of the Muses, Graces, &c. IV. A very particular Account of Stops and Marks: With Directions for their Use, in a Manner entirely New. V. Directions for placing the Accent and Emphasis. VI. Directions for chusing and hardening Quills; for making and mending Pens; and for making and preserving Inks. Vii. Directions for making an Ink for marking Linnen, which will never wash out. Viii.
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| Language: | English |
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London
printed for the author, and sold by W. Reeve, at Shakespear's-Head, in Fleet-Street; and by the booksellers in town and country
1756, M.DCC.LVI. [1756]
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| Collection: | Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Item Description: | Braces in imprint. - English Short Title Catalog, T127754. - Price from imprint: price One Shilling Good Allowance to those who take an Hundred. N. B. This Book is likewise printed on a superfine Writing-Paper, for the Use of Young Gentlemen and Ladies. Price only One Shilling and Six-Pence. - Reproduction of original from British Library. - The contents leaf after piv is possibly an insert |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (iv,[2],5-60p.,plate) 4° |