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• The American spelling book : containing an easy standard of pronunciation. Being the first part of A grammatical institute of the English language. By Noah Webster, Jun. Esquire. Author of "Dissertations on the English language," "Collection of essays and fugitive writings," &c
  by: Webster, Noah
  Published: (1790)
• The irish spelling-book : or, instruction for the reading of English, fitted for the youth of Ireland. In which are set forth many useful Observations in Spelling, Alterations, and Amendments in the Sounds of Letters, both Single and Double; Exact Formations of both Sorts by the several Organs of Voice;-A Discourse on Prosody: A large Chapter about various Quantities of Vowels, Change, and Loss of Letters and Syllables in Pronunciation;-Rules for the right Reading of Prose and Verse;-A new Method of Parsing, according to Orthography and Prosody;-A Method of Teaching, useful both to Scholars and their Teachers; -And many other necessary Things, interspersed in each Part of the Book
  Published: (1740)
• Watts's compleat spelling-book : in three parts. Part I. Containeth Mr. Munday's New Improvements, for the Right Accenting of Words, in variety of Tables, from one to seven Syllables: with Praxes on Words of different Syllables: Also Portions of Scripture, from the Psalms, Proverbs and New Testament. Part II. Containeth, the Principles and Rules of pronouncing our Mother Tongue, both in Prose and Verse, in great variety of Examples, Containing, sure and easy Directions for Reading. Part III. Lessons for Children, out of the Historical Parts of Scripture; as also, a short History of England, from the Norman Conquest, to his Present Majesty's Accession to the Throne: As also Mr. Clark's Directions, for Writing the Round Hand, and Round Text, and the Italian Hand, with several other Things for the Improvement of Children. With ingraved Copies, taken from the standard Rules, by Mr. Bickham
  by: Watts, Isaac
  Published: (1737)
• The only sure guide to the English tongue : or, New pronouncing spelling book. Upon the same plan as Perry's Royal standard English dictionary, (now made use of in all the celebrated schools in Great-Britain and Ireland, as the most complete compendium of the English language ever yet published.) To which is added, a comprehensive grammar of the English language; with an appendix ... By W. Perry. Lecturer on the English language, in the Academy, Edinburgh
  by: Perry, William
  Published: (1788)
• The only sure guide to the English tongue : or, new pronouncing spelling-book; upon the same plan as the Royal standard English dictionary. Designed for The Use of Schools and Private Families. To which is added, an appendix, containing several very useful lists of words properly accented, which had been omitted in the two last editions. By W. Perry, Lecturer on the English Language, in the Academy, Edinburgh
  by: Perry, William
  Published: (1797)