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Record ID 134730

Library: St Andrews University Library. Register: Library Receipt Book 1772-1776. (UYLY207-2) (1772-1776, Type: Student). Page: 349-350

Jonsons Dictionary.

Borrowed: 1776/4/12 (Friday). Returned: 1776/4. Classmark: Q7- 2. Original Returned Text: Jonsons Diction ar.


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James Traill
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1757-1816. St Andrews Biographical Register, 1747-1897: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/biographical-register/data/documents/1415705996.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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William Johnston M. A. (Male)
Genre: Reference Works
A Pronouncing and Spelling Dictionary: Wherein, by a new and sufficient Method, The Proper Sounds of English Words are exactly ascertained; And by which, Both His Majesty's Subjects, and Foreigners, many correct an Improper, or acquire a Right Pronunciation of the English Language. Together with an Introduction, and an Appendix, containing many new and useful Observations on the Sounds of the Letters; an Account of the Notation, whereby their Sounds in Words are, through the Dictionarym signified; and Directions ofr attaining to a right Prounciation by the Help of this Book. To which is added, the Way of Praxie, A Discourse on an Important Subject: Wherein The Right Sounds of the Words are so intimated by the Notation, that a Stranger to the English Accent, after carefully perusing the Introduction, may be able to pronounce them properly. By William Johnston, M.A.
Classmark: Q.7.2.