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THE HANDY ENGLISH WORD BOOK; Forming a complete Dictionary Appendix, containing English Spellings and Spelling Rules; The Dictionary of English Inflected Words; Punctuation based on the Analysis of Sentences; A Copious List of Foreign Quotations re-spelt for Pronunciation.

BY THE REV. JAMES STORMONTH,

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ENGLISH

SPELLINGS AND

SPELLING

RULES:

Being an attempt to systematize the chief difficulties of English Orthography; to which is added Dictation Exercises and Rules for the Syllabication of Words. Designed for general use and for Schools. Forming Part I. of the HANDY ENGLISH WORD BOOK.

BY THE REV. JAMES STORMONTH,

Author of 'The Etymological and Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language,' The School Etymological Dictionary and Word Book,' etc.

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DICTIONARY

THE ENGLISH

INFLECTED

OF

WORDS.

With the Syllabication of all the Words according to a System founded on welldefined Principles; and the System of Syllabication as applied to Poetry and the Scanning of Verse. Forming Part II. of the Handy English Word Book.

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BY THE REV. JAMES STORMONTH,

Author of The Etymological and Pronouncing Dictionary of the English
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PUNCTUATION

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BY THE REV. JAMES STORMONTH,

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Edited by the Rev. P. HATELY WADDELL, LL.D. With Notes, Biographical and Critical, and a Glossary of Scotch Words and Foreign Phrases for each Novel.

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Since.'

17. St. Ronan's Well.

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Montrose.

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