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Yorkshire dialect poems (1673-1915) and traditional poems
Moorman, Frederic William (1872-1919); Yorkshire Dialect Society
1917
A glossary of words pertaining to the dialect of mid-Yorkshire : with others peculiar to lower Nidderdale : to which is prefixed an Outline grammar of the mid-Yorkshire dialect
Robinson, C Clough
1876
[No.1] in v.5 of the Society's Publications.
An English dictionary : explaining the difficult terms...[etc.]
Coles, Elisha (1640?-1680)
1717
Indexed in: Alston 72.
A system of English grammar, upon a plan entirely new : intended as a means of facilitating the progress both of public and private education
Taylor, Joseph
1804
The second part, beginning 'Prosody', follows after p. 295, having separate signatures and pagination, but no part title-page.
Janua linguarum reserata, sive, Omnium scientiarum & linguarum seminarium : id est compendiosa Latinam & Anglicam, aliásq, linguas, & artium etiam fundamenta addiscendi methodus, unà cum Januæ Latinitatis vestibulo autore cl. viro J.A. Comenio = The gate of languages unlocked: or, a seed-plot of all arts and tongues; conteining a readie waie to learn the Latine and English tongue
Comenius, Johann Amos (1592-1670); Horne, Thomas (1610-1654); Robotham, John (fl.1654); Dugard, William (1606-1662); G. P (fl.1650)
1650
In Latin and English.
An abridgement of the last quarto edition of Ainsworth's Dictionary, English and Latin : the English part being enriched with an addition of some thousand words from good authority : and the Latin part consisting only of such words as are purely classical : designed for the use of schools
Ainsworth, Robert (1660-1743); Morell, Thomas (1703-1784)
1785
First published (London, 1736) with title: Thesaurus linguae latinae compendarius.
Poems and prose works, by Benjamin Preston
Preston, Benjamin (1819-1902)
c.1875-1902
Includes news-cuttings and other printed material by and about Benjamin Preston, including obituary notices
The history and antiquities of Boston : and the villages of Skirbeck, Fishtoft, Freiston, Butterwick, Benington, Leverton, Leake, and Wrangle; comprising the hundred of Skirbeck, in the county of Lincoln; Including also a history of the East, West and Wildmore fens, and copious notices of the Holland or Haut-Huntre fen ; sketches of the geology, natural history, botany and agriculture of the disctirct ; a very extensive collection of archaisms, and provincial words, local dialect, phrases, proverbs, omens, superstions, etc
Thompson, Pishey (1784-1862); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)
1856