John Newton, School Pastime for Young Children (1669)
Date
1669
Author
John
Newton
Note: 12/10/2005
Book title
School Pastime For Young Children: Or The Rvdiments Of Grammar, In an easie and delightful Method, for teaching of Children to read English distinctly, and write it truly. In which, by way of Preface, a New Method is propounded, for the fitting of Children first for Trades, and then for the Latin, and other Languages
Publication place
London
Printer
Robert Walton
Text type
printed book
Genre
Spelling
Subject area
- grammar
- spelling
Language
headwords: English
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: headword
sample: ble cle dle fle gle ple tle cre gre sme gne are to be pronounced as though no e were written after them, thus, bl cl dl fl gl pl tl cr gr sm gn; as in fa-bl un-cl fi-dl tri-fl an-gl grap-pl man-tl a-cr a-gr bap-tism be-nign. (pp. 26-27)
sample: ble cle dle fle gle ple tle cre gre sme gne are to be pronounced as though no e were written after them, thus, bl cl dl fl gl pl tl cr gr sm gn; as in fa-bl un-cl fi-dl tri-fl an-gl grap-pl man-tl a-cr a-gr bap-tism be-nign. (pp. 26-27)
Alston
I.27
Wing
N1068-69
Criticisms
- Vorlat (1975)
