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Walker, John

Born: 1732

Died: 1807

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Born: 1732

Died: 1807

Books by Walker, John (50 max)

A Rhyming Dictionary

1973

Walker, John., Walker, John, J. Walker, Walker J, John Walker, John Walker, John Walker, John Longmuir, J Walker, J. (Revised and Enlarged by Lawrence H. Dawson) Walker, Walker, J.

A critical pronouncing dictionary and expositor of the English language.: To which are prefixed, principles of English pronunciation. Likewise, rules to be observed by the natives of Scotland, Ireland, and London, for avoiding their respective pecularities; and directions to foreigners, for acquiring a knowledge of the use of this dictionary. The whole interspersed with observations, etymological, critical, and grammatical.

1791

A critical pronouncing dictionary and expositor of the English language to which are prefixed principles of English pronunciation ; the whole interspersed with observations, etymological, critical, and grammatical

1791

Elements of elocution.: Being the substance of a course of lectures on the art of reading, delivered at several colleges in the University of Oxford.

1781

A rhetorical grammar: in which improprieties in reading and speaking are detected, and the true sources of elegant pronunciation are pointed out : with a complete analysis of the voice, showing its specific modifications, and how they may be applied to different species of sentences and the several figures of rhetoric : to which are added outlines of composition, or plain rules for writing orations and speaking them in public

1785

The teacher's assistant in English composition, or, Easy rules for writing themes and composing exercises: on subjects proper for the improvement of youth of both sexes at school

1804

key to the classical pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture proper names

1807

A critica [!] pronouncing dictionary, and expositor of the English language ...: to which are prefixed, principles of English pronunciation ... Likewise, rules to be observed by the natives of Scotland, Ireland, and London, for avoiding their respective peculiarities, and directions to foreigners, for acquiring a knowledge of the use of this dictionary : the whole interspersed with observations etymological, critical, and grammatical

1806

Walker's critical pronouncing dictionary and expositor of the English language

1800

A key to the classical pronunciation of Greek, Latin and Scripture proper names in which the words are accented and divided into syllables ...

1804

A key to the pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture proper names: in which the words are accented and divided into syllables ... to which are added terminational vocabularies of Hebrew, Greek, and Latin proper names ... concluding with observations on the Greek and Latin accent and quantity ...

1808

Walker's critical pronouncing dictionary, and expositor of the English language: In which ... To which are prefixed, principles of English pronunciation ... the whole interspersed with observations, etymological, critical, and grammatical: To which is added, Walker's key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture proper names

1829

Exercises for improvement in elocution: being select extracts from the best authors, for the use of those who study the art of reading and speaking in public

1777

Hints for improvement in the art of reading

1783

The melody of speaking delineated: or, elocution taught like music, by visible signs, ... By J. Walker, ...

1787

The teacher's assistant in English composition; or, easy rules for writing themes and composing exercises on subjects proper for the improvement of youth of both sexes at school...

1802

A rhyming dictionary containing all the perfect rhymes of a different orthography, and allowable rhymes of a different sound, throughout the language: with authorities for the usage of them, from our best poets

1823

An American dictionary of the English language exhibiting the origin, orthography, pronunciation, and definitions of words

1829

Noah Webster, Walker, John

A critical pronouncing dictionary and expositor of the English language ... to which are prefixed principles of English pronunciation ... rules to be observed by the natives of Scotland, Ireland and London.

1831

A key to the classical pronunciation of Greek and Latin proper names; in which the words are accented and divided into syllables exactly as they ought to be pronounced, according to rules drawn from analogy and the best usage. To which are added, Terminational vocabularies of Hebrew, Greek, & Latin Proper Names, in which the words are arranged according to their final syllables, and classed according to their accents, by which the general analogy of pronunciation may be seen at one view, and the accentutation of each word more easily remembered: Concluding with Observations on the Greek and Latin Accent and quantity; with some probable conjectures on the method of freeing them from the obscurity and confusion in which they are involved, both by the ancients and moderns

1834

A critical pronouncing dictionary of the English language: together with principles of English pronunciation : and a key to the classical pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture proper names : interspersed with observations, etymological, critical, and grammatical

1853

Walker's pronouncing dictionary: in which the accentuation, orthography and pronunciation of the English language are distinctly shown, and every word defined with clearness and brevity : to which are prefixed treatises on the construction, derivation, grammar and pronunciation of the language

1867

A critical pronouncing dictionary, 1791.

1968

Elements of elocution, 1781.

1969

The melody of speaking, 1787.

1970

A rhetorical grammar, 1785.

1971

A general idea of a pronouncing dictionary of the English language, on a plan entirely new.: With observations on several words that are variously pronounced, as a specimen of the work.

1774

A dictionary of the English language, answering at once the purposes of rhyming, spelling and pronouncing, on a plan not hitherto attempted

1775

The melody of speaking delineated, or, Elocution taught like music, by visible signs, adopted to the tones, inflexions, and variations of voice in reading and speaking: with directions for modulation and expressing the passions. Exemplified by select passages from the best authors, some of which have not appeared in any of the best collections

1787

The melody of speaking delineated, or, Elocution taught like music, by visible signs adapted to the tones, inflexions and variations of voice in reading and speaking ...

1787

A rhetorical grammar, or, Course of lessons in elocution

1787

A key to the classical pronunciation of Greek and Latin proper names in which the words are accented and divided into syllables exactly as they ought to be pronounced : with references to rules, which show the analogy of pronunciation : to which is added, a complete voabulary of scripture proper names, divided into syllables, and accented according to rules drawn from analogy and the best usage : concluding with observations on the Greek and Latin accents and quantity, with some probable conjectures on the method of freeing them from the obscurity and confusion in which they are involved, both by the ancients and moderns

1798

A key to the classical pronunciation of Greek and Latin proper names, in which the words are accented and divided into syllables exactly as they ought to be pronounced;... To which is added: A complete vocabulary of Scripture proper names.

1798

A key to the classical pronunciation of Greek and Latin proper names, in which the words are accented and divided into syllables exactly as they ought to be pronounced; ... By John Walker, ...

1798

Elements of geography and of natural and civil history...

1800

The academic speaker, or a selection of parliamentary debates, orations, odes ... from the best writers, proper to be read and recited by youth at school: to which is prefixed elements of gesture.

1801

Outlines of English grammar calculated for the use of both sexes at school : in which the practical rules of the language are clearly and distinctly laid down and the speculative difficulties as much as possible avoided

1805

The teacher's assistant in English composition: or, Easy rules for writing themes and composing exercises, on subjects proper for the improvement of youth of both sexes at school.

1808

The academic speaker, or, A selection of parliamentary debates, orations, odes, scenes, and speeches: from the best writers, proper to be read and recited by youth at school ; to which are prefixed, elements of gesture ...

1808

Outlines of English grammar: calculated for the use of both sexes at school in which the practical rules of the language are clearly and distinctly laid down, and the speculative difficulties as much as possible avoided.

1810

The teacher's assistant in English composition, or, Easy rules for writing themes and composing exercises on subjects proper for the improvement of youth of both sexes at school : to which are added hints for correcting and improving juvenile composition

1810

Elements of elocution

1811

An abridgement of Walker's Critical pronouncing dictionary and expositor of the English language

1818

A dictionary of the English language in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers. To which are prefixed a history of the language, and an English grammar. To which are added, Walker's Principles of English pronunciation

1819

Samuel Johnson, Walker, John, James Maxwell, Gideon Fairman

A critical pronouncing dictionary of the English language, [etc] To which is annexed, A key to the classical pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture proper names

1823

A rhetorical grammar in which the common improprieties in reading and speaking are detected, and the true sources of elegant pronunciation are pointed out

1823

Walker's critical pronouncing dictionary and expositor of the English language: abridged, containing many important words omitted in other abridgements, calculatea not only as a book of general reference, but as a complete class book for schools and academies to which is added, an abridgement of Walker's rules for the pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture proper names.

1824

Walker's critical pronouncing dictionary and expositor of the English language ; abridged for the use of schools ; to which is annexed, an abridgment of Walker's key to the pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and scripture proper names

1826

The art of reading: or, Rules for the attainment of a just and correct enunciation of written language

1826

Walker's pronouncing dictionary of the English language...

1828