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Cadmus

or, a treatise on the elements of written language, illustrating, by a philosophical division of speech, the power of each character, thereby mutually fixing the orthography and orthoepy. With an essay on the mode of teaching the surd or deaf, and consequently dumb, to speak

by William Thornton

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  • 18th century
  • Language: English

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Traditions: Ritual magic and grimoires

Subjects: Orthography and spelling, Spelling reform, Language and languages, Alphabet, Writing, Language, deaf, Phonetic alphabet

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or, a treatise on the elements of written language, illustrating, by a philosophical division of speech, the power of each character, thereby mutually fixing the orthography and orthoepy. With an essay on the mode of teaching the surd or deaf, and consequently dumb, to speak

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1793Printed by R. Aitken & Son, for the authorEnglishPublic

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  • Open Library reports 4 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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openlibrary-work:OL3483507W
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