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A general dictionary of the English language. One main object of which, is, to establish a plain and permanent standard of pronunciation. To which is prefixed a rhetorical grammar. By Thomas Sheridan, A.M. London : printed [by William Strahan] for J. Dodsley, Pall-Mall; C. Dilly, in the Poultry; and J. Wilkie, St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCCLXXX.

Each volume with half-title. With final advertisement leaf. (ECCO)

 

Physical description from ECCO.

 

(Beal 1999: 78) "Kenrick, Perry, and Spence all acknowledged Sheridan as in some way giving impetus to the 'phonetic' principle with regard to a pronouncing dictionary."

 

(Beal 1999: 78) "... combines the numerical system taken up by Kenrick with the respelling used by Buchanan. As such, it comes closer to the 'phonetic' ideal than any previous dictionary except Spence's, but, in the end, Sheridan does use more than one notation for the same sound, and his system is essentially a 'diacritic' rather than a 'phonetic' one."