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Book Title: A key into the language of America
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Language: English
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Post Date: 2025-04-06 14:06:27
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PDF Size: 25.46 MB
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Book Pages: 234
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Publisher: London : Printed by Gregory Dexter
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From chapter headings] Of salutation — Of eating and entertainment — Concerning sleepe and lodging — Of their names — Of their relations of consanguinitie and affinitie, or, blood and marriage — Of the family and businesse of the house — Of their persons and parts of body — Of discourse and newes — Of the time of the day — Of the season of the yeere — Of travell — Concerning the heavens and heavenly lights — Of the weather — Of the winds — Of fowle — Of the earth, and the fruits thereof, &c. — Of beasts, &c. — Of the sea — Of fish and fishing — Of their nakednesse and clothing — Of religion, the soule, &c. — Of their government and justice — Of marriage — Concerning their coyne — Of buying and selling — Of debts and trusting — Of their hunting, &c.
— Of their gaming, &c. — Of their warre, &c. — Of their paintings — Of sicknesse — Of death and buriall, &c’, ‘The words “upon all occasions,” are printed within parentheses on title page’, “Roger William’s A key into the language of America: or, An help to the language of the natives in that part of America, called New-England is the first study of an indigenous language in America, according to J.C. Pilling. It consists of 32 chapters regarding various aspects of Naragansett life and includes a discussion of social life and customs regarding that activity and a glossary of words and phrases. Each chapter closes with the verses of a song in English, without music”, ‘Three states of three pages of this edition exist: in the first, p. 92 following p. 95 has catchword “8epûo” not “Sepûo” and has “Rivelet” instead of “Rivulet”; in the second, p. 21 has catchword “Cha” instead of “Chap”; the third has the correct printing of “Is the water coole?” instead of “is the water coo” in the 7th line from bottom, right hand column of p.
12′, ‘Signatures: A-O (A1 verso blank)’, ‘Woodcut head and tail pieces; initials’, ‘Wing (CD-ROM, 1996)’, ‘Church, E.D. Discovery’, ‘Vail, R.W.G. Old frontier’, ‘Arents, G. Tobacco’, ‘Pilling, J.C. Algonquian languages’, ‘JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675’, ‘Alden, J.E. European Americana’, ‘ESTC’, ‘John Carter Brown Library copy 1 has p. 92 following p. 95 with catchword “8epûo” not “Sepûo” and with “Rivelet” instead of “Rivulet”; p. 21 has catchword “Chap”; and p. 12, 7th line from the bottom has “is the water coo”‘, ‘John Carter Brown Library copy 2 has p. 92 following p. 95 with catchword “Sepûo” and with “Rivulet”; p. 21 has catchword “Cha” instead of “Chap”; and p. 12, 7th line from the bottom has “is the wat [space] e [space]r coo”‘, ‘John Carter Brown Library copy 3 has has p. 92 following p. 95 with catchword “Sepûo” and with “Rivulet”; p. 21 has catchword “Chap”; and p. 12, 7th line from the bottom has the correct printing of “is the water coole
- Creator/s: Williams, Roger, 1604?-1683
- Date: 1643
- Book Topics/Themes: Indians of North America, Indians of North America, Indians of North America, Indians of North America, Narragansett Indians, Narragansett Indians, Narragansett language, Indian linguistics, Imprint 1643
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