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A Dictionary of the English Language: In Which the Words Are Deduced From Their Originals, Explained in Their Different Meanings, and Authorized by the Names of the Writers in Whose Works They Are Fou - Hardcover
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When I took t first of my on king, 1 found our speech copious without and energetick thout rules: wherever I turned my new, there was perplexity to be disentangled, and confusion to be regulated; choice was to he made out of boundless variety, without any established rinciple of selection; adulterations were to be detected, without a settled test of pu y; and modes of expression to be rejected or received, without the suits-ages of any writers of classical reputation or acknowledged authority.
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- PublisherForgotten Books
- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 0364416335
- ISBN 13 9780364416334
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages769
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