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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9780366758913: 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

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III point of correctness, the Editors consider themselves justified, from the unremitting attenti'on bestowed upon the work, to claim for it a preeminence over every Edition which has come within their notice. In the course of the work, dif 'ferent Editions of Johnson' 3 Dictionary were often consulted; and that the derivations might be as correct as possible, fre quent recurrence was had to the most approved Dictionaries of the foreign languages, In which the original words are found, especially the Greek, Latin, French and German.

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