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~ rHE :SGLlsH LANGuAGE-By joseph r. Wores.
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The VoclsrLAzY 10 probably more comprehensive thsn
ttat cf sll rrer.dinr English Dictionaries unitsd
Constant reference /. maze - Authorities with respect
TO words ne~iy s1d IL tsien 20 not- such
"are teehnieh foreign obsolete provincial OF yafsr
The DEFisIroSs clear ard snd those pertain
Ing 70 sehlcs sua scientific terms specially ys0sble
Th- author h.s evidently best wed great labor on Pko
NvrcAIiov His system Of Notation, which 8 euly
stood .ni founded more CON piets analysis Of the
vowel sound. thar have -wh-s with, together
with Of exhibiting all the best Ia Eish authorities
Ia relation 70 words differently pronounced BY different
OF hoep.ts, syes 70 this work important s'vsntsgss
Prom uncing Dictionary.
Ia osTHoss.FHY b. b" .ds no arbitrary chsnse, but
where i, various and hletuAnr be hiss med 70 be
eonsseni and % reduces 10 the sane nss words Of mi
az formation.
TIE insertion Of Gs,MNArIc.L FosNs iSfLEcTIos'
~ wosD. . much srester extent thsa they are given
In other Ens.h Dictionaries snd The short critical notes
form AMI construction, and the peculiar. technical ioes,
snd American uses Of wors intepssed though the vel
ume' awe 10 ihi. work much additional value
The eop,ous VOCABULARY OF MopERS GEoSsAFHicAL
Names With their cison, and gre.,y enlarged
sod proved edition OF Walkers hey the pronuncis
yn Of classical and Scripture Proper Names, imPor
tsnt sppsudag-s 20 ne Dictionary
year has passed since ,hi. etonsry published
snd ts srrzdg extensive both among cultivated Fog
Itch readers sad Of wide learning saorts good test
mony offs merits We confidently recommend IL a con-
amPs and careful view OF the present state Of
JARED SPARKS. IL D. XsL.sn Professor " Ancient
and Modern History. Harvard University
SIDNEY WILLARD, A. VI. late Professor Of Hebrew,
&c. Harvard University.
MOSS STUART, o D. Professor Of Sacred Literature
theological Seminary. Audoyer Mass 4.
EDWARDS 4 PARK D D. Abbot Professor Of chris-
tisn Theology TheoloEiesl Seminary. Aniov.r Msss
LEONARD WOODS, Jr. D D. Pfe,deat Of 3wdon
College, Maize
n LORD, D D President Of Dartmouth College. New.
Hampshire
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MARX HOPKINS, ID. President OF william. Col.
lsge Mass
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N LAWRENCE LINDsLEY. AM. Professor Of An.
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PsTtieuaI' referred to. LEVI WOODBURY., LID
Justice IT, $ Supreme Court. Mas.
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