The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-08-30

Worcester's Universal and Critical Dic
tionsry or the English Language.
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by j r. WORCESTER, LIZ -.
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JARED SPARKS, L. d.
Mclean Professor of Ancient and Modern
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Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory
Harvard University.
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