The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-03-19
Worcester's Universal and Critical Die
tionaI'y OF the English Language.
By ]. L. WoRcEsrER, Ii, d

By J. l.. WORCESTER, LII, ID
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To Its title. The VOCABULARY Is probably more
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AUTHORITIES with respect To words newly intro
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DEFINITIONS are clear and exact, and those per-
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Dictionary In oRTHoeRAPHY he has made no ar
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