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tIonnry OF the English Language
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The execution Of this Dictionary fully answers
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comprehensive than that of ell preceding English
Dictionaries united Constant reference Is made 20
AUTHORITIES with respect 20 words newly intro
duccd, and care is taken to note such arc techni-
cal, foreign, obsolete, provincial, or yulgnr The
DEFINITIONS are clear and exact and those ner.
tanning 10 technical and scientific terms are spe-
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has evidently bestowed great labor on PRoNUNcIA-
TigN. His system Of Notation, which il easily un-
dcrstood, and founded on a more complete analysis
of the vowel sounds than we have elsewhere met
with, together with his plan Of exhibiting all the
best English authorities In relation 20 words differ
emily pronounced by different orthocpists n,iycs 10
this work important advantages a a PrunouuCing z
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huctuating, he has aimed 10 be consistent. and 10
reduce To the same rules words OF similar forIna-
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hcCtiOns OF words 10 a much greater extent than
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with their pronunciation, and greatly enlarged
and improved edition OF Walkers Key TO the pro-
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important appcndagcs 90 the Dictionary
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