The republic., 1851-01-02
Worcester's Universal and Critical Die
tionary OF the English Language.
BIZ ~ L. WORCESTER, LII. ID


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comprehensive than that OF all preceding English
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AUTHORITIES with respect to words newly intro
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of the vowel sounds than we have elsewhere met
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best English authorities In relation to words differ
entity pronounced by different orthoepists, gives
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Dictionary. In oRTHoGRAPHY he has made no
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