The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-01-18
:. ."reestsr's Cniversai and Critical 1i'
upnary OF the l.nS!isia Language.

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O,,e ooiunie, -ro shstf, 1882 pages l'ricf , 30
The publishers respectfully Invite attention to thc
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this standard dictionary.
The execution OF tiiis Dictionary fully answers
tu its tide The NocAnuLARy j. probably more
comprehensive than .thut at all preceding English
pic ctionaries united Constant reference lsInadc to
AuTHoaIvIEs with respect To- Words newly intro
ducca, and is taken 10 note such arc techni-
caI, foreign, obsolete, provincial, orvulgar. Tic
pEF1NiTtoSs clear and exact and those per
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cially valuable TO the general reader The author
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dcrstood, and founded on anore complete analysis
Of the vowel sounds than VIC have elsewhere met
with, together with his plan of exhibiting all the
best English authorities IN relation to words differ
entity pronounced by dIi"rCnt ortuocpists, gives TO
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Dictionary. In oRTHoGRAriiY he has made no
bitrary changes, bur where usage is various and
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ton. The insertion OF Grammatical forms and in
hectiups oi words To much greater extent than
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with their pronunciation, and greatly enlarged
and. improved edition OF Walkers Key 10 the pro-
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