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"GEI IliE BESI.
wEBSE EER'S
QUARTO DICTIONARY,
UNABRIDGED.
SOLD BY ALL BOOKSELLERS.
Published by G. Il c. MERRIAM,
SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
FROM DANIEL WEBSTER.
possess many Dictionaries, and of most ofthe
learned and cultivated languages, ancient and
modern; but never feel that am entirely arm
ed an equipped, in this respect without DR..
Webster ut command.
DAN. WEBSTER.
FROM RUFUS CHoATE.
IEssRs. &. IL c. MERRIAM. Gentlemen |
have just had the honor Of receiving the noble
volume in which you aud the great lexicographer
and the accomplished reyiser, unite your abors
10 IBID the language livcn accepti it with tho
highest pride and pleasure, and beg to adopt in
It's utmost strength and extent, the testimoniaI
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FROM JOHN C. SPENCER.
Unquesionably the very best Dictionary in
our Language eXtant. Its great accuracy in the
lhc definition and derivation Of words, gives it
an authority that no other work on the subject
possesses Tits constantly cited and relied on in
and i'll public discussions, as entirely conclusive.
JOHN c. SPENCER.
FROM ELIEU BURR1TT.
Websters great Dictionary may be regarded as
bearing the samo relation to the English language
which Newton's PrincipiH does to the sublime
science Of Natural Philosophy.
ELIHU BURRITT.
FROM REV. DR., HUNTINGTON, OF HARVARD
UNIVERSITY,
We are more than ever impressed with it's
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for understanding or using our native tongue,
who docs not keep this vast and rich REPOSITORY
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gether with some of its other features. render ID
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ting desk. +. d. HUNTINGTON.
FROM PROF. PHELPS, THEo. SEM, ANDovER,
His work fills II place in our literature which Ia
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scholarship in his knowledge of the English
tongue. AUSTIN PHELPS.
FROM HON. A. sMYTH, STATE sUPERINTENDs
ENT ELECT OF SCHOOLS OF OHIO.
COLUMBUS, o., Feb. 90, 1855.
Being from conviction Webster man.
A. SMYTHs
FROM PRESIDENT HOPKINS, WILLIAMS COL.
LEGE.
There is no American scholar who does not
feel proud of the labors of DR.. Webster as the
pioneer of Lexicography on this continent, and
who will not readily admit the great and distinct
Two merits of his Dictionary.
MARK HOPKINS.
FROM JOHN C. WHITTIER.
Tho best and safest g1ide of the students Of
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FROM FlTz GREENE HALLEcK.
OF the book itself hear but one opinion from
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voice in expressing my approval of its great
worth, and my belief that it has rendered anv
further research, or even improvement, in our
time, unnecessary in its department Of ipstruc-
lion. FITZ GREENE HALLECK,
FROM JOHN C. SAKE.
BURLINGTON, VT, March 90, 1855.
am one Of those who have always been proud
Of Mr.. Webster as learned Phiologist. By his
labors as photographer, he has done more than
all our writers to give character and nationality
to American literature. In no respect can his
dictionary be regarded IS deficient, while in the
department of EtymOlogy-the only part of a
lexicon requiring great labor and profound cru
dition-he is, by common confession of scholars,
without rival either in this country or in Eu.
rope. JOHN 6. SAKE.
Also, Webster's School Dictionaries, publish
ed by q. & MERRIAM, Springfield, Mass. [n59'