Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-09-10


y ofhe hictot lthasbeen ,pubshed IN Fnsand and h.s
TIE eme reputation there and on ihe cgnnent d p tiA
country. has been the triain Of el aubseqnent Eng
uonuiy edited b Dr. Oeede, vmouuced upol the ttlc
page that the wSrk b tased oh NebstN
with reesenee q other inat publications. remains be
The glory ct torsst a last issecuse Fortunate IN
independent WORK that maintain the claim Of superiority
Of squaly II thatewnt even the gley ofthe great
sae 30 his depa without usiaa tt nnaieri
ale Of Noah Webfters research and scholarship Science
stood upon the broad shoulders Of Gaueo thpes and
evereg could not have demonstrated their sublime propop
our they had not used the ahof Of Newton ana operu.
cus We shall most cordially welcome any now work and
shall candidy examine e. and acknowledge whatever merit
h may possess but from long and constant use Of webetrrs
Unabridged We cannot speak Off IN complimentary
8 Peculiar use Of words and terms 10 the bible
Appendix Of 1o,t Ou new words. These words we may
yesrs Many OF them scientific and technical words that
S ssye % now been nsooIaed m in ssns y9seas or ,as
increasing the ambition Of exicoga hers shond he not
much 70 increase st. but to keen within The smallest pos
ole limits We see tendency In the editor cf the volume
beoge 70 insert to needless extent compound words and
occasionally words Of doubtful reputation that hadber be
on as II has OF late years. the smallest vocabulary will soon be
s. Pronouucing table Of names of 5000 distinguished per-
This tahe only gives the correct pronunciation Of
the Of eminent persons living and dead but gives their
which they d tinguisled themselves.
8. Authorizations and arbitrary signs,
rnottos &C that are IN En5ish literature with teir
translaon-the whole forming huge qaato Of 74S pages
Is his mode ofspehng few words aud classes Of words mum
boring than 100 in ALL So far analogy and argument
mode ospeng these words reasonable and has into
general The reader is that Webster s stand
ard On some hadozeu wordtheater center &c,we hes
atc while Judgment approves the Il Is amusing to
also how many OF our contemporaries spell according to
Webster who would be shocked II they knew the fc No
per is perhap mue sensae than The Courier On the 80
inst neighbor had editorial of column and half In
the form Of Judicial opinion against Webster and in favor Of
another dictionary In this the editor charged against Web
se mode OF spelling and yet he could not pint his cha ge
In other than Webstean fashion. The article contained $500
words in which only three different words were used in the
spelling which Webster differs from Worcester These words
ling Webean a one instance was according TO Wor-
ceste The orthog hca argument heretofore used against
Webster has nearly spent its force Usage is gradually but
surely settling It. and emodies better than other
system the actual spelling Of to-day
than have. Other Dictionaries general and special
have always hand but feel strong abstruse
subject ufnquy until we have exandpd our we-worn copy
OF the Unabridged So exhaustive and satisfactory have
uniformly found Il TO be- that enlargement aud mproven en
edition. however appears upon our table, enbelshed
With illustrations and containing much new matter consist
ing OIL 500 very finely executed pictorial illustrations Of
objects In architecture heald mechanics, natural history
mythology, archaeology costume etc prepared expressly or
the work In the edition before the illustrations pac-
ed together in the encyclopedia aud are arranged apa-
illustration to the text and in the illustration
2. Table Of synonyms by Prof Goodrich This table we
have examined with much care and believe Il to be the
valuable compilation this subject published. There
are strict sense but few synonyms In language what
usually casscd such OILY in very general
hence the Of so called without reference TO the
specific meaning Of EACH Is very bet very
neegant of language Good writing aud good conyera-
ton characterized much anything by sci ctOn Of
words with reference 70 their nice shades of meaning We
have had Crsbbe Roget aud other compilations Of synonyms
which show general resembances What needed and
what have before information to the exact shade
Of differences, like the following:
ample C0B0us 45aRddRt PieEft0us These words agree
representing thing lOrge but under different relations
coding to the image which Is in p implies srgness
producing uciency funess Of supply for every want
ample ample provision. CoPous carries
with II the idea Of fOD Of collection at single point
copous fountain copous supply Of materials "copous Sat
ter fer song MUTTON Abundant and Plettegs refer 10
lageness Of quantity abundant stores peneous harvess