The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-29
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Webster's International Dictionary OF
the English Language. Springfield. Ma>e.
@. 4 c. Merriam * Co. For nearly thirty
years Webster'S Unabridged Dictionary OF
1864. with subsequent additions. has been
the recognized standard dictionary in
America and England. The work OF Noah
Webster began with the volumes of lNS,
and, ever since. its publishers have kept
record OF the enrichment of the language.
The result Is TO be found in the edition OF
1895. to be known as Websters Interna-
tional In order TO protect the public
against cheap limitations Of the old Web
ster's Unabridged, the copyright OF which
has expired Meritorious as other
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to hold its oRn as the foun-
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and is the standard in all the leading
newspapers in the country. an example
unfailingly followed for many years by
the PoSt-Intclligencer. which, after tenta-
tive hirtatoas with others, has always
returned to it's never failing friend Web
ster. more firmly convinced than ever that
IL is the truest exponent OF the Anglo
Saxon tongue. its definitions the clearest
and most accurate and it's rules of pro-
nunciaton the most readily understood
The editors have wisely Disseminated
between ephemeral catch words and
genuine additions to the language and
scure origin. IL is unquestionably the best
book for schools. not only because II
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phrases. but because the omission helps 10
establish I'm the scholars mind the dis
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Nevertheless the advent of new words TO
mark new conditions is intelligently and
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