A Bibliographical List of the Works that Have Been Published: Or are Known to Exist in Ma, Illustrative of the Various Dialects of English, Volume 1

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Page 154 - The Belman of London. Bringing to light the most notorious villanies that are now practised in the Kingdome.
Page 22 - Some ancient Christmas Carols, with the tunes to which they were formerly sung in the West of England; together with two ancient Ballads, a Dialogue, &c.
Page 65 - LANCASHIRE. — Dialect of South Lancashire, or Tim Bobbin's Tummus and Meary ; revised and corrected, with his Rhymes, and AN ENLARGED GLOSSARY of Words and Phrases, chiefly used by the rural population of the manufacturing Districts of South Lancashire.
Page 156 - THE SCOUNDREL'S DICTIONARY OR, AN EXPLANATION OF THE CANT WORDS used by THIEVES, HOUSEBREAKERS, STREET ROBBERS, and PICKPOCKETS about Town.
Page 50 - The Vocabulary of East Anglia, an attempt to record the vulgar tongue of the twin sister Counties, Norfolk and Suffolk, as it existed in the last twenty years of the Eighteenth Century, and still exists ; with proof of its antiquity from Etymology and Authority, by the Rev.
Page 91 - Errors of Pronunciation and Improper expressions used frequently and chiefly by the Inhabitants of London; to which are added those in similar use chiefly by the Inhabitants of Paris. Post 8vo, pp. 84. London, 1817. THACKERAY, WM Ballads ; London, Bradbury and Evans, 1855. See Ballads of Policeman X, p. 106; and other Specimens. See also ' The Pickwick Papers,' ' Oliver Twist,' ' Sketches by Boz,' &c., &c., by CHARLES DICKENS.
Page 11 - Author,) a Collection of English Words not generally used, with their Significations and Original, in two Alphabetical Catalogues; the one of such as are proper to the Northern, the other to the Southern Counties.
Page 64 - HAVEN." 192 [COLLIER (JOHN)].— THE MISCELLANEOUS WORKS of TIM BOBBIN, ESQ., containing his View of the LANCASHIRE DIALECT, with large Additions and Improvements : also his POEM of the FLYING DRAGON, and the MAN OF H EATON ; together with other whimsical Amusements in Prose and Verse.
Page 63 - Also, his Poem of The Flying Dragon and the Man of Heaton. Together with other Whimsical Amusements, in Prose and Verse.
Page 13 - Glossary ; or a Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to Customs, Proverbs, &c., which have been thought to require Illustration in the Works of English Authors. By RGBERT NARES, Archdeacon. 4to. London, 1822. * Nares (Archdeacon). A Glossary, or Collection of Words, Phrases, Customs, Proverbs, &c., illustrating the works of English Authors, particularly Shakespeare and his contemporaries.