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WILLIAM TEGG AND CO., 85, QUEEN STREET,

CHEAPSIDE.

1853.

M'CORQUODALE AND CO., PRINTERS, LONDON

WORKS, NEWTON.

P84
1853

INTRODUCTION.

To collect into a focus a series of Origins and Etymologies that lay scattered through various publications, ancient and modern,— to place within the reach of all what hitherto could only be procured by the few,-to instruct the rising generation,―to amuse the curious of all ages, and to save trouble to the antiquary, a mass of interesting and instructive matter has been concentrated within the small compass of this volume; and which the Compiler unhesitatingly submits to the public, with the conviction, that should it be found below their praise, it will, nevertheless, remain undeserving of their censure.

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