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Page 119 - The Yorkshire Dialect, exemplified in various Dialogues, Tales, and Songs, applicable to the County, with a Glossary, post 8vo. 1* " A shilling book worth its money ; most of the pieces of composition are not only harmless, but good and pretty. The eclogue on the death of
Page 51 - THE EAST ANGLIAN; Or, NOTES AND QUERIES on subjects connected with the Counties of SUFFOLK, CAMBRIDGE, ESSEX and NORFOLK.
Page 140 - Complete Works of Robert Burns. — THE POEMS, SONGS, AND LETTERS, edited from the best Printed and Manuscript Authorities, with Glossarial Index, Notes, and a Biographical Memoir by ALEXANDER SMITH, pp. Ixii., 636. "Admirable in all respects.
Page 160 - THE SCOUNDREL'S DICTIONARY OR, AN EXPLANATION OF THE CANT WORDS used by THIEVES, HOUSEBREAKERS, STREET ROBBERS, and PICKPOCKETS about Town.
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.
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Page 8 - The Complete English Dictionary, explaining most of those hard words which are found in the best English writers. By a Lover of Good English and Common Sense. NB — The Author assures you he thinks this is the best English dictionary in the world.
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 64 - 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 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 NAB.ES, 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.

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