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... a part of the introduc- tory matter to Webster's Dictionary of the English Language . Its fitness for the use of young students has suggested its publication in a separate form . CONTENTS . LANGUAGES KINDRED TO THE ENGLISH , §§ 1-13.
... a part of the introduc- tory matter to Webster's Dictionary of the English Language . Its fitness for the use of young students has suggested its publication in a separate form . CONTENTS . LANGUAGES KINDRED TO THE ENGLISH , §§ 1-13.
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... dictionary were classed according to their origin , it would appear that the foreign or non - Saxon words make a decided majority of the whole number . It must be remarked , however , that in such a dictionary there are many THE ENGLISH ...
... dictionary were classed according to their origin , it would appear that the foreign or non - Saxon words make a decided majority of the whole number . It must be remarked , however , that in such a dictionary there are many THE ENGLISH ...
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... Dictionary there are seventy - two per cent . of Saxon words . In Milton's poetical works about two thirds of the vocabulary are foreign ; but in the sixth book of Paradise Lost , four fifths of all the words are Saxon . The explanation ...
... Dictionary there are seventy - two per cent . of Saxon words . In Milton's poetical works about two thirds of the vocabulary are foreign ; but in the sixth book of Paradise Lost , four fifths of all the words are Saxon . The explanation ...
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... DICTIONARY OF OBSOLETE AND PROVINCIAL ENGLISH . Containing Words from the English Writers previous to the Nineteenth Century which are no longer in use , or are not used in the same sense ; and Words which are now used only in ...
... DICTIONARY OF OBSOLETE AND PROVINCIAL ENGLISH . Containing Words from the English Writers previous to the Nineteenth Century which are no longer in use , or are not used in the same sense ; and Words which are now used only in ...
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... DICTIONARY contains , in addition to the above matter , several valuable Literary Appendices . and 70 extra pages of Illustrations , grouped and classified . Price , in cloth , 31s . 6d . Besides the meaning and derivation of all words ...
... DICTIONARY contains , in addition to the above matter , several valuable Literary Appendices . and 70 extra pages of Illustrations , grouped and classified . Price , in cloth , 31s . 6d . Besides the meaning and derivation of all words ...
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