A dictionary of the English language : in which the words are deduced from their originals, explained in their different meanings ... / abstracted from the folio edition by Samuel Johnson ...

Title

A dictionary of the English language : in which the words are deduced from their originals, explained in their different meanings ... / abstracted from the folio edition by Samuel Johnson ...

Publisher

Philadelphia : Johnson & Warner, 1813

Date

1813

Format

Physical Description

40, 385, 341 p. ; 23 cm.

Note

Full title: A dictionary of the English language : in which the words are deduced from their originals, explained in their different meanings and authorised by the names of the writers in whose works they are found / abstracted from the folio edition, by the author, Samuel Johnson, A. M. ; with the addition of several thousand words omitted by Dr. Johnson, and such as have been introduced by good writers since his time ; with their etymologies, definitions and authorities, chiefly extracted from Mason's supplement ; to which are prefixed, a grammar of the English language, and the preface to the folio edition ; the whole improved by the standard of pronunciation, established in the Critical pronouncing dictionary of John Walker, author of Elements of elocution, rhyming dictionary, &c. &c.

Book Record

In-house Use Only

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BASEMENT VAULT GOULD BOOKSPE 1620 .J6 18132014.010.2087