Johnson's dictionary

abridged for the use of schools, with the addition of Walker's pronunciation; an abstract of his principles of English pronunciation, with questions; a vocabulary of Greek, Latin, and scripture proper names, &c. &c. &c

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Johnson's dictionary

abridged for the use of schools, with the addition of Walker's pronunciation; an abstract of his principles of English pronunciation, with questions; a vocabulary of Greek, Latin, and scripture proper names, &c. &c. &c

7th Canadian ed.
  • 4.00 ·
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A dictionary with more than 40,000 entries which was a primary reference source for scholars and writers of the 18th and 19th century.

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T. Campbell
Language
English
Pages
236

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Edition Notes

At head of title: T. Campbell's stereotype edition.

Filmed from a copy of the original publication held by the National Library of Canada. Ottawa : Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions, 1984.

iv, 443 p. ; 15 cm.

Series
CIHM/ICMH Microfiche series = CIHM/ICMH collection de microfiches -- no. 37976, CIHM/ICMH microfiche series -- no. 37976

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Dewey Decimal Class
423

The Physical Object

Format
Microform
Pagination
5 microfiches (236 fr.).
Number of pages
236

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Open Library
OL24430184M
Internet Archive
cihm_37976
ISBN 10
0665379765

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P R E F A C E.
It is the fate of those who toil at the lower employments of life, to be rather driven by the fear of' evil, than attracted by the prospect of good, to be exposed to censure, without hope of praise ; to be disgraced by miscarriage, or punished for neglect, where success would have been without applause, and diligence without reward.

Among these unhappy mortals is the writer of dictionaries, whom mankind have confidered, not as the pupil, but the slave of science, the pioneer of literature, doomed only to remove rubbish and clear obstructions from the paths through which Learning and Genius press forward to conquest and glory, without bestowing a smile on the humble drudge that facilitates their progress. Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach, and even this negative recompense has been yet granted to very few.

I have, notwithstanding this discouragement, attempted a Dictionary of the English language, which, while it was employed in the cultivation of every species of literature, has itself been hitherto neglected, suffered to spread, under the direction of chance, into wild exuberance ; resigned to the tyranny of time and fashion; and exposed to the corruptions of ignorance, and caprices of innovation.
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