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Johnson's dictionary of the English language in miniature. To which are added, an alphabetical account of the heathen deities; and a list of the cities, Boroughs, and market towns in England and Wales. Embellished with a portrait of Dr. Johnson.
Date: 1795- Books
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Nomenclator classicus, sive dictionariolum trilingue, Secundùm Locos communes, Nominibus usitatioribus Anglicis, Latinis, Graecis, ordine dispositis. A classical nomenclator, with the gender and declension of each word and the quantities of the syllables. By John Ray, M. A. and Fellow of the Royal Society. To which are added paradigmata of all the declensions, as well Greek as Latin; with a Century of Proverbs, and a Collection of modest Jests in English, Latin and Greek, from good Authors.
Ray, John, 1627-1705.Date: 1706- Books
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The spelling and explanatory dictionary of the English language. In which the words are properly accented and explained, the Languages from whence derived are pointed out, and The Different Parts Of Speech Specified. Also a mythological and biographical dictionary of all the heathen gods and Goddesses, Heroes and Philosophers, mentioned in the Writings of the Ancients; and a complete list of all the cities, towns, and remarkable Villages in England and Wales; Their Distances from London in measured Miles, and the days on which their markets are held. To which is prefixed an easy and concise introduction to English grammar. The Whole compiled on so general a Pian, as to make it universally useful to all, who wish properly to understand what they read and write. By the Rev, John Bentick, A.M.
Bentick, John.Date: MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]- Books
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Cocker's English dictionary, containing an explanation of the most refined and difficult words and Terms in Divinity, Philosophy, Law, Physick, Mathematicks, Navigation, Husbandry, Military Discipline, with other Arts and Sciences: And the Derivation of them from the Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Italian, Spanish, French, and other Languages. Likewise, Historical Remarks upon the Lives and Actions of Emperors, Popes, Kings, Queens, Princes, with a great number of other Persons of Note, both in the former and latter Ages of the World. With Brief Observations upon the Reign of every English Monarch from King William the Conqueror to this Time. Also a short View of what is Considerable in every County of England and Wales. With Variety of other Memorable Matters. A Work very Necessary for all Persons, who desire to understand the Affairs of the World, as well as the Language and Transactions of their own Country. By Edward Cocker, the late famous Practitioner in Writing and Arithmetick. Publish'd from the author's copy: and in this third edition very much enlarged and altered: by John Hawkins
Cocker, Edward, 1631-1675.Date: 1724- Books
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Dictionnaîre françoîs & angloîs, Contenant la significâtion des môts, avéc leurs différens usages, les térmes des sciences, des arts, ét des métiérs; les construction, les façons de parler, les idiotismes, ét les provérbs usités en L'une ét L'aûtre langue, le tout èxtrait des mèilleurs aûteurs, par Louis Chambaud.
Chambaud, Lewis, -1776.Date: 1761