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A new guide to the English tongue : in five parts
Dilworth, Thomas (1780)
1795
"The whole (being recommended by several clergymen and eminent school masters, as the most useful performance for the instruction of youth) is designed for the use of schools in Great-Britain, Ireland...
Five notebooks compiled by Charles Edward Gough, mainly on Germanic philology, 1903-1907
Gough, Charles Edward (1875-1957)
1903-1907
1. Ein Auszug aus der Formenlehre des Gotischen, Althochdeutschen, Mittelhochd., Altenglischen & Altsächischen (including a loose comparative table in pocket at end), 1903-4. 2. Old English phonolog...
The falls of Clyde, or, The fairies : a Scotish dramatic pastoral in five acts : with three preliminary dissertations
Black, John (1777?-1825)
1806
"Introduction, consisting of three dissertations, I. On fairies. II. On the Scotish language. III. On pastoral poetry": p. [3]-101.
Aldhelm's De laudibus virginitatis : with Latin and Old English glosses
Aldhelm, Saint (640?-709); Langenhove, George Charles van (1892-1943)
1941
In portfolio.
The royal dictionary abridged : In two parts. I. French and English. II. English and French. Containing near five thousand words more than any French and English dictionary yet extant, besides the Royal. To which is added, the accenting of all English words, to facilitate the pronunciation of the English tongue to foreigners (v.1-2)
Boyer, Abel (1667-1729)
1700
Signatures: a² B-3P⁴; A-4C⁴. The English-French section has separate register.
Dictionarium britannicum: or, A more compleat universal etymological English dictionary than any extant... Illustrated with near five hundred cuts ... Likewise a collection and explanation of English proverbs; also of words and phrases us'd in our ancient charters, statutes ... Also ... mythology ... To which is added, a collection of proper names of persons and places in Great-Britain, &c
Bailey, N (1742); Gordon, George (1716-1728); Miller, Philip (1691-1771); Lediard, Thomas (1685-1743)
1736
The universal etymological English dictionary : containing an additional collection of words (not in the first volume) with their explications and etymologies... Also an explication of hard and technical words, or terms, in all arts and sciences ... Illustrated with above five hundred cuts ... Likewise a collection and explanation of words and phrases us'd in our ancient charters, statues [sic], writs ... To which is added, an additional collection of proper names of persons and places in Great Britain ... Vol. II
Bailey, N (1742)
1731
Statement of responsibility follows edition statement. Although called Vol. II, this is a supplement to the author's An universal etymological English dictionary. Cf. Alston, R.C. Engl. language. ...
The universal etymological English dictionary : containing an additional collection of words (not in the first volume) with their explications and etymologies... Also an explication of hard and technical words, or terms, in all arts and sciences ... Illustrated with above five hundred cuts ... Likewise a collection and explanation of words and phrases us'd in our ancient charters, statues [sic], writs ... To which is added, an additional collection of proper names of persons and places in Great Britain ... Vol. II
Bailey, N (1742)
1731
Statement of responsibility follows edition statement. Although called Vol. II, this is a supplement to the author's An universal etymological English dictionary. Cf. Alston, R.C. Engl. language. ...