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Archive Print part: Holden Library M-9/TRA

A system of rhetoric, in a method entirely new : containing all the tropes and figures necessary to illustrate the classics, both poetical and historical; To render which more generally useful, the whole is divided into two parts; in the first of which the rules are given in English, in the second in Latin verse; below which are placed proper examples in each language; and at the bottom of the page are the terms translated in the one, and their derivations from the Greek in the other : For the use of schools

Stirling, John (1777)

1810

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Archive Print Item: Celtic K-0.19/ROD

The English and Welch dictionary : or, the English before the Welch. Containing all the words that are necessary to understand both languages; but more especially, for the translation of the English into Welch

Roderick, John (1690 (ca.)-1735); Williams, John rector of Willey; Evans, Lewis of Llandessilio

1737

Added t.-p. : Y geirlyfr Saesneg a Chymraeg; neu'r Saesneg o flaen y Cymraeg... A ddechreuwyd ar y cyntaf gan Sion Rhydderch. First published in 1725.

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Archive Print Item: English S-2/BRO

A glossary of North country words, in use : From an original manuscript, in the library of John George Lambton, Esq., M.P., with considerable additions

Brockett, John Trotter (1788-1842)

1825

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Archive Print Item: YAS 1503

A glossary of North country words, in use : From an original manuscript, in the library of John George Lambton, Esq., M.P., with considerable additions

Brockett, John Trotter (1788-1842)

1825

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Archive Print Item: Leeds Phil. and Lit. P/BRO

A glossary of North country words, in use : From an original manuscript, in the library of John George Lambton, Esq., M.P., with considerable additions

Brockett, John Trotter (1788-1842)

1825

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Archive Print Item: Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture PRI/2/255

The Lindsey dialect

Oxley, James Edwin

1940

Thesis (M.A.) -- University of London.

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Archive Print Item: BC Read C570

The shorter Oxford English dictionary on historical principles (v.1)

Little, William (1848-1922); Fowler, H W (1858-1933); Coulson, Jessie (1903-1987); Onions, C T (1873-1965)

1933

"An abridgement officially authorized by the Delegates of the Oxford University press of A new English dictionary on historical principles, later known as The Oxford English dictionary."--Pref.

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Archive Print Item: BC Read C571

The shorter Oxford English dictionary on historical principles (v.2)

Little, William (1848-1922); Fowler, H W (1858-1933); Coulson, Jessie (1903-1987); Onions, C T (1873-1965)

1933

"An abridgement officially authorized by the Delegates of the Oxford University press of A new English dictionary on historical principles, later known as The Oxford English dictionary."--Pref.

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Archive Print Item: Large Bibliography A-0.02/ROX

Vulgaria

Horman, William (1535); James, M R (1862-1936); Roxburghe Club

1926

Listed as no. 184 in The Club's Catalogue of books. Presented to The Club by the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres. Frontispiece is facsimile of original t.p.

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Archive Print Item: BC Lg/GIL

A grammar of the English tongue, : with the arts of logick, rhetorick, poetry, etc... for the use of the schools of Great Britain and Ireland

Brightland, John (1717); Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729); Gildon, Charles (1665-1724); Tate, Nahum (1652-1715)

1721

A6 possibly a cancel. Variously attributed to John Brightland, Sir Richard Steele and Charles Gildon: Alston, English language, 1, no. 46, but with 18 preliminary pages: pi1\v Approbation of Isaac B...

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