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On the study of words; English past and present
Trench, Richard Chenevix (1807-1886)
[1927]
Introduction by George Sampson. Bibliography: p. xii-xiii.
A dictionary of the English language : in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers : to which are prefixed, a history of the language, and an English grammar (v.1)
Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784)
1755
"In two volumes."
A dictionary of the English language : in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers : to which are prefixed, a history of the language, and an English grammar (v.2)
Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784)
1755
"In two volumes."
A glossary of Yorkshire words and phrases : collected in Whitby and the neighbourhood. With examples of their colloquial use, and allusions to local customs and traditions
Robinson, Francis Kildale (1809-1882)
1855
Anonymous, by F.K. Robinson.
A glossary of Yorkshire words and phrases : collected in Whitby and the neighbourhood. With examples of their colloquial use, and allusions to local customs and traditions
Robinson, Francis Kildale (1809-1882)
1855
Anonymous, by F.K. Robinson.
Rime as a criterion of the pronunciation of Spenser, Pope, Byron, and Swinburne : a contribution to the history of the present English stressed vowels
Gabrielson, Arvid (1879-)
1909
"By permission of the Philosophical Faculty of Upsala, to be publicly discussed (in English)... February 27th, 1909."
Minshaei emendatio, vel à mendis expurgatio, seu augmentatio sui Ductoris in linguas, The guide into tongues : Cum illarum harmonia, & etymologijs, originationibus, rationibus, & deriuationibus in omnibus his nouem linguis, viz. 1. Anglica. 2. Belgica. 3. Germanica. 4. Gallica. 5. Italica. 6. Hispanica. 7. Latina. 8. Græca. 9. Hebræa
Minsheu, John; Haviland, John (fl. 1613-1638)
1627
Signatures: pi² A-2H⁶ 2I⁴. First edition published 1617 under title: Hēgemōn eis tas glōssas, id est Ductor in linguas, The gvide into tongves (STC 17944); subsequent editions became known a...
Words and their ways in English speech
Greenough, J B (1833-1901); Kittredge, George Lyman (1860-1941)
1902
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.