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The nevv vvorld of vvords. Or a general English dictionary Containing the proper significations, and etymologies of all words derived from other languages, viz. Hebrew, Arabick, Syriack, Greek, Latin, Italian, French, Spanish, Brittish, Dutch, Saxon, &c. useful for the adornment of our English tongue. Together with the definitions of all those terms that conduce to the understanding of any of the arts or sciences, viz. Theology, philosophy, logick, rhetorick, grammar, ethicks, law, magick, physick, chirurgery, anatomy, chymistry, botanicks, arithmetick, geometry, ... &c. To which are added, the significations of proper names, derived from the ancient or modern tongues; as also the very sum of all mythology and ancient history, deduced from the names of persons eminent in either; and likewise the geographical discriptions of the chief countries and cities in the world; ... The fourth edition. Containing besides an addition of several thousand words in the above-mentioned terms, a brief view of the most eminent persons of the ancients, ... With

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Phillips, Edward, 1630-1696?

Published

London : printed by W.R. for Robert Harford at the Angel in Cornhill, 1678.

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The many advantages of a good language to any nation: with an examination of the present state of our own: as also, an essay towards correcting some things that are wrong in it

Author

Wilson, Thomas, 1663-1755

Published

London : printed for J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Sprint, D. Midwinter, R. Robinson, W. Innys, and J. Osborne, MDCCXXIV. [1724]

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