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, Volume 1W. Strahan, 1773 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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