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A dictionary of the English language : In which the words are deduced from their originals, explained in their different meanings, and authorised by the names of the writers in whose works they are found. Abstracted from the folio edition, By the Author Samuel Johnson, A.M. To which are prefixed, a grammer of the English language, and the preface to the folio edition.

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Main Author:	Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Corporate Author:	Gale (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Printed for James Duncan and Son, J. and M. Robertson, Dunlop and Wilson, J. and W. Shaw, Glasgow, M,DCC,XCII. [1792]
Edition:	The tenth edition.
Subjects:	English language > Dictionaries. Electronic books.
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