The Annual of scientific discovery: or, Year-book of facts in science and art . Every scholar knows the value of a work, which, in [additionto its etymological learning, has done so much to enlarge ouracquaintance with the English vocabulary, both by the number ofits words, and the accuracy and extent of its Lord Brougham, in a recent conversation with an intelligentAmerican traveller, remarked of this work,— It has come to bea necessity to every educated man. The work is a noble monument of erudition and indefatigableresearch ; and the style and accuracy of its typography would
The Annual of scientific discovery: or, Year-book of facts in science and art . Every scholar knows the value of a work, which, in [additionto its etymological learning, has done so much to enlarge ouracquaintance with the English vocabulary, both by the number ofits words, and the accuracy and extent of its Lord Brougham, in a recent conversation with an intelligentAmerican traveller, remarked of this work,— It has come to bea necessity to every educated man. The work is a noble monument of erudition and indefatigableresearch ; and the style and accuracy of its typography would dohonor to the press of any country in Europe.—London LiteraryGazette. Brouglity Ferry, near Dundee, Sept. 12, 1849. This Dictionary is, undoubtedly, the most complete Dictionaryof the English language that has ever been published, and AGESWILL ELAPSE before any other dictionary of that language will berequired. THOMAS DICK, LL. D. Author Christian Philosojjhcr, §~c. It is acknowledged, both in this country and in America, to bethe most copious and most excellent at present in circulation. 4 WEBSTERS DICTIONARY. Dr. Webster spent thirty years on his Dictionary, ten of whichwere devoted to the etymological department alone ; and he hasaccordingly thrown much additional light on the origin and pri-mary sense of
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