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UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY OF KNOWLEDGE,

On an Original Plan:

COMPRISING THE TWOFOLD ADVANTAGE OF

A PHILOSOPHICAL AND AN ALPHABETICAL ARRANGEMENT,

WITH APPROPRIATE ENGRAVINGS.

EDITED BY

THE REV. EDWARD SMEDLEY, M. A.,

LATE FELLOW OF SIDNEY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE;

THE REV. HUGH JAMES ROSE, B.D.,

PRINCIPAL OF KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON;

AND

THE REV. HENRY JOHN ROSE, B.D.,

LATE FELLOW OF ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

VOLUME XIV.

[MISCELLANEOUS AND LEXICOGRAPHICAL, VOL. 1.]

LONDON:

B. FELLOWES; F. AND J. RIVINGTON; DUNCAN AND MALCOLM; SUTTABY AND CO.; E. HODGSON; J. DOWDING;
G. LAWFORD; J. M. RICHARDSON; J. BOHN; T. ALLMAN; J. BAIN; S. HODGSON; F. C. WESTLEY; L. A. LEWIS;

T. HODGES; AND H. WASHBOURNE; ALSO J. H. PARKER, AND T. LAYCOCK, OXFORD;
AND J. AND J. J. DEIGHTON, CAMBRIDGE.

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ADVERTISEMENT

TO

THE ENGLISH LEXICON,

INTERWOVEN WITH THIS DIVISION.

Ivertise

ment.

Lexicon.

IN the performance of the first task of a lexicographer-the collection of his English vocabulary, with the authorities upon which he relies ;-diligence and accuracy are the only merits to which he can attain.

When he directs his exertions to ascertain the meaning of words, from a careful examination of the authorities collected, and a vigilant research into the stores of etymology, which the labours of the more distinguished writers have already accumulated, his pretensions may be allowed to assume a higher character.

Again, with humble industry he must proceed to select such instances as he may deem requisite to be exhibited, of the various applications of each word, which have been introduced and established in the language.

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Thus concisely may be stated, and in so small a compass may be described, the very arduous enterprise which a compiler of a Dictionary should undertake to accomplish.

It is necessary, however, to proceed, and with all possible plainness, to the more Principles.

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