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Page 2 - traced to their Origin. The QUOTATIONS are arranged Chronologically, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. The EXPLANATIONS are deduced from the Primitive Meaning through the various Usages. * # * The Supplement separately, 4to. 12s. A SMALLER EDITION, without the Quotations. 8vo. 15s. Dr. Richardson on the Study of Language: an Exposition of Home Tooke's Diversions of
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