On the study of words: lectures addressed originally to the pupils at the Diocesan training school, Wincester

by Richard Chenivix Trench

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London: John W. Parker and Son, 1853. Fourth edition, revised; sm 8vo, pp. vii, 1 , 216, 8 ads ; orig. brown embossed cloth with gilt lettering on spine; very good, sound copy. Laid in an autograph sentiment reading: Yours truly, Trench, 26 October, 1882 on embossed stationery. Trench is an unrecognized hero in English lexicography. Not only did he popularize a rational and scientific study of language, but he suggested and laid out the overall plan for

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