Illustrations Of English Philology Classic Reprint

Download or read book Illustrations of English Philology (Classic Reprint) written by Charles Richardson and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-27 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Illustrations of English Philology Dear Lambrick, I have long been in possession of your high opinion of the Diversions of Purely; and of your very low opinion of the Dictionary of Doctor Johnson. With respect to the former, we are not, I believe, singular in considering that, as a work of abilities of the author are generally allowed to have been fully equal to his subject: and even the ardent imagination of Mr. Erskine presents no exaggerated picture of the laborious diligence with which Mr. Tooke pursued his philological researches. This I take to be the general sentiment; and it was not, surely, a very unreasonable expectation that such a work should be regarded in some degree as an authority; that it should be pretty commonly read, and studied, and understood. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.