Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In Which the Words Are Explained in Their Different Senses, Authorized by the Names of the Writers by ... They Occur, and Derived From Their Originals - Tapa dura

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Excerpt from Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In Which the Words Are Explained in Their Different Senses, Authorized by the Names of the Writers by Whom They Are Used, or the Titles of the Works in Which They Occur, and Derived From Their Originals

Tun brief Memoir which, through the kindness Of the surviving members of Dr. Jamieson's family, is now prefixed to this Abridgment of his greatest work, possesses at least the essential quality Of being perfectly authentic. It i in every particular compiled from a rather bulky manuscript autobio graphy, which was written during the later ears of Dr. Jamieson's life, in compliance with repeated solicitations that 9 would throw together some memoranda of the leading occurrences Of his public and literary career.

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