Poems of rural life in the Dorset dialect

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Barnes, William. Poems of rural life in the Dorset dialect. London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1883. Hardback, Good. Blue cloth with blind embossed frame to front and rear. Gilt lettering to front and spine. Front has a crease in the cloth, spine is frayed to the top and starting to come away on the back hinge. spine appears reglued at some point. Binding strong, a little loose. Black endpapers. Light foxing to introductory pages. 467pp. + 44pp. of publisher's catalogue. Rough cut pages. Contents clean and bright. William Barnes (22 February 1801 7 October 1886) was an English polymath, writer, poet, philologist, priest, mathematician, engraving artist and inventor. He wrote over 800 poems, some in Dorset dialect, and much other work, including a comprehensive English grammar quoting from more than 70 different languages. A linguistic purist, Barnes strongly advocated against borrowing foreign words into English, and instead supported the use and proliferation of "strong old Anglo-Saxon speech". RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing. N° de ref. del artículo ABE-1662238466904

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