A must-have reference for students and scholars of linguistics, this valuable guide provides an alphabetical list of English words found in literature from the 18th and 19th centuries. The book is an essential resource for anyone interested in the development of the English language and its usage over time. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Excerpt from An Alphabetical List of English Words Occurring in the Literature of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, Vol. 1: And Forming a Basis of Comparison for the Use of Contributors to the New Dictionary of the Philological Society; A to D One thing more remains to be mentioned. In the Prospectus, pp. 6, 8, it is announced that the' Basis for Comparison for this Third Period would consist of an index to Burke's entire works. It has, however, been found advisable to abandon this plan, and the list now issued has been formed by extracting for each letter a number of words large enough to serve as a foundation, from the writings of Dryden, Wordsworth, and Tennyson, and then adding to this substratum all, or nearly all the contributions for this Period already in the Editor's hands. The result in conse quence presents a somewhat Imeven and heterogeneous appearance; but to fill up all the interstices would have required some time, and would not have compensated us for the great disadvantages which would have arisen from a further postponement of publication. 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.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.