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A NEW ENGLISH DICTIONARY, ON HISTORICAL PRINCIPLES: Founded mainly on the Materials collected by the Philological Society. Edited by JAMES A. H. MURRAY, LL.D., President of the Philological Society; WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF MANY SCHOLARS AND MEN OF SCIENCE. HE object of the NEW ENGLISH DICTIONARY is to present, as concisely as possible, the Thistory of every word, and of all the different uses of every word, in the written language, not omitting those which are now obsolete. In order to ensure complete accuracy and thorougnness, it has been judged desirable, instead of adopting the traditional and often erroneous instances contained in existing dictionaries, to make an entirely fresh selection of representative extracts from the original works themselves. To gather together this fresh and trustworthy material-in other words, to lay a secure and adequate foundation for the fabric of English lexicography-has been the task of five-and-twenty years, and of more than 1,300 readers, working under the superintendence of the London Philological Society. Over 5,000 of the chief English writers of all ages, and at least four times as many separate works, have been laid under contribution; and some idea of the bulk of the material which the Editor has drawn upon may be formed from the fact that more than 3,000,000 distinct quotations, each complete in itself, have been placed at his disposal, of which about a third part will be finally included in the Dictionary. Every passage is furnished with a precise date and reference for the purpose of verification. Nor has the principle of co-operation been confined to the collection of the raw material. The Editor, though even the minutest details of the work have passed under his eye, has freely availed himself of the services of students of English, and of other branches of knowledge bearing thereon, in all parts of the world. The New Dictionary, therefore, will represent in a condense i form the accumulated knowledge of very many of the first scholars of our time; and will, if the expectations of its promoters are realised, be found in all respects abreast of the actual state of science. The Editor has sought to give such results only as are beyond dispute, avoiding rash speculation and all dogmatism on doubtful points. His object has been to allow each word, as far as possible, to tell its own story, by careful selection of the most characteristic examples, and by strictly logical arrangement and subdivision of its various meanings; his own explanations being as brief as may be found consistent with clearness. 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