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Words, Facts, and Phrases

A Dictionary of Curious, Quaint,& Out-Of-The-Way Matters (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Words, Facts, and Phrases: A Dictionary of Curious, Quaint,& Out-of-the-Way Matters When I first commenced the work, it did not occur to me that it would be either desirable or necessary in all cases to cite authorities. Some of the articles in the book are, consequently, unsupported by other testimony than my own. I think it may be well for me, therefore, to state that in all such cases the evidence, or the authority upon which I relied, was such as to convince me that it was trustworthy. I can scarcely hope that the nearly four thousand articles which the book contains will each be found strictly accurate. Authorities, even of the highest repute, differ greatly; sometimes two, three, or even more, give different explanations of one word or subject. One case which I will mention is a good illustration of the difficulty of arriving at exact results, even in simple matters of fact. When I proposed to give the height of St. Paul's Cathedral, I found no fewer than seven different statements in as many separate publications. Haydn, in the Dictionary of Dates, ' 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.
Release date NZ
December 13th, 2018
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Illustrations
99 Illustrations; Illustrations, black and white
Imprint
Forgotten Books
Pages
682
Publisher
Forgotten Books
Dimensions
152x229x35
ISBN-13
9781330412442
Product ID
23171611

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