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By an oversight Miss Kate Norgate was credited with the authorship of the article on Geoffrey de Muschamp , Bishop of Lichfield , in the ' Dictionary of National Biography , ' instead of that on Geoffrey , Archbishop of York . MESSRS .
By an oversight Miss Kate Norgate was credited with the authorship of the article on Geoffrey de Muschamp , Bishop of Lichfield , in the ' Dictionary of National Biography , ' instead of that on Geoffrey , Archbishop of York . MESSRS .
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FOR the first time in a dictionary the subject of English slang is seriously treated . Much has been written on the subject within the last three centuries , and important contributions to our knowledge have been made .
FOR the first time in a dictionary the subject of English slang is seriously treated . Much has been written on the subject within the last three centuries , and important contributions to our knowledge have been made .
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The Century Dictionary : an Encyclop¿dic Lexicon of the English Language . Prepared under the superintendence of Wm . Dwight Whitney , Ph.D. LL.D. Six volumes . Vol . I. ( New York , Century Company ; London , Fisher Unwin . ) ...
The Century Dictionary : an Encyclop¿dic Lexicon of the English Language . Prepared under the superintendence of Wm . Dwight Whitney , Ph.D. LL.D. Six volumes . Vol . I. ( New York , Century Company ; London , Fisher Unwin . ) ...
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