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Excerpt from Cobb's Abridgment of J. Walker's Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language: Carefully Compiled From the London Quarto Editions, Published Under the Inspection of the Author; In Which Mr. Walker's Principles of Orthography and Pronunciation Are Strictly Followed; And in Addition, Each Word Is Systematically Divided
When we take into consideration the great number of Abridgments of Walker's Dictionary (notices than ten or twelve different kinds) now published in this country, an apology to the publick for augmenting that number may be deemed requisite.
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