A SUPPLEMENT то JOHNSON's ENGLISH DICTIONARY: OF WHICH THE PALPABLE ERRORS ARE ATTEMPTED TO BE AND ITS MATERIAL OMISSIONS SUPPLIED. BY GEORGE MASON, AUTHOR OF THE GLOSSARY TO HOCCLEVE, AND OF AN ESSAY [FROM THE LONDON QUARTO EDITION.] NEW-YORK: PRINTED FOR H. CARITAT, BOOKSELLER AND LIBRARIAN, 1803. ΤΟ THE MOST EFFECTUAL PRESERVER OF OUR COUNTRY NOW LIVING BE INSCRIBED THIS HUMBLE ATTEMPT TOWARDS RECTIFYING THE STANDARD OF ITS LANGUAGE. FOR COMPLETER INFORMATION OF THE PUBLIC, HOW SUPERFLUOUS MUST IT APPEAR, MORE DIRECTLY TO NAME GEORGE JOHN EARL SPENCER! YET THE WRITER'S SELF-ATTACHMENT IMPELS HIM TO DISPLAY SUCH A PRIVILEGE OF GRATIFYING HIS OWN AMBITION. |