Lexiphanes: A Dialogue : Imitated from Lucian, and Suited to the Present Times : Being an Attempt to Restore the English Tongue to Its Antient Purity : and to Correct as Well as Expose the Affected Style, Hard Words, and Absurd Phraseology of Many Late Writers, and Particularly of Our English Lexiphanes, the Rambler |
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Información bibliográfica
| Título | Lexiphanes: A Dialogue : Imitated from Lucian, and Suited to the Present Times : Being an Attempt to Restore the English Tongue to Its Antient Purity : and to Correct as Well as Expose the Affected Style, Hard Words, and Absurd Phraseology of Many Late Writers, and Particularly of Our English ... |
| Autor | Archibald Campbell |
| Edición | 3 |
| Editor | R. Faulder ... and J. Fielding, 1783 |
| Procedencia del original | la Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York |
| Digitalizado | 5 Ene 2007 |
| N.º de páginas | 185 páginas |
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