From the PREFACE. The study of language, and the derivation of words, have been of late so frequently brought before the public, that these Conversations can offer little novelty to the reader of larger and more able works. They are intended solely for the use of children, for the subject is most important and interesting, and one to which the youthful mind should be early directed. The ideas have no claim to originality: they have been taken from the best writers on the subject; and the author has been greatly indebted ...
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From the PREFACE. The study of language, and the derivation of words, have been of late so frequently brought before the public, that these Conversations can offer little novelty to the reader of larger and more able works. They are intended solely for the use of children, for the subject is most important and interesting, and one to which the youthful mind should be early directed. The ideas have no claim to originality: they have been taken from the best writers on the subject; and the author has been greatly indebted for much valuable assistance to the Rev. Dr White, late Professor of Anglo-Saxon in the University of Oxford, and Editor of the "Ormulum."
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