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THE ETYMOLOGICAL COMPENDIUM; or, PORTFOLIO OF ORIGINS AND INVENTIONS:
relating to
Language, Literature, and Government.
Architecture and Sculpture.
Drama, Music, Painting, and Scientific Discoveries.
Articles of Dress, &c.
Titles, Dignities, &c.
Names, Trades, Professions.
Parliament, Laws, &c.
Universities and Religious Sects.
Epithets and Phrases.
Remarkable Customs.
Games, Field Sports.
Seasons, Months, and Days of the Week.
Remarkable Localities, &c. &c.
By WILLIAM PULLEYN.
The Third Edition, revised and improved,
By MERTON A. THOMS, ESQ.
"The additions to this book indicate the editor to be his father's own
son. He deals in folk lore, chronicles old customs and popular sayings,
and has an eye to all things curious and note-worthy. The book tells
everything."--_Gentleman's Magazine._
"The book contains a vast amount of curious information and useful
memoranda."--_Literary Gazette._
"An invaluable manual of amusement and information."--_Morning
Chronicle._
"This is a work of great practical usefulness. It is a _Notes and
Queries_ in miniature.... The revision which the present edition of it
has undergone has greatly enhanced its original value."--_Era._
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