 We must in honesty say, that Dr. Ogilvie has not only produced the best English Dictionary that exists, but, so far as the actual state of knowledge permitted, has made some approach toward perfec tion.  The British Quarterly Review - Page 284edited by - 1853Full view - About this book
 | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - 1876 - 724 pages
...honesty say that Dr. Ogilvie has not only produced the best Eugli&b Dictionary that exists, bnt to far as the actual state of knowledge permitted, has made some approach towards perfection." — British Quarterly Review. LONDON : BLACKIE AND SON, 6, PATERNOSTER BUILDINGS.... | |
 | Robert Shaw - 1857 - 404 pages
...imperial 8vo, cloth, £4; or, including the SUPPLEMENT, £4, 17s. 6d.-, also in parts, 2s. 6d. each. " Dr. Ogilvie has not only produced the best English...permitted, has made some approach toward perfection. We scarcely need Ray that the work has our cordial commendation." — British Quarterly Review. " It... | |
 | University of Edinburgh - 1857 - 430 pages
...above Two Thousand Engravings on Wood. " Dr. Ogilrie has not only produced the tat English Dictionarv that exists, but, so far as the actual state of knowledge permitted, has made some approach towards perfection. We need scarcely •dd that the work has our cordial commendation."— Srtlisk... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1865 - 736 pages
...OGILVIE, LL.D. Illustrated by above 2500 Engravings on Wood. 2 large volumes, imperial 8ro., cloth, 41. ' Dr. Ogilvie has not only produced the best English...permitted, has made some approach toward perfection.' — tiritith Quarterly Rev. The Imperial Bible-Dictionary, HISTORICAL, BIOGRAPHICAL, GEOGRAPIIICAL,... | |
 | James Richardson - 1874 - 314 pages
...Engravings on wood. Two large vols. imperial 8vo, cloth, £4. The SUPPLEMENT separately, in cloth, 16s. "We must in honesty say, that Dr. Ogilvie has not...knowledge permitted, has made some approach toward perfection."—British Quarterly Review. THE COMPREHENSIVE ENGLISH DICTIONARY, EXPLANATORY, PRONOUNCING,... | |
 | Charles Anderton Read - 1880 - 394 pages
...satîsfacier} Dictionary, on a large scale, hitherto before the British public. . . ." — Scotsman. " We must in honesty say, that Dr. Ogilvie has not only...permitted, has made some approach toward perfection." — BritUh Quarterly Review. Complete in 14 parts, super-royal 8vo, zs. each ; or I large vol. cloth,... | |
 | Augustin Privat-Deschanel - 1880 - 284 pages
...cloth, imperial 8vo, £A; half-morocoo, £4, 15s. *«- The SUPPLEMENT separately, in cloth, 16s. " We must in honesty say, that Dr. Ogilvie has not only...knowledge permitted, has made some approach toward perfec tion." — British Quarterly Review. " A work which, from the experience of years, we can pronounce... | |
 | 1880 - 1090 pages
...imperial 8vo, 2888 pages, cloth, £4; half-morocco, £i, 15*. " Dr. Ogilrie has not only produced the beat English Dictionary that exists, but so far as the...permitted, has made some approach toward perfection. — Brit. Quart, liev. "A wort which, from the experience of years, we can pronounce to be on the whole... | |
 | Augustin Privat-Deschanel - 1880 - 1176 pages
...honesty say, that Dr. Ogilvie baa not only produced the beat English Dictionary that existe. bat, ao far as the actual state of knowledge permitted, has made some approach toward perfec lion." — Britith Quai-ttrly Ham. " A work which, from the experience of yean, we can pronounce... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1853 - 620 pages
...Ogilvie has not only produced the best English dictionary that exists, but, so far as the actual state ot knowledge permitted, has made some approach toward...correct what was wrong, and supply what was wanting in ^ebster, in order to adapt the new work to the present state of literature, science, and art. Accordingly,... | |
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