An English-Irish Dictionary: Intended for the Use of Students of the Irish Language (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Foley, Daniel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 145100303X ISBN 13 : 9781451003031

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2010

Synopsis

PREFACE. TN committing this work to the press and the public,-the result of much labour and anxiety,-I may profess, withottt presumption, that my first object is the good of my Irish-speaking country* men, and the glory of God thereby- I thought it necessary that I should have steadilv hi view to afford the means, to those unaccus-tomcd to speak Irish from their youth, of speaking and writing in a manner intelligible to the people as they at present use and understand their own language. Having this object belbre mc, I had no temptation to comply with that absurd humour for antiquity which would have us go back even in our orthography to a period which had no standard, and nothing but diversity itself. I have not taken all the words in Johnson's English Dictionary, for this would make the book too expensive: but, as a general rule, I have omitted only such as are of unusual occurrence in the English language, and. therefore unnecessary for intercourse with the peasantry of Ireland.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 145100303X
• ISBN 13: 9781451003031
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 390
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