The Evolution Of English Lexicography

By James Augustus Henry Murray and James A.H. Murray

Book Overview

Labouring Classes' was before the House of Commons in 1887, a well-known member for a northern constituency asked the Minister who had charge of the measure for a definition of the term allotment, which occurred so often in the Bill. The Minister somewhat brusquely told his interrogator to 'look in the Dictionary, ' at which there was, according to the newspapers, 'a laugh.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1514224860
• ISBN13: 9781514224861
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 38 Pages
• Weight: 0.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"