The Vocabulary Of East Anglia Vol 2 Of 2 PDF Download

Excerpt from The Vocabulary of East Anglia, Vol. 1 of 2: An Attempt to Record the Vulgar Tongue It may be expected from the Editor, that he should give some account of the book which he now offers to the public; but the extracts from Mr. Forby's Correspondence in the following Memoir are so full and explicit upon this subject, as to render any observations on the design and nature of the work unnecessary. Some explanation, however, may be required of one passage in the correspondence referred to; in which (after detailing the plan of the work) it is stated, that it would "conclude with an Essay on the remarkable prevalence of Anglo-Saxon nomenclature in the Topography of East Anglia." It might be supposed from this passage, that some part of Mr. Forby's materials had been suppressed, or that the book had been abridged of one of its members in the present publication. But this is assuredly not the case. Whatever might have been the Author's original intention, it is probable that he soon changed his views, and abandoned his design: at any rate, it is quite certain, that neither in his letters to the Editor, nor in several conversations which they had on the subject of his book a few months before his death, did he ever mention this Essay. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.