Barclay's Universal dictionary; containing an explanation of difficult words and technical terms, in all faculties and professions Also a pronouncing dictionary The origin of each word An epitome of (14761383184)

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Title: Barclay's Universal dictionary; containing an explanation of difficult words and technical terms, in all faculties and professions ... Also a pronouncing dictionary ... The origin of each word ... An epitome of the history of England ... A description of the various states, provinces, and chief towns of the known world; a statement of the sects and divisions of the Christian Church; together with a brief history of the prophets and apostles; an account of the counties, cities, and market towns in Great Britain, with their distances from London; and a collection of our most common proverbs. To which are added, a chronological series of remarkable events ... a sketch of the constitution, government, and trade of Great Britain, with a brief list of some of the most eminent men of learning and genius; to which are prefixed, a free inquiry into the antiquity of letters; a short essay on the origin and antiquity of the English tongue; and an easy introduction to English grammar
Year: 1813 (1810s)
Authors: Barclay, James, Curate of Edmonton
Subjects: English language
Publisher: London : J. M'Gowan
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive



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of truth, which is when .words are so put together inprepositions as exactly to express the agreement or disagree-ment of ideas, as expressed in any proposition; and 2dly,Certainty of knowledge, which is the perceiving the agree-ment or disagreement of ideas, as expressed in any preposi-tion ; this is called the knowing or being certain of the truthof any proposition. A physical ccrlaiiUi/, is that wliicii de-pends on tlie evidence of sense. A mathematical certainty.Is that which no man any ways doubts of, as that ino ismore than 1. A moral certainty, is that whose proof de-jiendson a due connection of circumstances, and clearnessof testimony, and when these concur, cannot be doubted ofwithout obstinacy. Figuratively, an event which must ne-cessarilv and unavoidably happen. CERTIFICATE, s. (from certifco, law Lat.;a testimonygiven m writing, to certify or make known any truth. Fi-guratively, anv testimony. ToCERTlFlE,or CERTIFY,!). a. (certifier, Fr,) to givecertain notice of a thing.
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