Excerpt from Cobb's Abridgment of J. Walker's Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language: Carefully Compiled From the London Quarto Editions, Published Under the Inspection of the Author; In Which Mr. Walker's Principles of Orthography and Pronunciation Are Strictly Followed; And in Addition, Each Word Is Systematically Divided When we take into consideration the great number of Abridgments of Walker's Dictionary (notices than ten or twelve different kinds) now published in this country, an apology to the publick for augmenting that number may be deemed requisite. 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.