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Excerpt from Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In Which the Words Are Explained in Their Different Senses, Authorized by the Names of the Writers by Whom They Are Used, or the Titles of the Works in Which They Occur, and Derived From Their Originals The brief Memoir which, through the kindness of the surviving members of Dr. Jamieson's family, is now prefixed to this Abridgment of his greatest work, possesses at least the essential quality of being perfectly authentic. It 'i in every particular compiled from a rather bulky manuscript autobio graphy, which was written during the later ears of Dr. Jamieson's life, in compliance with repeated solicitations that 0 would throw together some memoranda of the leading occurrences of his public and literary career. 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.