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Lexiphanes, a dialogue. Imitated from Lucian, and suited to the present times. Being an attempt to restore the English tongue to its ancient purity, and to correct, as well as expose, the affected style, hard words, and absurd phraseology of many late writers, and particularly of our English Lexiphanes, the Rambler.

London: Printed for J. Knox, near Southampton-Street, in the Strand , 1767.
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Lexiphanes, a dialogue. Imitated from Lucian, and suited to the present times. Being an attempt to restore the English tongue to its ancient purity, and to correct, as well as expose, the affected style, hard words, and absurd phraseology of many late writers, and particularly of our English Lexiphanes, the Rambler. Library Average
Circulation records from 1793-1799 are lost.
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Borrower Name Volume Date Out Date In Fine Transcribed
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John Oothoudt8/19/17908/24/1790Laxiphanes
Thomas Hammersley4/18/17914/20/1791Lexiphanus
William Linn1/21/17921/23/1792Lexephanies
Charles Rhind12/14/180312/31/18033dLexiphanes
Edmund Seaman2/1/18042/17/1804Lexiphanes
Garret H. Van Wagenen12/7/180412/18/1804Lexiphanes
Catharine Ladley ValentineVolume 16/20/18056/20/1805Lexiphanes
John Jacob Astor8/16/18058/18/18054/Lexephanies
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