Suffolk Words and Phrases (David & Charles reprints)

by Edward Moor

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Excerpt from Suffolk Words and Phrases, or an Attempt to Collect the Lingual Localisms of That County I 1 has been said, that if Prefaces were interdicted, fewer books would be published. I believe this to be true - feeling, that were I prohibited oﬂ'er ing something introductory and apologetic, I should, on this occasion, refrain from appearing in the character of an author. Not that I presume to ﬂatter myself, that if what I have written be un suited for publication, what I may thus show more prefix can render it less so. Nor is it my object to deprecate criticism - who, indeed, would think of breaking such a literary ﬂy as this on the critical wheel? Still I wish to be allowed to explain how it has fallen to my lot to compile and put forth a work that so many others are more competent to. I, therefore, crave leave to enter on what I conceive to be a necessary preliminary explanation, which I hope will not be long or tedious. 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. show less