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at Boston, 249- at the Pilgrim
Festival, 250- -on life in America,
251-
- on American oratory, 252 -
his work commended, 254.
Washington, Gibbs's Memoirs of the
Administration of, reviewed, 161
-high character of the party of,
164 -source of the opposition to,
Conway's cabal against,

165
453.

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Washington city, Warburton's ac-
count of, 248.

Wealth of Nations, Smith's Inquiry
into the, 69.

Webster, Dr., does not discourage
neologisms, 180-his dictionary
abridged by Worcester, 190-the-
oretical innovations of, 195-fa-
vors changes in orthography, 204
his toils in etymology, 206.
Wellington, poetical portrait of, 478.
Wettin, a monk, vision of futurity by,
109.

Wharton, Marquis of, character of,

Whig Examiner, by Addison, 342.
336.
Wolcott, Oliver, the papers of, edited
by George Gibbs, reviewed, 161
his parentage and character, ib.
early life of, 162-made Secretary
of the Treasury, 163-letter of the
father of, quoted, 165- Hamilton's
letter to, 174.

Wolfe, General, fights under Hawley
Wolcott, Roger, services of, 161.
Worcester, Joseph E., Universal Dic-
at Falkirk, 32-humanity of, 42.
tionary by, reviewed, 179-pre-
vious lexicographical labors of,
187-improvements on Todd's
Johnson made by, 188- on ortho-
epy, 189 - Comprehensive Dic-
tionary by, 190- cited, 191
multitude of words added by, 192
- follows usage as his law, 195
on pronunciation, 196 key to
vowel sounds by, 197 on the
sounds of e, 198 on the other
vowel sounds, 199 on the indis
tinct vowels, 200 on orthogra
phy, 204-on etymology and defi-
nitions, 207-high merit of his
Wordsworth, worship of nature by,
work, 208.

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Y, sounds of the vowel, 199.