Robert Plot, The Natural History of Oxfordshire (1677)
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Date
1677
Author
Book title
The Natural History Of Oxford-shire, Being an Essay toward the Natural History of England
Publication place
Oxford
Text type
printed book
Genre
Treatises
Subject area
- geography
- history
- place name
- proper name
Summary
A discursive essay on many topics, not an alphabetical index of place and proper names
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: headword
sample: [Of echoes.] 14. First therefore, that Philechus may not be our in his choice, whenever he attempts to court her in Oxford-shire, he must know that of these there are several sorts, and may best, I suppose, be distinguish'd by their Objects, which are, either { Single, such as return the voice but once; and these again are either {{ Polysyllabical, such as return many syllables, words, or a whole sentence. {{ Tonical, such as return the voice but once, nor that either, except adorned with some peculiar Musical note. { Manifold, and these return syllables and words, the same oftentimes repeated, and may therefore be stiled Taulogical Echo's, which are caused either by {{ Simple {{ Double Reflexion. (p. 7)
sample: [Of echoes.] 14. First therefore, that Philechus may not be our in his choice, whenever he attempts to court her in Oxford-shire, he must know that of these there are several sorts, and may best, I suppose, be distinguish'd by their Objects, which are, either { Single, such as return the voice but once; and these again are either {{ Polysyllabical, such as return many syllables, words, or a whole sentence. {{ Tonical, such as return the voice but once, nor that either, except adorned with some peculiar Musical note. { Manifold, and these return syllables and words, the same oftentimes repeated, and may therefore be stiled Taulogical Echo's, which are caused either by {{ Simple {{ Double Reflexion. (p. 7)
Alston
XI, p. 45
Wing
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