SYNONYMS DISCRIMINATED. A COMPLETE CATALOGUE OF Synonymous Words in the English Language, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THEIR VARIOUS SHADES OF MEANING, AND ILLUSTRATIONS ILLUSTRATED BY QUOTATIONS FROM STANDARD WRITERS. BY C. J. SMITH, M. A., CHRIST CHURCH, OXFORD. VICAR OF ERITH, AND LATE ARCHDEACON OF JAMAICA. LONDON: BELL & DALDY, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 1871. PREFACE. It has appeared to the writer of the following pages that, without depreciating the labours of others in this department of Literature, occasion fairly exists for a new book on the Synonyms of the English Language, which should be written in some respects from fresh points of view, and should be of a fuller character than the narrow limits commonly belonging to works on this subject. That he has succeeded by a single effort in producing a perfect English Synonymicon, he has not the presumption to suppose; but he sends the work forth with every desire to avail himself of such fair and enlightened suggestions as may help him to improve and expand it if future editions be called for. b |