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Scan 4
Springfield directory, 1854
21 lines. Read by computer on 13 September 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
1"GET THE BEST"
2WEBSTER UNABRIDGED
4'GET THE BEST.'
5"All young persons should have a standard DICTIONARY at their elbows. And while you are about it GET THE BEST; that Dictionary is
7NOAH WEBSTER'S,
8The GREAT WORK UNABRIDGED. If you are too poor, save the amount from off your back, to put it into your head.—Phrenological Journal.
10"A MAN WHO WOULD KNOW EVERYTHING, OR ANYTHING, AS HE OUGHT TO KNOW, MUST OWN WEBSTER'S LARGE DICTIONARY. It is a great light, and he that will not avail himself of it, must walk in darkness. Every young housekeeper should lay it in, to occupy the place which was formerly filled with decanters and wine glasses."—Mass Life Boat, April 28, 1852.
12Published by G. & C. MERRIAM, Springfield, Mass., and sold by all booksellers.
14MERRIAM, CHAPIN & CO.,
15Booksellers & Stationers,
16DEALERS IN
17PAPER HANGINGS,
18Borders, Fire Boards, Window Shades, &c.,
19CORNER OF MAIN AND STATE STREETS,
20SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
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