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    A Collection of Fashionable English Words (1887)
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    A Collection of Fashionable English Words (1887)

    A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1788)
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    A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1788)

    The Pioneer ov Simplified Speling, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1912)
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    The Pioneer ov Simplified Speling, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1912)

    Chirologia, or The Natural Language of the Hand (1644)
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    Communication, Emotion & Expression

    Chirologia, or The Natural Language of the Hand (1644)

    Barnard’s Universal Criminal Cipher Code (1895)
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    Communication, Crime & Law

    Barnard’s Universal Criminal Cipher Code (1895)

    Guess Me (1879)
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    Guess Me (1879)

    The Postures of the Mouth (1846)
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    The Postures of the Mouth (1846)

    The Merry Cobler and His Musical Alphabet (ca. 1800)
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    The Merry Cobler and His Musical Alphabet (ca. 1800)

    The Telephonoscope (1879)
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    Technology, The Future, Communication

    The Telephonoscope (1879)

    The Cynic’s Word Book (1906)
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    The Cynic’s Word Book (1906)

    Speech of Satan to his Legions from *A System of Elocution* (1846)
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    Speech of Satan to his Legions from A System of Elocution (1846)

    Manipulus Vocabulorum: a Rhyming Dictionary from the 16th Century
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    Manipulus Vocabulorum: a Rhyming Dictionary from the 16th Century

    A Dictionary of Victorian Slang (1909)
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    A Dictionary of Victorian Slang (1909)

    *The Proper Art of Writing* (1655)
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    Design & Typography, Communication

    The Proper Art of Writing (1655)

    An Alphabet of Celebrities (1899)
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    People, Politics, Communication

    An Alphabet of Celebrities (1899)

    I Dub Thee “Fly-Fornication”: *Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature* (1880)
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    I Dub Thee “Fly-Fornication”: Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature (1880)

    A Manual of Gesture (1875)
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    A Manual of Gesture (1875)

    An Alphabet of History (1905)
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    People, Communication

    An Alphabet of History (1905)

    Original Acrostics on all the States and Presidents of the United States, and Various Other Subjects (1868)
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    Politics, Communication

    Original Acrostics on all the States and Presidents of the United States, and Various Other Subjects (1868)

    English As She Is Spoke (1884)
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    English As She Is Spoke (1884)