Authority Cited: Holder
Author name and dates: William Holder (1616-1698)
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Categories (list of works cited – preliminary) [BKG Note: about 135 Holder cites in 1755 Dict. vol. 1 (of which about 66 are indicated as from Elements of Speech and 33 from Time). About 134 Holder cites in 1755 Dict. vol. 2. (of which about 34 are indicated as from Elements of Speech and 26 from Time). The cites referencing only "Holder" appear to be from the two titles below. One added cite in the 1773 Dict. was identified, indicated in bold italic below. The editions of the titles below used by SJ are unknown.]
Author name and dates: William Holder (1616-1698)
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BKG Bio-tweet: Cleric; composer; music theorist: Principles of Harmony; taught deaf-mute to speak plainly
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary) [BKG Note: about 135 Holder cites in 1755 Dict. vol. 1 (of which about 66 are indicated as from Elements of Speech and 33 from Time). About 134 Holder cites in 1755 Dict. vol. 2. (of which about 34 are indicated as from Elements of Speech and 26 from Time). The cites referencing only "Holder" appear to be from the two titles below. One added cite in the 1773 Dict. was identified, indicated in bold italic below. The editions of the titles below used by SJ are unknown.]
- Elements of Speech or an Inquiry into the natural production of letters (& Preface): WILLIAM HOLDER. Elements of Speech: an Essay of Inquiry into the Natural Production of Letters. London, 1669. (per Wimsatt, Philosophic Words, p. 154); abstruse; accent; accident; . . . flaccid; . . . labial; . . . labiodental; . . . lax; . . . medium; . . . quiescent; . . . tension; . . .
- Discourse Concerning Time: WILLIAM HOLDER. A Discourse concerning Time . . . for the Better Under-standing of the Julian Year and Calendar. 2d ed. London, 1701, 1st ed. 1694. (per Wimsatt, Philosophic Words, p. 154); anticipation; . . . chronology; . . . excentricity; . . . incommensurate; . . . laterally; . . .
- Holder (no work cited); conseqution; . . . extensible; fescue; . . . measure; . . . mensurable; . . .