Coles, Elisha

ID 4845
Last Name Coles
First Name Elisha
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Gender Male
Date of Birth 1640
Date of Death 1680
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VIAF URI http://viaf.org/viaf/13426870
Wikipedia Entry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisha_Coles
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Author A dictionary, English-Latin, and Latin-English, containing all things necessary for the translating of either language into other. To which End, Many Things that were Erroneous are Rectified, many Superfluities Retrenched, and very many Defects Supplied. And All suited to the meanest Capacities, in a plainer Method than heretofore: Being (for Ease) reduced into an Alphabetical Order, and Explained in the Mother-Tongue. And Towards the Compleating the English Part (which hath been long desired) here are added Thousands of Words, Phrases, Proverbs Proper Names, and many other useful Things mentioned in the Preface to the work. The eighth edition, enlarged. By Elisha Coles, Late of Magd. Coll. Oxon. 1716
Author An English dictionary, explaining the difficult terms that are used in divinity, husbandry, physick, philosophy, law, navigation, mathematicks, and other arts and sciences. Containing many thousand of hard words (and proper names of places) more than are in any other English dictionary or expositor: together with the etymological derivation of them from their proper fountains, whether, Hebrew, Greek, Latin, French, or any other language. In a method more comprehensive than any that is extant. By E. Coles, schoolmaster, and teacher of the tongue to foreigners. 1717
Author A dictionary, English-Latin, and Latin-English, containing all things necessary for the translating of either language into other. The ninth edition, enlarged. By Elisha Coles 1719
Author A dictionary, English-Latin, and Latin-English; containing all things necessary for the translating of either language into the other. To which end many things that were erroneous, are rectified, many superfluities retrenched, and very many defects supplied. And all suited to the meanest capacities, in a plainer method than heretofore; being for ease reduced into an alphabetical order, and explained in the mother tongue. And towards the compleating the English part (which hath been long desired) here are added thousands of words, phrases, proverbs, proper names, and many other useful things mentioned in the preface to the work. The seventeenth edition, with large additions. By Elisha Coles, late of Magdalen-College, Oxon. 1764

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