APPENDIX. V 



There are 154.6 of such paj^es, and hence Milton, in his poems 

 alone, uses 17,377 words. His prose would yield a much larger 

 number, as any one who is acquainted with it will at once admit. 

 I have likewise examined Cruden's " Concordance to the Eng- 

 lish Bible," in the same manner; there are 705.4 pages of 

 words, exclusive of proper names. 



The number of words to a page is somewhat hard to estimate, 

 but this was done with great care, as below : — 



pp. 524-563=10 pages contained 42 words, 

 pp. 602-611 = 10 " " 107 " 



pp. 672-681 = 10 " " 119 " 



pp. 328-337 = 10 " " 129 " 



pp. 446-455 = 10 " " 114 " 



50 511 " 



Therefore 1 page contains 102.2 " 

 Hence there are 7209 words in the English Bible, exclusive of 

 proper names. 



1 have likewise treated the " Dictionary of the Anglo-Saxon 

 Language" by the Rev. G. Bosworth, LL.D., etc., in the same 

 manner. This Dictionary was compiled from the Anglo-Saxon 

 Chronicle, and therefore contains only words actually used in writ- 

 ten speech. There are but a few which were not in full use 

 before A. D. 1100. 



In the English Appendix to this work there are 93.8 pages of 

 English words, each of which has its analogue in Anglo-Saxon. 

 On p. 524 I find 121 words, 



" p. 525 " 131 " 



" p. 526 " 125 " 



" p. 527 " 131 " 



4 pages contain 508 " 



1 page contains 127.0 " 



Hence the Anglo-Saxon vocabulary was 11,913 words ; it must 

 be remembered that this is not strictly a dictionary, but rather a 

 concordance to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 



In Mr. John Camden Hotten's " Dictionary of Slang" I find 

 10,000 words which are, or have been, used in a cant way. As 

 this is a dictionary, and fortunately not a concordance, it deserves 

 only this passing mention. 



An examination of some of the dictionaries of the dialects of 

 the various shires of England would be interesting, but it re- 

 quires more time than I can give to it. 



RECAPITULATION. 



I. I find among all intelligent people an impression of this 

 kind : a child uses less than 1000 words, an ordinary man uses 

 from 3000 to 4000, an accomplished writer about 10,000. 



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