been achieved, that a large number of the articles give a summary such
as can be readily expanded to a considerable length, by the exercise
of a very little trouble; and thus the work is practically as full of
material as if it had been three or four times its present size. A
couple of examples will shew* what this really means.

At p. 26 is the following entry:--

'~Bi-heste~, _sb_. promise, S, S2, C2, P; ~byheste~,
S2; ~beheste~, S2; ~byhest~, S2; ~bihese~, S;
~biheest~, W; ~bihese~, _pl_., S.--AS. _be-hæ*s_.'

By referring to the respective indexes here cited, such as S
(=Glossary to Specimens of English, Part I), and the like, we easily
expand this article into the following:--

'~Bi-heste~, _sb_. promise, S (9. 19); S2 (I _a_. 184);
C2 (B37, 41, 42, F 698); P (3. 126); ~byheste~, S2 (18
_b_. 25); ~beheste~, S2 (14 _a_. 3); ~byhest~, S2
(12. 57, 18 _b_. 9, [where it may also be explained by
_grant_]); ~bihese~, S (where it is used as a plural);
~biheest~, W (promise, command, Lk. xxiv. 49, Rom. iv. 13;
pl. _biheestis_, Heb. xi. 13); ~bihese~, S
(_pl_. behests, promises, 4 _d_. 55).--AS. _behæ*s_'

In order to exhibit the full meaning of this--which requires no
further explanation to those who have in hand the books denoted by S,
S2, &c.--it would be necessary to print the article at considerable
length, as follows:--