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- 1 2 Chisholm 1911, p. 322.
- ↑ Field, Frederick (1881). Otium Norvicense, Pars Tertia: Notes on Select Passages of the Greek Testament : chiefly with reference to recent English versions. Oxford: Hall & Stacey. p. v.
- ↑ Field, Frederick (1899). Notes on the Translation of the New Testament: Being the Otium Norvicense (pars Tertia). Cambridge. pp. 205–208. OCLC 315225756.
- ↑ Quarterly Review, New Testament Revision, The New English Version, 1882, p.37.
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- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Field, Frederick". Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 10 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 321–322.
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