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Some Ill-used Words.

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The Verbalist.

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Acting and Actors;

ELOCUTION AND ELOCUTIONISTS. With Pref-
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Grammar without a Master.

The English Grammar

OF WILLIAM COBBETT. Carefully Revised
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A MANUAL

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BY

ALFRED AYRES

We remain shackled by timidity till we have learned to
speak with propriety.-JOHNSON.

As a man is known by his company, so a man's company
may be known by his manner of expressing himself.-SWIFT.