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The Verbalist

ALFRED AYRES.

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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.

Illustration from The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety.

NEW YORK: D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, 1, 3, AND 5 BOND STREET. 1887.

COPYRIGHT BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, 1881

Transcriber's Note

Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Archaic spellings have been retained as printed.

All Greek words have mouse-hover transliterations, γενόμενος, and appear as printed in the original publication.

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