Words; Their Use and Abuse
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION.3. CHAPTER I. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WORDS.4. CHAPTER I. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WORDS. (continued 2)5. CHAPTER II. THE MORALITY IN WORDS.6. CHAPTER III. GRAND WORDS.7. CHAPTER IV. SMALL WORDS.8. CHAPTER V. WORDS WITHOUT MEANING.9. CHAPTER VI. SOME ABUSES OF WORDS.10. CHAPTER VII. SAXON WORDS, OR ROMANIC?11. CHAPTER VIII. THE SECRET OF APT WORDS.12. CHAPTER IX. THE SECRET OF APT WORDS—(continued).13. CHAPTER X. ONOMATOPES.14. CHAPTER XI. THE FALLACIES IN WORDS.15. CHAPTER XII. THE FALLACIES IN WORDS—(continued).16. CHAPTER XIII. NAMES OF MEN.17. CHAPTER XIV. NICKNAMES.18. CHAPTER XV. CURIOSITIES OF LANGUAGE.19. CHAPTER XV. CURIOSITIES OF LANGUAGE. (continued 2)20. CHAPTER XVI. COMMON IMPROPRIETIES OF SPEECH.21. PRINCIPAL BOOKS CONSULTED.22. INDEX.