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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.
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.
[Illustration]
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.