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Words; Their Use and Abuse

by William Mathews

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  1. 1Epigraph
  2. 2Words; Their Use and Abuse
  3. 3Preface to the New Edition
  4. 4Chapter I — The Significance of Words
  5. 5Chapter II — The Morality in Words
  6. 6Chapter III — Grand Words
  7. 7Chapter IV — Small Words
  8. 8Chapter V — Words Without Meaning
  9. 9Chapter VI — Some Abuses of Words
  10. 10Chapter VII — Saxon Words, or Romanic?
  11. 11Chapter VIII — The Secret of Apt Words
  12. 12Chapter IX — The Secret of Apt Words — (Continued)
  13. 13Chapter X — Onomatopes
  14. 14Chapter XI — The Fallacies in Words
  15. 15Chapter XII — The Fallacies in Words — (Continued)
  16. 16Chapter XIII — Names of Men
  17. 17Chapter XIV — Nicknames
  18. 18Chapter XV — Curiosities of Language
  19. 19Chapter XVI — Common Improprieties of Speech
  20. 20Principal Books Consulted

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