Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States |
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Page xv
... American in their origin and use , I have also attempted to illustrate , by extracts from American authors whose writings relate to that class of people among which these words are chiefly found . These books con- tain descriptions of ...
... American in their origin and use , I have also attempted to illustrate , by extracts from American authors whose writings relate to that class of people among which these words are chiefly found . These books con- tain descriptions of ...
Page xix
... American Provincialisms . From what has already been said , it will be seen that it is very difficult to draw the line between what should be admitted and what excluded ; and I have thought it better to err on the side of copiousness ...
... American Provincialisms . From what has already been said , it will be seen that it is very difficult to draw the line between what should be admitted and what excluded ; and I have thought it better to err on the side of copiousness ...
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... American writers whose style was correct ; still , he could always detect some florid expression characteristic of their people . " Before closing these observations on American provincialisms , I should do injustice to previous writers ...
... American writers whose style was correct ; still , he could always detect some florid expression characteristic of their people . " Before closing these observations on American provincialisms , I should do injustice to previous writers ...
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... America , wherein the Professor insists that it is " more correctly spoken at this time ( 1805 ) by the mass of the Americans than by the mass of the English nation . " " This assertion , " adds the reviewer , " is founded upon a com ...
... America , wherein the Professor insists that it is " more correctly spoken at this time ( 1805 ) by the mass of the Americans than by the mass of the English nation . " " This assertion , " adds the reviewer , " is founded upon a com ...
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... in the production of a style and a literature which will also have their beauties and their merits , although fashioned after a some- what different model . AMERICAN WORDS AND PHRASES . DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN WORDS WORDS xlvi INTRODUCTION .
... in the production of a style and a literature which will also have their beauties and their merits , although fashioned after a some- what different model . AMERICAN WORDS AND PHRASES . DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN WORDS WORDS xlvi INTRODUCTION .
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