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English style in public discourse with special reference to the usages of the pulpit

Austin Phelps · 1883 · Scanned text · Free in the US

125,946 words · about 8 h 49 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Licence: PD-US · Published 1883 (before 1884; date from the PleIAs English-PD record). The dataset curator states the whole collection is public domain in all regions (curator assertion, not independently verified); treated as public domain in the US.

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Author
Austin Phelps
Language
English
Published
1883
Length
125,946 words · about 8 h 49 min
Sections
5 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public domain in the United States

 

Contents (5)
  1. Front matter about 5 min
  2. Table Of Contents about 4 min
  3. Contents about 1 min
  4. Appendix about 7 h 55 min
  5. I about 44 min
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Front matter

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Table Of Contents

LECTURE I.

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Introduction. — Style defined; its Nomenclature ; Classification of Qualities. — Purity of Style; its Definition; its Standards. — Restrictions upon Usage. — National Authority. — Present Authority. — Reputable Authority 1

Contents

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Figurative Lanpnape. — A Saxon Vocabulary. — Specific Words.

LECTURE XVI.

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