Buckley, the Right WordRandom House, 1996 - 524 páginas "William F. Buckley, Jr., who is even more well known for his supple vocabulary, productivity, and remarkable range of interests than for his politics, provides a one-man show of English in action. By examining the variety of ways in which he employs language, and the responses to them, the reader who delights in words will delight in these exchanges of opinion about the many meanings of language." "Not all the rewards are in Buckley's own words. Drawing on his correspondents, his friends, his critics, and the work of others, the text provides provocative examples, discussion, and, often, debate in various voices." "Much of Bill Buckley's extraordinary mail is concerned with questions of usage. Generous samplings of that correspondence appear along with major essays, columns, interviews, introductions, articles, reviews, and appreciations. There is, too, a Buckley Lexicon, hundreds of words he employs, giving definitions plus examples of their uses from his published writings."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
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... ( adjective ) Having a hidden meaning , perhaps even impenetrable . Consuelo stood by the window of his office in downtown Mexico City after receiving the cryptic telegram from Miami . The assignment he had received from Rolando Cubela ...
... ( adjective ) Having a hidden meaning , perhaps even impenetrable . Consuelo stood by the window of his office in downtown Mexico City after receiving the cryptic telegram from Miami . The assignment he had received from Rolando Cubela ...
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... ( adjective ) Gruesome ; horrifying ; causing shock or horror . The documents they were given to read were in many respects lurid , melodramatic— preposterous even , so their exchanges were not always in the diapasonal mode when one of ...
... ( adjective ) Gruesome ; horrifying ; causing shock or horror . The documents they were given to read were in many respects lurid , melodramatic— preposterous even , so their exchanges were not always in the diapasonal mode when one of ...
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... ( adjective ) Lacking flavor , zest , animation , or spirit . All the questions were the obvious ones , and it gave me a chance to formulate some of those vapid responses that are indispensable to the success of a constitutional monarch ...
... ( adjective ) Lacking flavor , zest , animation , or spirit . All the questions were the obvious ones , and it gave me a chance to formulate some of those vapid responses that are indispensable to the success of a constitutional monarch ...
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adjective American appear asked become believe Bill Buckley called cause column communism Company course critics Dear don't Doubleday & Company editor English expression fact father feel G. P. Putnam's Sons give given hand happened House idea interest INTERVIEWER John kind language later less letter Liberalism live look magazine March matter Mayor means mind National Review never noun novel once person play political President Press problem published Queen question reader reason reference require Review Right ROSE Saving sense sentence simply social sometimes Soviet speak speech stand style suggest talk tell thing thought tion told turned verb week words write written wrote York young
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Sound-Alikes: A Dictionary of Midwestern American English Homophones Frank P. Hogan Sin vista previa disponible - 2008 |