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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... matter is that the sacrament of mat- rimony was duly conferred , and what else is it that matters ? My sensibili- ties , that's what . They do not matter , of course , in any Benthamite reckoning of the suc- cess of the new liturgy ...
... matter is that the sacrament of mat- rimony was duly conferred , and what else is it that matters ? My sensibili- ties , that's what . They do not matter , of course , in any Benthamite reckoning of the suc- cess of the new liturgy ...
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... matter , of regular Sunday sermons . It is not necessary to know how your protagonist will get out of a jam into which you put him . It requires only that you have confidence that you will be able to get him out of that jam . When you ...
... matter , of regular Sunday sermons . It is not necessary to know how your protagonist will get out of a jam into which you put him . It requires only that you have confidence that you will be able to get him out of that jam . When you ...
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... matter of my limousine , which at this point I was tempted to paint khaki . Sam observed that typical luxuries go largely unobserved , but that a chauffeur - driven car is the single most provocative possession of the modern urban ...
... matter of my limousine , which at this point I was tempted to paint khaki . Sam observed that typical luxuries go largely unobserved , but that a chauffeur - driven car is the single most provocative possession of the modern urban ...
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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 |