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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... thing , this universal assumption by a number of promi- nently situated opinion- or rather mood - makers , that the American people are either unaware of the unusual word or undisposed to hear it and find out what it means , thus ...
... thing , this universal assumption by a number of promi- nently situated opinion- or rather mood - makers , that the American people are either unaware of the unusual word or undisposed to hear it and find out what it means , thus ...
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... thing I ever ran into to a sheer warmonger . He thought that the Soviet Union was a menace against which we had to consolidate and be very tough with . He was pro- McCarthy and all those good things . [ Both laugh ] Then he was ...
... thing I ever ran into to a sheer warmonger . He thought that the Soviet Union was a menace against which we had to consolidate and be very tough with . He was pro- McCarthy and all those good things . [ Both laugh ] Then he was ...
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... thing because you think noblesse oblige , it's the thing to do . I felt that way about Somalia . You thought it was the thing to do . And now , would you now acknowledge that— I didn't want to sit around and ... -it was fraught with ...
... thing because you think noblesse oblige , it's the thing to do . I felt that way about Somalia . You thought it was the thing to do . And now , would you now acknowledge that— I didn't want to sit around and ... -it was fraught with ...
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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 |