The Verbalist / A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety.

A MANUAL
DEVOTED
TO BRIEF DISCUSSIONS OF THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG USE OF WORDS
AND
TO SOME OTHER MATTERS OF INTEREST TO THOSE WHO WOULD SPEAK AND WRITE WITH PROPRIETY.
We remain shackled by timidity till we have learned to speak with propriety.—Johnson.
As a man is known by his company, so a man's company may be known by his manner of expressing himself.—Swift.
NEW YORK: D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, 1, 3, AND 5 BOND STREET. 1887.
COPYRIGHT BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, 1881
Transcriber's Note
Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Archaic spellings have been retained as printed.
All Greek words have mouse-hover transliterations, γενόμενος, and appear as printed in the original publication.