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AN OUTLINE
OF
ENGLISH SPEECH-CRAFT

BY
WILLIAM BARNES, B.D.

Præsens Angli sermonis forma magis magisque recedit a stirpe antiquâ’—Lexicon Frisicum, by Justus Halbertsma, under ‘Dunsi’

LONDON
C. KEGAN PAUL & CO., 1 PATERNOSTER SQUARE
1878

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