Century Monthly Magazine, Volume 113Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder Scribner & Company; The Century Company, 1926 - American literature |
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... America , " and Frank H. Vizetelly , managing editor of " The New Standard Dictionary . " Mr. Mencken first published his own book , " The American Language , " in 1918. It was followed by two edi- tions , each with notable revisions ...
... America , " and Frank H. Vizetelly , managing editor of " The New Standard Dictionary . " Mr. Mencken first published his own book , " The American Language , " in 1918. It was followed by two edi- tions , each with notable revisions ...
Page 84
... American moron , and as a relief falls back on " yokel . " I think it was H. G. Wells who first originated the inverted verb as a beginning word to a sentence , which was followed in the motion - pictures by such an avalanche of came ...
... American moron , and as a relief falls back on " yokel . " I think it was H. G. Wells who first originated the inverted verb as a beginning word to a sentence , which was followed in the motion - pictures by such an avalanche of came ...
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... American female , no matter how lowly , tried to look like one . And now is it too much to say that every American girl who woman- izes ( why not womanize ? ) an office and delights us with her " colorful " ( another fashionable word ) ...
... American female , no matter how lowly , tried to look like one . And now is it too much to say that every American girl who woman- izes ( why not womanize ? ) an office and delights us with her " colorful " ( another fashionable word ) ...
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... American slang , illustrates this literary principle . George Ade began with a small group of newspaper cronies who ... America's Traditional Passion and Whither It Is Leading GUSTAVUS SPEECH , COMMON AND PREFERRED 87.
... American slang , illustrates this literary principle . George Ade began with a small group of newspaper cronies who ... America's Traditional Passion and Whither It Is Leading GUSTAVUS SPEECH , COMMON AND PREFERRED 87.
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Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder. EQUALITY America's Traditional Passion and Whither It Is Leading GUSTAVUS MYERS HOT MILK V. H. FRIEDLAENDER. F ROM THE beginning , equality of rights has been the goal of the American people ...
Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder. EQUALITY America's Traditional Passion and Whither It Is Leading GUSTAVUS MYERS HOT MILK V. H. FRIEDLAENDER. F ROM THE beginning , equality of rights has been the goal of the American people ...
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