THE ALPHABET OF RHETORIC

Wel I wote that no treatise can alwayes be so workmanly handled but that somewhat sometymes may fall out amisse, contrarie to the minde of the wryter, and contrarie to the expectation of the reader. -THOMAS HILL'S Art of Physiognomy (1571).

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WITH A CHAPTER ON ELOCUTION

INTENDED AS A FAMILIAR COMPANION

FOR ALL THAT CARE TO SPEAK

AND WRITE CORRECTLY

BY

ROSSITER JOHNSON

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NEW YORK

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

1903