WORDS AND THEIR WAYS

IN ENGLISH SPEECH

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WORDS AND THEIR WAYS

IN ENGLISH SPEECH

BY

JAMES BRADSTREET GREENOUGH

PROFESSOR OF LATIN IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY

AND

GEORGE LYMAN KITTREDGE

PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.

1901

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BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.

MEMORIAE

FRANCISCI IACOBI CHILD

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VNIV. HARV. PROFESSORIS

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DISCIPVLI EIVS ET AMICI

VT CVM EO ITA INTER SE CONIVNCTI

VTERQVE EIVSDEM VNIV. PROF.

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