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PART I.-A COMPLETE GUIDE TO CORRECT SPEAKING AND

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PART II.-THE DICTIONARY APPENDIX.

With the Participles, Prefixes, Suffixes, &c., &c.

Part III.-A DICTIONARY OF SYNONYMS.
With Directions for Beginning and Ending, and Addressing Letters.

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