Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases - A Practical Handbook Of Pertinent Expressions, Striking Similes, Literary, Commercial, Conversational, And Oratorical Terms, For The Embellishment Of Speech And Literature, And The Improvement Of The Vocabulary Of Those Persons Who Read, Write, And Speak English

Project Gutenberg's Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases, by Greenville KleiserThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.orgTitle: Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases A Practical Handbook Of Pertinent Expressions, Striking Similes, Literary,Commercial, Conversational, And Oratorical Terms, For The Embellishment Of Speech And Literature, And TheImprovement Of The Vocabulary Of Those Persons Who Read, Write, And Speak EnglishAuthor: Greenville KleiserRelease Date: May 10, 2006 [EBook #18362]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FIFTEEN THOUSAND USEFUL PHRASES ***Produced by Don Kostuch[Transcriber's Notes]Original "misspellings" such as "fulness" are unchanged.Unfamiliar (to me) words are defined on the right side of the page in square brackets. For example:abstemious diet [abstemious = Eating and drinking in moderation.]The blandness of contemporary (2006) speech would be relieved by the injection of some of these gems:"phraseological quagmire""Windy speech which hits all around the mark like a drunken carpenter."[End Transcriber's Notes]BY GRENVILLE KLEISERHOW TO BUILD MENTAL POWER A book of thorough training for all the faculties of the mind. Octa cloth, $3.00, net; bymail, $3.16.HOW TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC A practical self-instructor for ...