Burgess Unabridged: A new dictionary of words you have always needed

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Gelett Burgess. Burgess Unabridged: A new dictionary of words you have always needed

Burgess Unabridged: A new dictionary of words you have always needed

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INTRODUCTION

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Gelett Burgess

Published by Good Press, 2022

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And yet, many of these words will not, at first sound, seem appropriate. Let me remind you of Mr. Oliver Herford’s not too original discovery (most children make it earlier), than any word, when often repeated, becomes strange and barbaric, even as his favorite “looking-glass” after being pronounced several times, grows marvellously beautiful and romantic.

So, as a corollary to this principle, you will, I hope, find that even my fierce and uncouth syllables may, when iterated, grow less unusual, strangely familiar, even; and, little by little, as their sharp corners and edges are worn smooth by use, they will fit into your conversation and nestle into place, making your talk firmer, more expressive and wonderfully adequate to your daily needs.

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