A series of practical lectures on the philological peculiarities of the English language interspersed with dissertations on style, composition and idiomatick phraseology designed chiefly for the use of advanced learners, circa 1838.

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A series of practical lectures on the philological peculiarities of the English language interspersed with dissertations on style, composition and idiomatick phraseology designed chiefly for the use of advanced learners, circa 1838.

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An unpublished manuscript that may have become part of the published work Language and belles lettres: or philological lectures on the English language : comprising the peculiarities of its structure, idioms, and application: to which are added, practical dissertations on style, composition, and figurative language. Interleaved with newspaper clippings and pamphlets.

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Wright, Joseph William, , 1916-

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Joseph E. Wright was born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1918. He received a bachelor's degree from Memphis State College in 1938 and a master's degree from Northwestern University in 1946. He served in the military during World War II. Throughout his life he produced plays for high school and college students, adults, and military personnel. He became an assistant professor of Dramatics and Public Speaking at Vanderbilt University in 1946, and served as Director of the Vanderbilt University Theatre. ...