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Words and their masters

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Doubleday, 1974 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 368 pages

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Contents

Preface
15
S J Perelman
17
Vladimir Nabokov
23
Copyright

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4760. Peter Ustinov. Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations. 1988
ATTRIBUTION: Quoted by Israel Shenker Words and Their Masters Doubleday 74. SUBJECTS: Humankind: Humor & Wit. BIOGRAPHY: Columbia Encyclopedia. ...
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TitleWords and their masters
AuthorIsrael Shenker
Editionillustrated
PublisherDoubleday, 1974
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedDec 30, 2006
Length368 pages
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Communication
Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication
Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies
Literary Criticism / General
  
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