Cassell Dictionary Of Appropriate Adjectives

Download or read book The Cassell Dictionary of Appropriate Adjectives written by E. H. Mikhail and published by Cassell PLC. This book was released on 1996-03-01 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lipsius (1547-1606) was a 16th century humanist, scholar errant, and prolific correspondent who sought to reclaim the concept of letter-writing that had died during the Dark and Middle Ages. Here, he describes the serious, the learned, and the familiar letter, as well as such topics as conversational style, clarity, two kinds of simplicity, elegance, and decorum. Translated and edited by R. V. Young and M. Thomas Hester (both English, N. Carolina State U.), this edition prints the original Latin facing the English translation on each page. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR