Author : Peter Mark Roget
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780666748133
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (481 download)
Book Synopsis Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) by : Peter Mark Roget
Download or read book Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by Peter Mark Roget and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-02 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases, Vol. 1 It 15 to those who are thus painfully groping their way and struggling with the difficulties of composition, that this work professes to hold out a helping hand. The assistance it gives is that of furnishing on every topic a copious store of words and phrases, adapted to express all the recognisable shades and modifications of the general idea under which those words and phrases are arranged. The inquirer can readily select, out of the ample collection spread out before his eyes in the following pages, those expressions which are best suited to his purpose, and which might not have occurred to him without 'such assistance. In order to make this selection, he scarcely ever need engage in any elaborate or critical study of the subtle distinctions existing between synonymous terms; for if the materials set before him be sufficiently abundant, an instinctive tact will rarely fail to lead him to the proper choice. Even while glancing over the columns of this work, his eye may Chance to light upon a particular term, which may save the cost of a clumsy paraphrase, or Spare the labour of a tortuous circum locution. Some felicitous turn of expression thus introduced will frequently open to the mind of the reader a whole vista of collateral ideas, which could not, without an extended and obtrusive episode, have been unfolded to his view; and often will the judicious insertion of a happy epithet, like a beam of sunshine in a landscape, illumine and adorn the subject which touches it, imparting new grace, and giving life and spirit to the picture. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.