Never Let A Fool Kiss You Or A Kiss Fool You

by Mardy Grothe

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Viking Press, 1999. Hardcover. Brand New. 8.80 x 5.50 x 0.80. Brand new. Never read or owned. May have a remainder mark. 9.6 oz. Engaging new territory for word lovers, speech makers, and party show-offs--this quotable collections enshrines the classic linguistic trick of chiasmus. In this collection of amusing quotes that contain rhetorical inversions, a wordplay expert claims that many famous orators--such as Ben Franklin and Samuel Johnson--were masters of chiasmus, and highlights their most memorable quotes and writings that embrace this classic linguistic trick. .

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In this collection of amusing quotes that contain rhetorical inversions, a wordplay expert claims that many famous orators--such as Ben Franklin and Samuel Johnson--were masters of chiasmus, and highlights their most memorable quotes and writings that embrace this classic linguistic trick.