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Lexiphanes, p. 50 (7  July  1796) Campbell, ArchibaldLexiphanes: a dialogue; imitated from Lucian, and suited to the present times; with a dedication to Lord Lyttleton, a preface, notes and postscript; being an attempt to restore the English tongue to its ancient purity, and to correct, as well as expose, the affected style, hard words, and absurd phraseology of many late writers, and particularly of our English Lexiphanes, the Rambler. 1767

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