Elements of Rhetoric and Literary Criticism: With Copious Practical Exercises and Examples. For the Use of Common Schools and Academies. Including, Also, a Succinct History of the English Language, and of British and American Literature from the Earliest to the Present Times |
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... beauty , and taste , down to the correct spell- ing of words , the proper distribution of pauses and of capital letters , and the construction of sentences and paragraphs . The beauty of the book is that it is eminently practical ...
... beauty , and taste , down to the correct spell- ing of words , the proper distribution of pauses and of capital letters , and the construction of sentences and paragraphs . The beauty of the book is that it is eminently practical ...
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... Beauty and Sublimity in Nature II . Beautiful and Sublime in Writing I. STYLE . IX . Of Style and Idiom X. Of different Kinds of Style . XI . Perspicuity XII . Purity . XIII . Propriety XIV . Precision · XV . Perspicuity in the ...
... Beauty and Sublimity in Nature II . Beautiful and Sublime in Writing I. STYLE . IX . Of Style and Idiom X. Of different Kinds of Style . XI . Perspicuity XII . Purity . XIII . Propriety XIV . Precision · XV . Perspicuity in the ...
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... beauty and ornament is poured forth in the face of nature ! what a magnificent spectacle presented to the view of man ! what a supply contrived for his wants ! ; On whom does time hang so heavily , as on the slothful and lazy ? to whom ...
... beauty and ornament is poured forth in the face of nature ! what a magnificent spectacle presented to the view of man ! what a supply contrived for his wants ! ; On whom does time hang so heavily , as on the slothful and lazy ? to whom ...
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... beauty , is said to be a man of no taste ; he who is gratified with that which is faulty in works of art , is a man of bad taste ; and he who is pleased or displeased , according to the degree of excellence or faultiness , is a man of ...
... beauty , is said to be a man of no taste ; he who is gratified with that which is faulty in works of art , is a man of bad taste ; and he who is pleased or displeased , according to the degree of excellence or faultiness , is a man of ...
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... beauty , harmony , and imitation . The term secondary senses , by some called internal senses , and by others emotions , have thus been described by Dr. Beattie , to whom chiefly we are indebted for this article . We perceive colors and ...
... beauty , harmony , and imitation . The term secondary senses , by some called internal senses , and by others emotions , have thus been described by Dr. Beattie , to whom chiefly we are indebted for this article . We perceive colors and ...
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