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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... distinguished American authors , many of whom will bear an honorable comparison with the best writers of the parent country . SOURCES WHENCE THIS WORK HAS BEEN DRAWN . The author lays no claim , in this work , to an original produc ...
... distinguished American authors , many of whom will bear an honorable comparison with the best writers of the parent country . SOURCES WHENCE THIS WORK HAS BEEN DRAWN . The author lays no claim , in this work , to an original produc ...
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... distinguished from the brute crea- tion ? A. By his powers of reflection and reason , and his great susceptibility of improvement . Q. On what do these mainly depend ? A. On his being farther distinguished by the use of speech or ...
... distinguished from the brute crea- tion ? A. By his powers of reflection and reason , and his great susceptibility of improvement . Q. On what do these mainly depend ? A. On his being farther distinguished by the use of speech or ...
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... distinguished honor ; and Coster , Faustus , Schoeffer , and Guttem- berg , have all been named as the inventors . Q. What is the cause of such uncertainty ? A. It probably is , that the inventor in this case , as in many others , has ...
... distinguished honor ; and Coster , Faustus , Schoeffer , and Guttem- berg , have all been named as the inventors . Q. What is the cause of such uncertainty ? A. It probably is , that the inventor in this case , as in many others , has ...
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... A. Archimedes , Newton , Franklin , and Watt , were men of this class , because they were distinguished both for their inventions and discoveries . Q. When is it that an author may be considered 42 [ PART II . GENIUS .
... A. Archimedes , Newton , Franklin , and Watt , were men of this class , because they were distinguished both for their inventions and discoveries . Q. When is it that an author may be considered 42 [ PART II . GENIUS .
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... distinguished quality of great excellence , with its not being an imi- tation of any previous production . Q. Are these qualities very common ? A. Far from it ; as it is only once or so in an age that they make their appearance . Q. Can ...
... distinguished quality of great excellence , with its not being an imi- tation of any previous production . Q. Are these qualities very common ? A. Far from it ; as it is only once or so in an age that they make their appearance . Q. Can ...
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