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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... employed in teaching the art of correctly WRITING the language . He believes that during several years of attendance at school , the time of the pupil could not be more profitably employed , during an hour or a half hour of each day ...
... employed in teaching the art of correctly WRITING the language . He believes that during several years of attendance at school , the time of the pupil could not be more profitably employed , during an hour or a half hour of each day ...
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... employ ? How often do we suppose ourselves well versed in a subject until we attempt to write upon it ? Our own muddiness of mind , or that of others , is discovered not so readily by speech as by writing . The habit of writing much ...
... employ ? How often do we suppose ourselves well versed in a subject until we attempt to write upon it ? Our own muddiness of mind , or that of others , is discovered not so readily by speech as by writing . The habit of writing much ...
Page xii
... employed great care and diligence in the ar- rangement and mutual adaptation of the materials he has thrown together . He offers it , therefore , to the literary public with more confidence than he would dare to entertain in reference ...
... employed great care and diligence in the ar- rangement and mutual adaptation of the materials he has thrown together . He offers it , therefore , to the literary public with more confidence than he would dare to entertain in reference ...
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... employed in copying their reading - books and other text - books , to familiarize them with correct spelling , punc- tuation , use of capitals , and the division of paragraphs into sen- tences , as well as the combination of sentences ...
... employed in copying their reading - books and other text - books , to familiarize them with correct spelling , punc- tuation , use of capitals , and the division of paragraphs into sen- tences , as well as the combination of sentences ...
Page xiv
... employing , or , rather , of wasting months and years , as is too commonly done , in simply parsing the language ... employed , the teacher should elicit rhetorical as well as grammatical principles . He should also study to improve ...
... employing , or , rather , of wasting months and years , as is too commonly done , in simply parsing the language ... employed , the teacher should elicit rhetorical as well as grammatical principles . He should also study to improve ...
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