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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... excellence in the art of com- posing , is it not important to secure the attention , and the vigor- ous action , both of teachers and of parents , to this long neglect- ed branch of education ? and is it not desirable that works shall ...
... excellence in the art of com- posing , is it not important to secure the attention , and the vigor- ous action , both of teachers and of parents , to this long neglect- ed branch of education ? and is it not desirable that works shall ...
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... excellence and vigor in composition than any other plan that has been adopted . The philosophy of rhetoric will thus be acquired with little effort , and in such a manner as to be agreeable to every mind . The work contains copious ...
... excellence and vigor in composition than any other plan that has been adopted . The philosophy of rhetoric will thus be acquired with little effort , and in such a manner as to be agreeable to every mind . The work contains copious ...
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... excellence , or 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 ...
... excellence , or 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 ...
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... excellence of style to whatever class it belongs ? A. Perspicuity , or that quality which enables us to see at once an author's meaning , and renders it im- possible for us to misunderstand it . Q. What quality stands next to ...
... excellence of style to whatever class it belongs ? A. Perspicuity , or that quality which enables us to see at once an author's meaning , and renders it im- possible for us to misunderstand it . Q. What quality stands next to ...
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... excellence , and affords con- siderable pleasure to the reader or hearer . Q. On what does harmony of style depend ? A. Partly on the selection , partly on the arrange- ment of words . Q. What words are generally most harmonious ? A ...
... excellence , and affords con- siderable pleasure to the reader or hearer . Q. On what does harmony of style depend ? A. Partly on the selection , partly on the arrange- ment of words . Q. What words are generally most harmonious ? A ...
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