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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... Harmony XX . Of Sound united to the Sense XXI . Choice of Words with a View to Energy and Vivacity XXII . Critical Examination of Sentences Page 41 42 43 46 50 · 51 • 52 53 54 56 59 61 62 65 68 71 74 76 77 II . OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE ...
... Harmony XX . Of Sound united to the Sense XXI . Choice of Words with a View to Energy and Vivacity XXII . Critical Examination of Sentences Page 41 42 43 46 50 · 51 • 52 53 54 56 59 61 62 65 68 71 74 76 77 II . OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE ...
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... harmony of the sentences require : EXAMPLE . A solitary blessing few can find ; Our joys with those we love are intertwined ; And he whose wakeful tenderness removes Th ' obstructing thorn which wounds the friend he loves , Smooths not ...
... harmony of the sentences require : EXAMPLE . A solitary blessing few can find ; Our joys with those we love are intertwined ; And he whose wakeful tenderness removes Th ' obstructing thorn which wounds the friend he loves , Smooths not ...
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... harmony , and that others are dissonant . This power of perceiving harmony , called in common language a musical ear , is another secondary sense , which the brutes have not , and of which many men who hear well enough are utterly ...
... harmony , and that others are dissonant . This power of perceiving harmony , called in common language a musical ear , is another secondary sense , which the brutes have not , and of which many men who hear well enough are utterly ...
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... Harmony , and a judicious use of the Figures of Speech . Q. Do not some of these more properly rank under beauty or ornament ? A. They all do so to a certain degree , but ornament depends more particularly upon harmony and a proper use ...
... Harmony , and a judicious use of the Figures of Speech . Q. Do not some of these more properly rank under beauty or ornament ? A. They all do so to a certain degree , but ornament depends more particularly upon harmony and a proper use ...
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... HARMONY . Q. Can you mention any thing besides perspicuity , that gives peculiar grace to composition ? A. A smooth and easy flow of the words and mem- bers of sentences , and a freedom from all harshness of sound . Q. What quality of ...
... HARMONY . Q. Can you mention any thing besides perspicuity , that gives peculiar grace to composition ? A. A smooth and easy flow of the words and mem- bers of sentences , and a freedom from all harshness of sound . Q. What quality of ...
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