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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... they were not educated to the practice of it at school ; when we consider , also , how difficult and protracted the process must be of learning to reduce our thougnts to a written form with grammatical and rhetorical ac-
... they were not educated to the practice of it at school ; when we consider , also , how difficult and protracted the process must be of learning to reduce our thougnts to a written form with grammatical and rhetorical ac-
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... copy almost as costly as the first . Q. What was the consequence of this scarcity ? A. A great deficiency of learning among all except the 40 FORMER SCARCITY OF BOOKS . [ PARTt ii . Scarcity of Books in former Times Page.
... copy almost as costly as the first . Q. What was the consequence of this scarcity ? A. A great deficiency of learning among all except the 40 FORMER SCARCITY OF BOOKS . [ PARTt ii . Scarcity of Books in former Times Page.
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... learning among all except the wealthier classes of society , as no others pos- sessed the means of purchasing books . Q. To what is the great abundance of books now owing ? A. To the invention of printing , which happened early in the ...
... learning among all except the wealthier classes of society , as no others pos- sessed the means of purchasing books . Q. To what is the great abundance of books now owing ? A. To the invention of printing , which happened early in the ...
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... learning , and would hardly be tolerated in any thing but poetry . Q. Will you endeavor to correct the following violations of purity ? He stroamed idly about the fields . He was certainly an extra genius . They showed too much hauteur ...
... learning , and would hardly be tolerated in any thing but poetry . Q. Will you endeavor to correct the following violations of purity ? He stroamed idly about the fields . He was certainly an extra genius . They showed too much hauteur ...
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... learning that we have learned is generally so dearly bought , or so valuable when it is bought , as that which we have learned in the school of experience . III . Correct the following errors in the use of words commonly employed as ...
... learning that we have learned is generally so dearly bought , or so valuable when it is bought , as that which we have learned in the school of experience . III . Correct the following errors in the use of words commonly employed as ...
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