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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... living wit and loveliness of Athens , it afforded a scene such as my own youthful fancy , rich as it was then in im- ages of luxury and beauty , could hardly have anticipated . " THE SUBLIME IN WRITING . For the best and most perfect ...
... living wit and loveliness of Athens , it afforded a scene such as my own youthful fancy , rich as it was then in im- ages of luxury and beauty , could hardly have anticipated . " THE SUBLIME IN WRITING . For the best and most perfect ...
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... living , but be- dizens the dead , furnishes out their funerals , and follows them to the grave . ' " Nobility is a " that sets with a constant current directly into the great Pacific of time ; but , unlike all other it is more grand at ...
... living , but be- dizens the dead , furnishes out their funerals , and follows them to the grave . ' " Nobility is a " that sets with a constant current directly into the great Pacific of time ; but , unlike all other it is more grand at ...
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... living lightning from her eyes , And screams of horror rend the affrighted skies . Not louder shrieks to pitying heaven are cast , When husbands , or when lap - dogs breathe their last . " ( 3. ) Premises that promise much and perform ...
... living lightning from her eyes , And screams of horror rend the affrighted skies . Not louder shrieks to pitying heaven are cast , When husbands , or when lap - dogs breathe their last . " ( 3. ) Premises that promise much and perform ...
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... distinguished of American orators now living , CALHOUN , CLAY , and WEBSTER . It is extracted from the American Biblical Repository for 1840 : Mr. Calhoun is the acknowledged chief of metaphysical orators . 140 [ PÁRT III . ORATIONS .
... distinguished of American orators now living , CALHOUN , CLAY , and WEBSTER . It is extracted from the American Biblical Repository for 1840 : Mr. Calhoun is the acknowledged chief of metaphysical orators . 140 [ PÁRT III . ORATIONS .
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... living man . This sim- plicity , which is thought so easy of attainment , is , neverthe- less , in this as in most cases , undoubtedly the result of uncom- mon care . Like the great Athenian orator , Mr. W. is always full of his subject ...
... living man . This sim- plicity , which is thought so easy of attainment , is , neverthe- less , in this as in most cases , undoubtedly the result of uncom- mon care . Like the great Athenian orator , Mr. W. is always full of his subject ...
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