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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... means of the pen , exhibiting rules applicable to the entire subject , from the higher qualities of sublimity , beauty , and taste , down to the correct spell- ing of words , the proper distribution of pauses and of capital letters ...
... means of the pen , exhibiting rules applicable to the entire subject , from the higher qualities of sublimity , beauty , and taste , down to the correct spell- ing of words , the proper distribution of pauses and of capital letters ...
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... to keep apart such as have no mutual dependance . The same words , by means of different modes of punctu ation , may be made to express two meanings exactly PART I. ] 19 PUNCTUATION . Spelling, how best learned PUNCTUATION.
... to keep apart such as have no mutual dependance . The same words , by means of different modes of punctu ation , may be made to express two meanings exactly PART I. ] 19 PUNCTUATION . Spelling, how best learned PUNCTUATION.
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... means of becoming peaceful and happy . 6. By observing truth you will command esteem . SECTION II . SIMPLE SENTENCES . Sentences are either simple or complex . + A simple sentence contains only one proposition . A PART 1. ] STRUCture of ...
... means of becoming peaceful and happy . 6. By observing truth you will command esteem . SECTION II . SIMPLE SENTENCES . Sentences are either simple or complex . + A simple sentence contains only one proposition . A PART 1. ] STRUCture of ...
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... mean to inform you of the fact ? Surely not ; for every one knows it as well as he does . He means to communicate his agreeable feelings . * Let EXERCISES be drawn from the poetry in the latter part of this volume . Almost every one ...
... mean to inform you of the fact ? Surely not ; for every one knows it as well as he does . He means to communicate his agreeable feelings . * Let EXERCISES be drawn from the poetry in the latter part of this volume . Almost every one ...
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... means ; improvers of cotton - manu- factures ; influence upon comfort , habits , and civilization of mankind . 3. Who are our neighbors : in a literal sense ; in the Scriptural sense ; who taught us this ; in what parable ; what gave ...
... means ; improvers of cotton - manu- factures ; influence upon comfort , habits , and civilization of mankind . 3. Who are our neighbors : in a literal sense ; in the Scriptural sense ; who taught us this ; in what parable ; what gave ...
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