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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... OBJECTS AND PLAN OF THIS WORK . Its object is to train the young mind to think , and to be able to give a perspicuous , forcible , and elegant expression to thought in a written form . It is designed , also , to cultivate the taste ...
... OBJECTS AND PLAN OF THIS WORK . Its object is to train the young mind to think , and to be able to give a perspicuous , forcible , and elegant expression to thought in a written form . It is designed , also , to cultivate the taste ...
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... object of importance , no less so is a knowl- edge of the history and the character of the English language and literature . For this reason , a succinct account of both of these subjects , from the earliest to the present times , has ...
... object of importance , no less so is a knowl- edge of the history and the character of the English language and literature . For this reason , a succinct account of both of these subjects , from the earliest to the present times , has ...
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... object personified . EXERCISES . Correct the errors in the following passages : I. The love of praise should be kept under proper subordination to the principle of duty . in itself , it is a useful motive to action ; but when al- lowed ...
... object personified . EXERCISES . Correct the errors in the following passages : I. The love of praise should be kept under proper subordination to the principle of duty . in itself , it is a useful motive to action ; but when al- lowed ...
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... In what did picture writing consist ? A. In drawing a figure resembling the object re- specting which some information was to be impart- ed ; as two men with drawn daggers , to 38 [ PART II . ALPHABETIC WRITING . Alphabetic Writing.
... In what did picture writing consist ? A. In drawing a figure resembling the object re- specting which some information was to be impart- ed ; as two men with drawn daggers , to 38 [ PART II . ALPHABETIC WRITING . Alphabetic Writing.
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... objects that gratify the secondary senses , particularly sublimity , beauty , harmony , and imitation . The term secondary senses , by some called internal senses , and by others emotions , have thus been described by Dr. Beattie , to ...
... objects that gratify the secondary senses , particularly sublimity , beauty , harmony , and imitation . The term secondary senses , by some called internal senses , and by others emotions , have thus been described by Dr. Beattie , to ...
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