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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... once or twice a week , to furnish correct and tasteful translations of portions that may be designated by the teacher . This will serve to make critical scholars , not only in respect to those languages , but in respect to our own . 7 ...
... once or twice a week , to furnish correct and tasteful translations of portions that may be designated by the teacher . This will serve to make critical scholars , not only in respect to those languages , but in respect to our own . 7 ...
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... once ? A. No ; for , in making a change , they first adopted the plan of writing from right to left , and from left to right , alternately ; and , at length , the more convenient mode , which at present prevails , of writing solely from ...
... once ? A. No ; for , in making a change , they first adopted the plan of writing from right to left , and from left to right , alternately ; and , at length , the more convenient mode , which at present prevails , of writing solely from ...
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... once or so in an age that they make their appearance . Q. Can you mention any authors whose writings entitle them to be called men of genius ? A. Homer and Virgil in ancient , and Shakspeare , Milton , Bacon , Bunyan , and Johnson , in ...
... once or so in an age that they make their appearance . Q. Can you mention any authors whose writings entitle them to be called men of genius ? A. Homer and Virgil in ancient , and Shakspeare , Milton , Bacon , Bunyan , and Johnson , in ...
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... once an author's meaning , and renders it im- possible for us to misunderstand it . Q. What quality stands next to perspicuity in importance ? A. Ornament , or elegance , which , joined with per- spicuity , forms the highest excellence ...
... once an author's meaning , and renders it im- possible for us to misunderstand it . Q. What quality stands next to perspicuity in importance ? A. Ornament , or elegance , which , joined with per- spicuity , forms the highest excellence ...
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... once signified to hinder ; on others they drop out of use , or become obsolete ; as , strook , which once was used instead of struck . Q. In what does purity of construction consist ? A. In the arranging of words in a sentence accord ...
... once signified to hinder ; on others they drop out of use , or become obsolete ; as , strook , which once was used instead of struck . Q. In what does purity of construction consist ? A. In the arranging of words in a sentence accord ...
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