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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... - JOB . FOURTH EDITION . COMPILED AND ARRANGED BY J. R. BOYD , A.M. , PRINCIPAL OF BLACK RIVER L. AND R. INSTITUTE . NEW - YORK : HARPER & BROTHERS , 82 CLIFF - ST . Entered , according to Act of Congress , in the 1845 . ELEMENTS.
... - JOB . FOURTH EDITION . COMPILED AND ARRANGED BY J. R. BOYD , A.M. , PRINCIPAL OF BLACK RIVER L. AND R. INSTITUTE . NEW - YORK : HARPER & BROTHERS , 82 CLIFF - ST . Entered , according to Act of Congress , in the 1845 . ELEMENTS.
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... Principal of the Albany Academy , and from Prof. P. BULLIONS , D.D. , connected with the same institution . Albany , July 31 , 1844 . The Rev. James R. Boyd , Principal of the Literary and Scientific In- stitute at Watertown , Jefferson ...
... Principal of the Albany Academy , and from Prof. P. BULLIONS , D.D. , connected with the same institution . Albany , July 31 , 1844 . The Rev. James R. Boyd , Principal of the Literary and Scientific In- stitute at Watertown , Jefferson ...
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... Principal of Lowville Academy , in Lewis county . 46 Lowville Academy , July 5 , 1844 . In the work now given us by Mr. Boyd , every teacher will find an efficient aid ; for any one who has taught rhetoric must have noticed in the nar ...
... Principal of Lowville Academy , in Lewis county . 46 Lowville Academy , July 5 , 1844 . In the work now given us by Mr. Boyd , every teacher will find an efficient aid ; for any one who has taught rhetoric must have noticed in the nar ...
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... Principal of the Black River L. and R. Institute . We are happy to find that a gentleman of Mr. Boyd's char- acter as a scholar and experience in teaching has taken this unoccupied field , and has succeeded in preparing a work to meet ...
... Principal of the Black River L. and R. Institute . We are happy to find that a gentleman of Mr. Boyd's char- acter as a scholar and experience in teaching has taken this unoccupied field , and has succeeded in preparing a work to meet ...
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... principal rules to be observed in joining words together in sentences , must be sought in the grammar . SECTION I. VARIETY OF CONSTRUCTION . Vary the construction in the following sentences by changing the subjects , the predicates , or ...
... principal rules to be observed in joining words together in sentences , must be sought in the grammar . SECTION I. VARIETY OF CONSTRUCTION . Vary the construction in the following sentences by changing the subjects , the predicates , or ...
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