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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... reader ; to show the relation which the various parts bear to each other ; to unite such as ought to be connected , and to keep apart such as have no mutual dependance . The same words , by means of different modes of punctu ation , may ...
... reader ; to show the relation which the various parts bear to each other ; to unite such as ought to be connected , and to keep apart such as have no mutual dependance . The same words , by means of different modes of punctu ation , may ...
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... reader or hearer , grand and exalted notions of the objects described . Q. What sort of language may be said to be most in accordance with correct taste ? A. That in which beauty and sublimity are both conspicuous , the one quality ...
... reader or hearer , grand and exalted notions of the objects described . Q. What sort of language may be said to be most in accordance with correct taste ? A. That in which beauty and sublimity are both conspicuous , the one quality ...
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... reader . Q. And what by a weak or feeble style ? A. A style that has little power of arresting the attention , or exciting the feelings of the reader or hearer . Q. Can you express your opinion of a simple style ? A. Simple style is ...
... reader . Q. And what by a weak or feeble style ? A. A style that has little power of arresting the attention , or exciting the feelings of the reader or hearer . Q. Can you express your opinion of a simple style ? A. Simple style is ...
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... Reader " is a valuable book of reference . ] CHAPTER XI . OF PERSPICUITY . Q. What do you conceive to be the greatest excellence of style to whatever class it belongs ? A. Perspicuity , or that quality which enables us to see at once an ...
... Reader " is a valuable book of reference . ] CHAPTER XI . OF PERSPICUITY . Q. What do you conceive to be the greatest excellence of style to whatever class it belongs ? A. Perspicuity , or that quality which enables us to see at once an ...
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... reader or hearer , and prevents him from forming a correct conception of the subject under discussion . Q. Is want of precision a common error ? A. Perhaps the most so of any that can be named ; as many , not content with one word to ...
... reader or hearer , and prevents him from forming a correct conception of the subject under discussion . Q. Is want of precision a common error ? A. Perhaps the most so of any that can be named ; as many , not content with one word to ...
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