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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... reason why children should not be taught to express their thoughts upon paper with as much ease , and beauty , and force , as they do with the or- gans of speech . I would most cheerfully recommend the work to teachers , and all others ...
... reason why children should not be taught to express their thoughts upon paper with as much ease , and beauty , and force , as they do with the or- gans of speech . I would most cheerfully recommend the work to teachers , and all others ...
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... reason , a succinct account of both of these subjects , from the earliest to the present times , has been subjoined to what relates more immediately to the matter of Composition . All the important facts , with their causes and ...
... reason , a succinct account of both of these subjects , from the earliest to the present times , has been subjoined to what relates more immediately to the matter of Composition . All the important facts , with their causes and ...
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... reason , and his great susceptibility of improvement . Q. On what do these mainly depend ? A. On his being farther distinguished by the use of speech or language . Q. What do you understand by speech or language ? A. Those sounds of the ...
... reason , and his great susceptibility of improvement . Q. On what do these mainly depend ? A. On his being farther distinguished by the use of speech or language . Q. What do you understand by speech or language ? A. Those sounds of the ...
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... is chiefly founded on feeling , and is more a gift of nature : correctness depends principally upon cultivation , and is more allied to reason and judgment . Q. Is taste ever employed upon any thing besides language PART II . ] 45 TASTE .
... is chiefly founded on feeling , and is more a gift of nature : correctness depends principally upon cultivation , and is more allied to reason and judgment . Q. Is taste ever employed upon any thing besides language PART II . ] 45 TASTE .
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... reason might have suggested better reasons . Q. How would you rectify these sentences ? A. Thus : " The king communicated his intention to the minister , who disclosed it to the secretary , and the secretary made it known to the public ...
... reason might have suggested better reasons . Q. How would you rectify these sentences ? A. Thus : " The king communicated his intention to the minister , who disclosed it to the secretary , and the secretary made it known to the public ...
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