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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... to the cause of popular education , no less than to the interests of a sound literary taste . S. S. RANDALL , Dept. Supt . Com . Schools . ( Signed ) 320669 SEP 16 1904 The following , from the Hon . SAMUEL YOUNG , BOYD'S RHETORIC.
... to the cause of popular education , no less than to the interests of a sound literary taste . S. S. RANDALL , Dept. Supt . Com . Schools . ( Signed ) 320669 SEP 16 1904 The following , from the Hon . SAMUEL YOUNG , BOYD'S RHETORIC.
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... Sound united to the Sense XXI . Choice of Words with a View to Energy and Vivacity XXII . Critical Examination of Sentences Page 41 42 43 46 50 · 51 • 52 53 54 56 59 61 62 65 68 71 74 76 77 II . OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE . XXIII . Of ...
... Sound united to the Sense XXI . Choice of Words with a View to Energy and Vivacity XXII . Critical Examination of Sentences Page 41 42 43 46 50 · 51 • 52 53 54 56 59 61 62 65 68 71 74 76 77 II . OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE . XXIII . Of ...
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... sound like the mere '66 farrago of nonsense . " To acquire the leading principles of punctuation , no better plan can be adopted , than to copy page after page of good editions of modern authors copying the points as well as words . It ...
... sound like the mere '66 farrago of nonsense . " To acquire the leading principles of punctuation , no better plan can be adopted , than to copy page after page of good editions of modern authors copying the points as well as words . It ...
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... sounds of the voice by which we express our thoughts or ideas . Q. What is supposed to have been the origin of language ? A. It is supposed by some to be the fruit of human invention ; but the more common opinion is , that it was a ...
... sounds of the voice by which we express our thoughts or ideas . Q. What is supposed to have been the origin of language ? A. It is supposed by some to be the fruit of human invention ; but the more common opinion is , that it was a ...
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... sounds of the human voice . Q. What name is given to this method of preserving and trans- mitting thought ? A. It is called alphabetic writing , and , next to rea- son and speech , is one of the greatest blessings that mankind possess ...
... sounds of the human voice . Q. What name is given to this method of preserving and trans- mitting thought ? A. It is called alphabetic writing , and , next to rea- son and speech , is one of the greatest blessings that mankind possess ...
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