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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... SPECIES OF COMPOSITION : Without it there can be no clearness , strength , or accuracy . Its utility consists in separating the different portions of what is written , in such a manner , that the subjects may be properly classed and sub ...
... SPECIES OF COMPOSITION : Without it there can be no clearness , strength , or accuracy . Its utility consists in separating the different portions of what is written , in such a manner , that the subjects may be properly classed and sub ...
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... species of engraving , and was executed chiefly on pillars and tablets of stone . Q. What substances came next into use ? A. Thin plates of the softer metals , such as lead ; and then , as writing became more common , lighter substances ...
... species of engraving , and was executed chiefly on pillars and tablets of stone . Q. What substances came next into use ? A. Thin plates of the softer metals , such as lead ; and then , as writing became more common , lighter substances ...
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... species of violation of purity ? A. Behest , for command ; erst , for formerly ; and sith , for since , are now of this class , though they were once in common use . Q. What is the standard of purity ? A. The practice and authority of ...
... species of violation of purity ? A. Behest , for command ; erst , for formerly ; and sith , for since , are now of this class , though they were once in common use . Q. What is the standard of purity ? A. The practice and authority of ...
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... species of joy can long please us ; " " James was needy , feeble , and fearful " are less harmonious than " no species of joy can long delight us ; " was weak , timid , and destitute . " . " " James Q. What have you farther to observe ...
... species of joy can long please us ; " " James was needy , feeble , and fearful " are less harmonious than " no species of joy can long delight us ; " was weak , timid , and destitute . " . " " James Q. What have you farther to observe ...
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... species of ornament , arising from harmony in composition ? A. That which consists in a correspondence of the sound to the sense . Q. By whom is this quality of style chiefly exhibited ? A. By all our best poets ; though good prose wri ...
... species of ornament , arising from harmony in composition ? A. That which consists in a correspondence of the sound to the sense . Q. By whom is this quality of style chiefly exhibited ? A. By all our best poets ; though good prose wri ...
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