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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... style of which our language is capable . It may be used as a spelling , reading , and parsing book ; it is what our common schools need . We cheerfully commend the work to the confidence and patronage of the friends of education . P ...
... style of which our language is capable . It may be used as a spelling , reading , and parsing book ; it is what our common schools need . We cheerfully commend the work to the confidence and patronage of the friends of education . P ...
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... STYLE . - II . FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE . PRELIMINARY CHAPTERS . CHAP . I. Of Language , and its Origin II . Alphabetic Writing III . Materials Anciently used in Writing IV . Scarcity of Books in former Times Page • 17 19 19 22 23 • 24 24 ...
... STYLE . - II . FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE . PRELIMINARY CHAPTERS . CHAP . I. Of Language , and its Origin II . Alphabetic Writing III . Materials Anciently used in Writing IV . Scarcity of Books in former Times Page • 17 19 19 22 23 • 24 24 ...
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... STYLE . IX . Of Style and Idiom X. Of different Kinds of Style . XI . Perspicuity XII . Purity . XIII . Propriety XIV . Precision · XV . Perspicuity in the Structure of Sentences XVI . Of Clearness XVII . Of Unity XVIII . Of Strength ...
... STYLE . IX . Of Style and Idiom X. Of different Kinds of Style . XI . Perspicuity XII . Purity . XIII . Propriety XIV . Precision · XV . Perspicuity in the Structure of Sentences XVI . Of Clearness XVII . Of Unity XVIII . Of Strength ...
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... Style of the English Bible XVIII . The Form of Bible Poetry PART IV . OF ORIGINAL COMPOSITION . CHAP . I. Selection of proper Subjects II . Narrative Essays III . Descriptive Essays IV . Descriptive Essays ( continued ) V. Miscellaneous ...
... Style of the English Bible XVIII . The Form of Bible Poetry PART IV . OF ORIGINAL COMPOSITION . CHAP . I. Selection of proper Subjects II . Narrative Essays III . Descriptive Essays IV . Descriptive Essays ( continued ) V. Miscellaneous ...
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... scholar's reading , observation , and experience . Do we not need , then , in this respect , a RADICAL CHANGE IN ALL OUR SCHOOLS , and should not teachers be expected X PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS . Of different Kinds of Style Of Poetic ...
... scholar's reading , observation , and experience . Do we not need , then , in this respect , a RADICAL CHANGE IN ALL OUR SCHOOLS , and should not teachers be expected X PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS . Of different Kinds of Style Of Poetic ...
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