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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... thoughts by means of the pen , exhibiting rules applicable to the entire subject , from the higher qualities of sublimity , beauty , and taste , down to the correct spell- ing of words , the proper distribution of pauses and of capital ...
... thoughts by means of the pen , exhibiting rules applicable to the entire subject , from the higher qualities of sublimity , beauty , and taste , down to the correct spell- ing of words , the proper distribution of pauses and of capital ...
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... thought in all the varied 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 ...
... thought in all the varied 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 ...
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... thought . To do this , implies a practical and thorough knowledge of orthography , punctuation , and proper use of ... thoughts or the speeches of other persons ; how much occasion every one has in life for the ability to com- municate ...
... thought . To do this , implies a practical and thorough knowledge of orthography , punctuation , and proper use of ... thoughts or the speeches of other persons ; how much occasion every one has in life for the ability to com- municate ...
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... thoughts as readily as to speak their thoughts ? Besides , is there a more effectual method of securing closeness , connection , accuracy , and completeness in habits of thought , than to habituate ourselves to write upon the subject of ...
... thoughts as readily as to speak their thoughts ? Besides , is there a more effectual method of securing closeness , connection , accuracy , and completeness in habits of thought , than to habituate ourselves to write upon the subject of ...
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... thought in a written form . It is designed , also , to cultivate the taste , the judgment , the imagination ; to exhibit not only the rules , but co- pious examples of conformity to those rules , in the study of which the scholar may ...
... thought in a written form . It is designed , also , to cultivate the taste , the judgment , the imagination ; to exhibit not only the rules , but co- pious examples of conformity to those rules , in the study of which the scholar may ...
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adjective Adverbs allegory American ancient beauty blank verse called CHAPTER character chiefly clause common schools composition correct criticism eating and drinking effect elegant employed English language excellence EXERCISES express feelings figurative language figures of speech following sentences genius give an example grammatical happy harmony heart heaven Henry Kirke White human ideas improvement kind lady letters literary literature living manner mean ment metaphor metonymy mind Mount Ebal nature never North American Review noun o'er objects occasion original passages passions person perspicuity placed pleasure poem poet poetry principal prose quadrupeds remarks rendered scholars SECTION sense sentiments soul sound speak species speech style sublime synecdoche taste teacher tence thee thing thou thought tion Trochee trope truth variety verb verse virtue wall of China words writing written young