An Abridgement of Lectures on RhetoricT. and J. Swords, 1813 - 287 pages |
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... Means of improving in Eloquence 183 Comparative Merit of the Ancients and Moderns 190 Historical Writing 193 Philosophical Writing and Dialogue 198 Epistolary Writing Fictitious History 199 200 Lyric Poetry Didactic Poetry Descriptive ...
... Means of improving in Eloquence 183 Comparative Merit of the Ancients and Moderns 190 Historical Writing 193 Philosophical Writing and Dialogue 198 Epistolary Writing Fictitious History 199 200 Lyric Poetry Didactic Poetry Descriptive ...
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... mean , or even to the gay or tri- fling , changes the tone of the emotion . What is commonly called the sublime style , is for the most part a very bad one , and has no re- lation whatever to the true Sublime . Writers are apt to ...
... mean , or even to the gay or tri- fling , changes the tone of the emotion . What is commonly called the sublime style , is for the most part a very bad one , and has no re- lation whatever to the true Sublime . Writers are apt to ...
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... mean con- ception of it ; or by a weak , low , or puerile de- scription of it . This betrays entire absence , or at least extreme poverty of genius . The Bom- bast lies in forcing a common or trivial object out of its rank , and in ...
... mean con- ception of it ; or by a weak , low , or puerile de- scription of it . This betrays entire absence , or at least extreme poverty of genius . The Bom- bast lies in forcing a common or trivial object out of its rank , and in ...
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... means of producing the same end ; and consequently make different impressions on the mind . ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF LANGUAGE . To form an adequate idea of the ORIGIN OF LAN- GUAGE , we must contemplate the circumstances of mankind in ...
... means of producing the same end ; and consequently make different impressions on the mind . ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF LANGUAGE . To form an adequate idea of the ORIGIN OF LAN- GUAGE , we must contemplate the circumstances of mankind in ...
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... mean of that part of speech called the Article . In English , we have two articles , a and the ; a is more general , the more definite . The Greeks had but one , which agrees with our definite article the . They supplied the place of ...
... mean of that part of speech called the Article . In English , we have two articles , a and the ; a is more general , the more definite . The Greeks had but one , which agrees with our definite article the . They supplied the place of ...
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