A Practical System of Rhetoric; Or, The Principles and Rules of Style: Inferred from Examples of Writing. With an Historical Dissertation on English StyleJohn R. Priestley, 1837 - 292 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة ii
... give utterance to bright and ingenious thoughts and beautiful language , in a way that sends their hearers into profound slumber ! This little book has been read by us with much attention . Without offending parliament - men or the ...
... give utterance to bright and ingenious thoughts and beautiful language , in a way that sends their hearers into profound slumber ! This little book has been read by us with much attention . Without offending parliament - men or the ...
الصفحة v
... give some idea of the estimation in which the work is held . " For a clear and interesting explanation of the Ele- ments of Taste , and of its three most essential qualities , refinement , delicacy , and correctness , I would refer you ...
... give some idea of the estimation in which the work is held . " For a clear and interesting explanation of the Ele- ments of Taste , and of its three most essential qualities , refinement , delicacy , and correctness , I would refer you ...
الصفحة vi
... give just ideas of the peculiar merits of different authors ; it also happily illustrates the proper use of rhetorical figures . The chapter on Style is an interesting exposition of the qualities of a good style , and the modes of ...
... give just ideas of the peculiar merits of different authors ; it also happily illustrates the proper use of rhetorical figures . The chapter on Style is an interesting exposition of the qualities of a good style , and the modes of ...
الصفحة x
... give me an exact definition of these faculties and intellectual operations , but he has learned what is meant by the proposed terms ; and when I have occasion to use them afterwards , I have no fear of not being understood . No one will ...
... give me an exact definition of these faculties and intellectual operations , but he has learned what is meant by the proposed terms ; and when I have occasion to use them afterwards , I have no fear of not being understood . No one will ...
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... give grateful exercise to the imagination and refinement to the taste . And when it discerns excellences of a high order , as if dazzled with what is bright and imposing , it sees not minute and un- important defects . It is indeed ...
... give grateful exercise to the imagination and refinement to the taste . And when it discerns excellences of a high order , as if dazzled with what is bright and imposing , it sees not minute and un- important defects . It is indeed ...
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