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
... object . We have tried them , and can furnish good testimony . Of the Exercises in Composi- tion , we can speak with unmingled praise . It is not enough to say that they are the best that we have , -for we have none worth mention : the ...
... object . We have tried them , and can furnish good testimony . Of the Exercises in Composi- tion , we can speak with unmingled praise . It is not enough to say that they are the best that we have , -for we have none worth mention : the ...
الصفحة x
... afterwards explore ; and further , as aiding them in better understanding the nature of the rules and directions founded on these important and somewhat intricate principles . I have stated as a second object to be attained X INTRODUCTION .
... afterwards explore ; and further , as aiding them in better understanding the nature of the rules and directions founded on these important and somewhat intricate principles . I have stated as a second object to be attained X INTRODUCTION .
الصفحة xi
... object to be attained by the study of rhetoric , the cultivation of a literary taste , and , in connexion , the ... objects of close , long - continued , and patient study . They inquire what there is to excite admiration in these ...
... object to be attained by the study of rhetoric , the cultivation of a literary taste , and , in connexion , the ... objects of close , long - continued , and patient study . They inquire what there is to excite admiration in these ...
الصفحة xiii
... object proposed to be obtained by the study of rhetoric , is skill in the use of language . Here I refer both to the choice of words , so far as purity and pro- priety are concerned , and to the construction of sen- tences . Instruction ...
... object proposed to be obtained by the study of rhetoric , is skill in the use of language . Here I refer both to the choice of words , so far as purity and pro- priety are concerned , and to the construction of sen- tences . Instruction ...
الصفحة xiv
... object in view in this part of the course , —must evidently be effected by adducing examples of these faults . From the nature of the case , the endless forms of correct construction cannot be stated . On the obvious principle , then ...
... object in view in this part of the course , —must evidently be effected by adducing examples of these faults . From the nature of the case , the endless forms of correct construction cannot be stated . On the obvious principle , then ...
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