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 vii
... • Personification Apostrophe Hyperbole IV . ON SKILL IN THE USE OF LANGUAGE . § 1. Verbal Criticism § 2. The Composition of Sentences Connectives > 54 55 63 72 79 88 92 97 98 102 115 130 CHAPTER . PAGE . V. ON STYLE . § 1.
... • Personification Apostrophe Hyperbole IV . ON SKILL IN THE USE OF LANGUAGE . § 1. Verbal Criticism § 2. The Composition of Sentences Connectives > 54 55 63 72 79 88 92 97 98 102 115 130 CHAPTER . PAGE . V. ON STYLE . § 1.
الصفحة ix
... Skill in the use of language . 4. Skill in literary criticism . 5. The formation of a good style . By the philosophy of rhetoric , I here refer to those principles in the science of the philosophy of mind , and in the philosophy of ...
... Skill in the use of language . 4. Skill in literary criticism . 5. The formation of a good style . By the philosophy of rhetoric , I here refer to those principles in the science of the philosophy of mind , and in the philosophy of ...
الصفحة xiii
... 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 in this part of rhetoric should be conducted with reference ...
... 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 in this part of rhetoric should be conducted with reference ...
الصفحة xiv
... guidance and assistance . I mention in the fourth place , as an object to be ob- tained by the study of rhetoric , skill in literary criticism . Under this head , I include whatever pertains more par- xiv INTRODUCTION .
... guidance and assistance . I mention in the fourth place , as an object to be ob- tained by the study of rhetoric , skill in literary criticism . Under this head , I include whatever pertains more par- xiv INTRODUCTION .
الصفحة xv
... skill in literary criticism , as thus ex- plained ? Style has been happily defined by Buffon as the man himself . ' If I wished to become acquainted with any individual , I seek an introduction to him ; I en- deavour to learn from ...
... skill in literary criticism , as thus ex- plained ? Style has been happily defined by Buffon as the man himself . ' If I wished to become acquainted with any individual , I seek an introduction to him ; I en- deavour to learn from ...
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