Elements of Rhetoric and Literary Criticism: With Copious Practical Exercises and Examples : for the Use of Common Schools and Academies |
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... excellence , or beauty , is said to be a man of no taste ; he who is gratified with that which is faulty in works of art , is a man of bad taste ; and he who is pleased or displeased , according to the degree of excellence or faultiness ...
... excellence , or beauty , is said to be a man of no taste ; he who is gratified with that which is faulty in works of art , is a man of bad taste ; and he who is pleased or displeased , according to the degree of excellence or faultiness ...
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... excellence of style ic whatever class it belongs ? A. Perspicuity , or that quality which enables us to see at once an author's meaning , and renders it im- possible for us to misunderstand it . Q. What quality stands next to ...
... excellence of style ic whatever class it belongs ? A. Perspicuity , or that quality which enables us to see at once an author's meaning , and renders it im- possible for us to misunderstand it . Q. What quality stands next to ...
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... excellence to the Bible ? Shakspeare , Milton , Bryant , Young , and Southey , are not a little indebted for some of their best scenes and inspirations to the same source . May it not be doubted , whether scholars have been suffi ...
... excellence to the Bible ? Shakspeare , Milton , Bryant , Young , and Southey , are not a little indebted for some of their best scenes and inspirations to the same source . May it not be doubted , whether scholars have been suffi ...
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PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS | ix |
Perspicuity | xi |
Spelling how best learned | 21 |
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