Elements of Rhetoric and Literary Criticism: With Copious Practical Exercises and Examples : for the Use of Common Schools and Academies |
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... letters , and the construction of sentences and paragraphs . The beauty of the book is that it is eminently ... letter - writing and illegible composition in our men of business , and even in our public officers . ( Signed ) LYSANDER H ...
... letters , and the construction of sentences and paragraphs . The beauty of the book is that it is eminently ... letter - writing and illegible composition in our men of business , and even in our public officers . ( Signed ) LYSANDER H ...
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... letter correctly , much less elegantly ; and that , too , for the plain reason , that comparatively few have an opportunity to attend the higher institutions of learning . Mr. Boyd's motto in preparing his book must have been multum in ...
... letter correctly , much less elegantly ; and that , too , for the plain reason , that comparatively few have an opportunity to attend the higher institutions of learning . Mr. Boyd's motto in preparing his book must have been multum in ...
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... adaptedness to the wants of common schools , especially in the improved condition to which they are advancing from year to year . Watertown , January 2 , 1846 . CONTENTS . PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS SECT . I. Capital Letters · iv PREFACE .
... adaptedness to the wants of common schools , especially in the improved condition to which they are advancing from year to year . Watertown , January 2 , 1846 . CONTENTS . PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS SECT . I. Capital Letters · iv PREFACE .
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... Letters · PART I. I. SPELLING . II . Spelling , how best learned II . PUNCTUATION . Remarks on its Importance and Necessity Page • 17 10 19 III . USE OF WORDS . SECT . I. Elliptical Sentences 22 II . Words to form Sentences 23 III Words ...
... Letters · PART I. I. SPELLING . II . Spelling , how best learned II . PUNCTUATION . Remarks on its Importance and Necessity Page • 17 10 19 III . USE OF WORDS . SECT . I. Elliptical Sentences 22 II . Words to form Sentences 23 III Words ...
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... Letters SECT . I. On Letter - writing II . Letter - writing ( continued ) III . Specimens of Letter - writing II . Of Dialogue and Enigmas 113 114 114 . 117 120 129 13C . 133 II Criticisms on Everett , Webster , Calhoun , and Clay 136 ...
... Letters SECT . I. On Letter - writing II . Letter - writing ( continued ) III . Specimens of Letter - writing II . Of Dialogue and Enigmas 113 114 114 . 117 120 129 13C . 133 II Criticisms on Everett , Webster , Calhoun , and Clay 136 ...
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