A Practical System of Rhetoric; Or, The Principles and Rules of Style: Inferred from Examples of Writing. With an Historical Dissertation on English Style |
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... . It may be thought , that to bring to the view of the student in this manner the peculiarities of different styles , may require too much time and labour . But with the aid of the text - book , much INTRODUCTION . XV.
... . It may be thought , that to bring to the view of the student in this manner the peculiarities of different styles , may require too much time and labour . But with the aid of the text - book , much INTRODUCTION . XV.
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... labour must be in vain . The injunction of Horace , as thus explained , admits of being applied to the selection of subjects for young writers . And on this point , two important directions may be given ; —they should be topics which ...
... labour must be in vain . The injunction of Horace , as thus explained , admits of being applied to the selection of subjects for young writers . And on this point , two important directions may be given ; —they should be topics which ...
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... labour , and perhaps to fatal discouragement . Young writers not unfrequently get the impression , that they have not a genius for writing , or that in their case there are peculiar difficulties and hindrances , when the true difficulty ...
... labour , and perhaps to fatal discouragement . Young writers not unfrequently get the impression , that they have not a genius for writing , or that in their case there are peculiar difficulties and hindrances , when the true difficulty ...
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... labour to impart so much knowledge to your ward , that your services will no longer be needed by him . " But this is rather an inference from what is said , than what is conveyed in the words themselves . There is no obscurity as to the ...
... labour to impart so much knowledge to your ward , that your services will no longer be needed by him . " But this is rather an inference from what is said , than what is conveyed in the words themselves . There is no obscurity as to the ...
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... labour and search after that , which when attained does not reward our exertions . When a writer is complained of as too perspicuous , we may safely ascribe the fault to futility of thought , and not to excessive clearness of expression ...
... labour and search after that , which when attained does not reward our exertions . When a writer is complained of as too perspicuous , we may safely ascribe the fault to futility of thought , and not to excessive clearness of expression ...
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