Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory (1810) |
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... words , and this choice should be guided by purity and perspicuity . Purity means the word must be pure English , and perspicuity means the word chosen must clearly indicate the author's meaning . Composition is the proper arrangement of ...
... words , and this choice should be guided by purity and perspicuity . Purity means the word must be pure English , and perspicuity means the word chosen must clearly indicate the author's meaning . Composition is the proper arrangement of ...
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... word as elegant were absurd , did we not mean by that ep- ithet only to characterize the word as eligible . To put these principles in a preceptive form then , we must say to the oratorical student , in the selection of your words , you ...
... word as elegant were absurd , did we not mean by that ep- ithet only to characterize the word as eligible . To put these principles in a preceptive form then , we must say to the oratorical student , in the selection of your words , you ...
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... words are to be selected , the next object , which solicits our attention , is to ascertain how they are to be put together . The word composi tion is in Johnson's dictionary explained by twelve different significations , neither of ...
... words are to be selected , the next object , which solicits our attention , is to ascertain how they are to be put together . The word composi tion is in Johnson's dictionary explained by twelve different significations , neither of ...
Contents
General view of rhetoric and oratory | 33 |
Objections against eloquence considered | 53 |
Origin of oratory | 73 |
Copyright | |
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