Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 1Bell & Bradfute, 1813 - 446 pages |
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... sentiments of some author into whose writings he had then looked , without now remembering whence he de- rived them ... sentiment : and the author will respectfully submit to the judgment of the public . RETAINING the simplicity of the ...
... sentiments of some author into whose writings he had then looked , without now remembering whence he de- rived them ... sentiment : and the author will respectfully submit to the judgment of the public . RETAINING the simplicity of the ...
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... sentiments not too profound for common comprehension , nor too ob- vious to be uninteresting , was wanting to render this spe- cies of composition popular , and generally pleasing . By employing the utmost exertions of a vigorous mind ...
... sentiments not too profound for common comprehension , nor too ob- vious to be uninteresting , was wanting to render this spe- cies of composition popular , and generally pleasing . By employing the utmost exertions of a vigorous mind ...
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... . WITH respect to the former , such as may have occasion to communicate their sentiments to the public , it is abundantly clear that some preparation * of study is requisite for the end which they LECT . I. 5 INTRODUCTION .
... . WITH respect to the former , such as may have occasion to communicate their sentiments to the public , it is abundantly clear that some preparation * of study is requisite for the end which they LECT . I. 5 INTRODUCTION .
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... are very nearly allied . The study of arranging and expressing our thoughts with pro- priety , teaches to think , as well as to speak ac- curately . By putting our sentiments into words , we LECT . 1 . 7 INTRODUCTION .
... are very nearly allied . The study of arranging and expressing our thoughts with pro- priety , teaches to think , as well as to speak ac- curately . By putting our sentiments into words , we LECT . 1 . 7 INTRODUCTION .
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Hugh Blair. curately . By putting our sentiments into words , we always conceive them more distinctly . Every one who ... sentiment , if he would not incur the danger of being neglected and despised . I WILL not deny that the love of ...
Hugh Blair. curately . By putting our sentiments into words , we always conceive them more distinctly . Every one who ... sentiment , if he would not incur the danger of being neglected and despised . I WILL not deny that the love of ...
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