Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 2Messrs. Whitestone, Colles, Burnet, 1783 |
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... confiderable LECT length , of the Figures of Speech , of XVIII . their origin , of their nature , and of the management of fuch of them as are import- ant enough to require a particular difcuf- fion , before finally difmiffing this ...
... confiderable LECT length , of the Figures of Speech , of XVIII . their origin , of their nature , and of the management of fuch of them as are import- ant enough to require a particular difcuf- fion , before finally difmiffing this ...
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... confiderable note in the days of Queen Elizabeth , James I. and Charles I. These writers had nerves and ftrength in a high degree , and are to this day eminent for that quality in Style . But the language in their hands was exceedingly ...
... confiderable note in the days of Queen Elizabeth , James I. and Charles I. These writers had nerves and ftrength in a high degree , and are to this day eminent for that quality in Style . But the language in their hands was exceedingly ...
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... confide- rable attention has been paid to Purity and Elegance of Style : But it is Elegance , ra- ther than Strength , that forms the diftin- guifhing quality of moft of the good En- glish writers . Some of them compofe in a more manly ...
... confide- rable attention has been paid to Purity and Elegance of Style : But it is Elegance , ra- ther than Strength , that forms the diftin- guifhing quality of moft of the good En- glish writers . Some of them compofe in a more manly ...
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... the goodness of the matter may compenfate the drynefs or harshness of the Style , yet is that drynefs a confiderable defect ; as it fatigues attenti- on , XVIII . on , and conveys our fentiments , with 22 STYLE . DRY.
... the goodness of the matter may compenfate the drynefs or harshness of the Style , yet is that drynefs a confiderable defect ; as it fatigues attenti- on , XVIII . on , and conveys our fentiments , with 22 STYLE . DRY.
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... confiderable defects , which the Lan- guage affords . Perfpicuous and pure he is in the highest degree ; his precifion , indeed , not very great ; yet nearly as great as the fubjects which he treats of require : the conftruction of his ...
... confiderable defects , which the Lan- guage affords . Perfpicuous and pure he is in the highest degree ; his precifion , indeed , not very great ; yet nearly as great as the fubjects which he treats of require : the conftruction of his ...
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