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... Prof. Henry N. Day , taught me the outline of a systematic Rhetoric , and so gave my studies a direction they have never since lost . Prof. Day will doubtless smile , should he ever honor me by turning my pages , to think that he could ...
... Prof. Henry N. Day , taught me the outline of a systematic Rhetoric , and so gave my studies a direction they have never since lost . Prof. Day will doubtless smile , should he ever honor me by turning my pages , to think that he could ...
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... Prof. Day , too , calls his theoretical treatise The Art of Discourse ( that is , Rhetoric ) , but his more practical ( as well as more elementary ) work The Art of English Composition . 12. The distinction results from the fact that ...
... Prof. Day , too , calls his theoretical treatise The Art of Discourse ( that is , Rhetoric ) , but his more practical ( as well as more elementary ) work The Art of English Composition . 12. The distinction results from the fact that ...
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... Prof. Chauncey A. Goodrich to Rufus Choate - this extract is even more oratorical . Mr. Choate quotes it in his Discourse Com- memorative of Daniel Webster , before the Dartmouth College Alumni Society , July 27 , 1853 - 1 " The ...
... Prof. Chauncey A. Goodrich to Rufus Choate - this extract is even more oratorical . Mr. Choate quotes it in his Discourse Com- memorative of Daniel Webster , before the Dartmouth College Alumni Society , July 27 , 1853 - 1 " The ...
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... Encyclopædia Britannica . So , Prof. Baldwin speaks of " matter of fact prose , " as opposed to " prose - fiction or story - telling prose . " 22 34 , above . with their own lips . In the Romance , the 48 INTRODUCTION .
... Encyclopædia Britannica . So , Prof. Baldwin speaks of " matter of fact prose , " as opposed to " prose - fiction or story - telling prose . " 22 34 , above . with their own lips . In the Romance , the 48 INTRODUCTION .
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... Prof. H. N. Day , 3 have , therefore , called the doctrine in question . They teach that , however accurately Usage may express " the law and rule of speech , " it is not that law ; that ultimate principles , broad general truths , give ...
... Prof. H. N. Day , 3 have , therefore , called the doctrine in question . They teach that , however accurately Usage may express " the law and rule of speech , " it is not that law ; that ultimate principles , broad general truths , give ...
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