The Writer's Handbook, a Guide to the Art of Composition, Embracing a General Treatise on Composition and Style: Instruction in English Composition, with Exercises for Paraphrasing; and an Elaborate Letter-writer's Vademecum, in which are Numerous Rules and Suggestions Relating to the Epistolary Art, Volumes 1-3 |
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Page 23
... remarkable manner in which literary work , not great in itself , may call forth the best efforts of others . Miss Edgeworth's Irish tales inspired Scott to celebrate the beauties of his own dearly - loved country ; Richardson's novels ...
... remarkable manner in which literary work , not great in itself , may call forth the best efforts of others . Miss Edgeworth's Irish tales inspired Scott to celebrate the beauties of his own dearly - loved country ; Richardson's novels ...
Page 33
... . Neither of them are remarkable for precision . -Blair's Lectures . We should reckon every circumstance which enable them to divide and to maintain themselves in distinct and independent communities . Purity. of. Style . 33.
... . Neither of them are remarkable for precision . -Blair's Lectures . We should reckon every circumstance which enable them to divide and to maintain themselves in distinct and independent communities . Purity. of. Style . 33.
Page 104
... remarkable circum- stance , assigns it as an evidence of the superior difficulty of his favourite art . There may be some truth in the observation ; but whatever the cause may have been , the fact is undeniable . Accordingly elo- quence ...
... remarkable circum- stance , assigns it as an evidence of the superior difficulty of his favourite art . There may be some truth in the observation ; but whatever the cause may have been , the fact is undeniable . Accordingly elo- quence ...
Page 111
... remarkable where a number of words is connected in the same period . Words pronounced in succession often produce a strong impression : and when this impression happens to accord with that made by the sense , we are aware of a complex ...
... remarkable where a number of words is connected in the same period . Words pronounced in succession often produce a strong impression : and when this impression happens to accord with that made by the sense , we are aware of a complex ...
Page 125
... expect to find every thing animated in the descriptions of a poet who possesses a lively fancy . Homer is remarkable for the use of this Harris's Hermes , p . 59 . figure : war , peace , darts , spears , Personification . 125.
... expect to find every thing animated in the descriptions of a poet who possesses a lively fancy . Homer is remarkable for the use of this Harris's Hermes , p . 59 . figure : war , peace , darts , spears , Personification . 125.
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