A Text-book on Rhetoric (1882) |
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... Rhetoric ( 1882 ) Simon Kerl A Common - School Grammar of the English Language ( 1874 ) Samuel Kirkham English Grammar in Familiar Lectures ( 1834 ) Robert Lowth A Short Introduction to English Grammar ( 1775 ) Lindley Murray English ...
... Rhetoric ( 1882 ) Simon Kerl A Common - School Grammar of the English Language ( 1874 ) Samuel Kirkham English Grammar in Familiar Lectures ( 1834 ) Robert Lowth A Short Introduction to English Grammar ( 1775 ) Lindley Murray English ...
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... rhetoric compels us to think ; and thinking is the highest act of which the intellect is capable ( 17 ) . Samuel Greene , who always placed thought in the forefront of his theory of language , advised : " Never attempt to write till you ...
... rhetoric compels us to think ; and thinking is the highest act of which the intellect is capable ( 17 ) . Samuel Greene , who always placed thought in the forefront of his theory of language , advised : " Never attempt to write till you ...
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... Rhetorical Value ( Lessons 46 , 47 . 55. and 561 . Change of Comparisons into Metaphors and of Met- aphors into ... Rhetorical Value ( Lessons 50. 55. and 56 ) . IV . The Apostrophe . Rhetorical Value ( Lessons 51. 55 . and 56 . V ...
... Rhetorical Value ( Lessons 46 , 47 . 55. and 561 . Change of Comparisons into Metaphors and of Met- aphors into ... Rhetorical Value ( Lessons 50. 55. and 56 ) . IV . The Apostrophe . Rhetorical Value ( Lessons 51. 55 . and 56 . V ...
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