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THE

RHETORICAL CLASS BOOK.

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SELECTIONS FROM POPULAR WRITERS,
PRINCIPALLY OF THE PRESENT DAY:

EACH PIECE HAVING IN VIEW

A DISTINCT RHETORICAL AIM.

BY HENRY INNES,

TEACHER OF ELOCUTION, LECTURER ON RHETORIC AND ENGLISH LITERATURE
IN THE LONDON LITERARY INSTITUTIONS.

"It is not of so much consequence what our compositions are, as how they are
pronounced, since it is the manner of delivery by which the audience is
moved."-
"—Quintilian.

"Action is eloquence, and the eyes of the vulgar are mo e learned than their
ears."-Shakspeare.

LONDON:

JOHN LIMBIRD, 143, STRAND.

1834.

172.

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HIS GRACE,

JAMES HENRY ROBERT INNES KER,

DUKE OF ROXBURGHE,

MARQUIS OF BOWMONT AND CESSFORD,

EARL OF KELSO, VISCOUNT BROXMOUTH, LORD KER OF CESSFORD AND CAVERTON,

&c., &c., &c.

MY LORD DUKE,

I do not know that I can sufficiently justify myself for intruding the following work upon your notice; but, desirous of testifying my duty to that house of which your Grace is the hopeful Representative, I claim your indulgence, whilst, with every sentiment of respect, I place it in your hands.

But, will your Grace bear with me when I state, I am flattered in the hope that this little work may be serviceable in directing your attention to the culture of that important art, which, in future life, you will necessarily be called upon to exert, I trust, amidst the foremost ranks of those, who, on the patrician platform, exercise their eloquence for the benefit of their country?

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