Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles LettresWilliam Tegg, 1868 - 602 pages |
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... Dean Swift's Writings · PAGE , · 257 • 265 • 277 • 290 XXV . Eloquence , or Public Speaking - History of Elo- quence - Grecian Eloquence - Demosthenes AXVI . History of Eloquence continued - Roman Eloquence -Cicero Modern Eloquence ...
... Dean Swift's Writings · PAGE , · 257 • 265 • 277 • 290 XXV . Eloquence , or Public Speaking - History of Elo- quence - Grecian Eloquence - Demosthenes AXVI . History of Eloquence continued - Roman Eloquence -Cicero Modern Eloquence ...
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... Dean Swift , had he written on the subject of criticism , would perhaps have afforded the example of a correct one . Having viewed Taste in its most improved and perfect state , I come next to consider its deviations from that state ...
... Dean Swift , had he written on the subject of criticism , would perhaps have afforded the example of a correct one . Having viewed Taste in its most improved and perfect state , I come next to consider its deviations from that state ...
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... Dean Swift's works : the instances taken chiefly from Sir Richard Blackmore . One of these I had occasion already to give , in relation to Mount Etna , and it were needless to pro- duce any more . The Bombast lies , in forcing an ...
... Dean Swift's works : the instances taken chiefly from Sir Richard Blackmore . One of these I had occasion already to give , in relation to Mount Etna , and it were needless to pro- duce any more . The Bombast lies , in forcing an ...
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... Dean Swift , he will see , in our tongue , such a circle of expression , such a power of accommodation to the dffferent taste of writers , as redounds not a little to its honour . What the English has been most taxed with is its ...
... Dean Swift , he will see , in our tongue , such a circle of expression , such a power of accommodation to the dffferent taste of writers , as redounds not a little to its honour . What the English has been most taxed with is its ...
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... Dean Swift , one of our most correct writers , valued himself much on using no words but such as were LECT . X. ] 105 PERSPICUITY .
... Dean Swift , one of our most correct writers , valued himself much on using no words but such as were LECT . X. ] 105 PERSPICUITY .
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