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Excerpt from A Grammar of Rhetoric, and Polite Literature: Comprehending the Principles of Language and Style, the Elements of Taste and Criticism; With Rules, for the Study of Composition and Eloquence; Illustrated by Appropriate Examples, Selected Chiefly From the British Classics; For the Use of Schools
Rhetoricians-have usually introduced their knowledge of their art, by some history of the progress of language. Accordingly, in th thor has followed a precedent, which th proved. The first book treats of the of these external signs, whichare used, as names, or actions of Objects; or todenote the var1ous Opera the mental faculties, with which it is our business to acquainted.
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