The Practical Elements of Rhetoric: With Illustrative Examples 1887 |
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... mind . 1. First of all , it is a natural ability to grasp facts and ideas in such combinations as give them organism and significance . To such a mind nothing is seen as isolated ; there are no disjecta membra in the sum of its thinking ...
... mind . 1. First of all , it is a natural ability to grasp facts and ideas in such combinations as give them organism and significance . To such a mind nothing is seen as isolated ; there are no disjecta membra in the sum of its thinking ...
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... mind . To such active reading may be given the name , bor- rowed from Emerson , of " creative reading . " Mr. Emerson says : 1- " One must be an inventor to read well . As the proverb says , ' He that would bring home the wealth of the ...
... mind . To such active reading may be given the name , bor- rowed from Emerson , of " creative reading . " Mr. Emerson says : 1- " One must be an inventor to read well . As the proverb says , ' He that would bring home the wealth of the ...
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... mind is followed through the paths and by - paths of his invention ; and the mind that follows is in some degree stimulated and skilled to take such steps for itself . The complete study , in this way , of one or two masterpieces of ...
... mind is followed through the paths and by - paths of his invention ; and the mind that follows is in some degree stimulated and skilled to take such steps for itself . The complete study , in this way , of one or two masterpieces of ...
Contents
Definition of Rhetoric | 1 |
Style in General | 13 |
Diction | 27 |
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