A

PRACTICAL RHETORIC

FOR INSTRUCTION IN

ENGLISH COMPOSITION AND REVISION

IN

COLLEGES AND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS

BY

J. SCOTT CLARK, A.M.

PROFESSOR OF RHETORIC IN THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS,
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY

NEW YORK

HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
1887

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AS AN ACT OF SIMPLE JUSTICE.