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  • Outlines of Rhetoric and Belles-Lettres

    Document thumbnail: Outlines of Rhetoric and Belles-Lettres
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    Description/Abstract:
    1854 copyrighted text. Author is credited with an M.A. and as the author of The Poets and Poetry of the Ancient Greeks. Preface credits influence of Longinus and Quintilian by way of Blair. Covers principles of taste and origin of language up to the epic and dramatic forms. Makes a (new?) distinction between rhetoric and belles-lettres. The first chapter on language covers: origin and progress of language, origin and progress of writing, structure of language (in two parts). Chapter two (style) covers: perspicuity and precision and structure of sentences (in three parts). Chapter three (figurative language) covers: origin and nature of figurative language, metaphor, hyperbole, comparison—antithesis—interrogation—etc., and general character of style. Chapter four (components of a regular discourse) covers: introduction—division—narration, argument—pathos—peroration, pronunciation and delivery. Chapter five is beauty and sublimity. Chapter six eloquence. Chapter seven different kinds of public speaking. Chapter eight poetry. Schultz Archive copy contains preface, TOC, the first chapter on taste, and the section on historical, epistolary, and fictitious writing from chapter seven.
    Creator/Author:
    Mills, Abraham, 1796-1867
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/24/2016
    Date Modified:
    07/30/2020
    Date Created:
    1854
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • Practical Lessons in English Grammar and Composition for Young Beginners: being an introduction to "the principles of English grammar," with copious exercises, and directions for their use

    Document thumbnail: Practical Lessons in English Grammar and Composition for Young Beginners: being an introduction to "the principles of English grammar," with copious exercises, and directions for their use
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    Description/Abstract:
    1854 printing of the 1853 copyrighted text, a new revised and corrected edition.The author is credited as Reverend P. Bullions, Doctor of Divinity, and the author of the Series of Grammars, Greek, Latin, and English, on the Same Plan. The work is divided into orthography, etymology, syntax, and prosody. Definitions and rules are meant to committed to memory, some illustrations may be provided, questions follow to be answered by the students, then exercises in parsing are given. The book seeks to combine the principles of grammar with the principles of composition. Not for students older than twelve or fourteen. The Schultz Archive's copy is the complete text.
    Creator/Author:
    Bullions, Peter, 1791-1864
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/04/2016
    Date Modified:
    06/05/2019
    Date Created:
    1854
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • Practical Lessons in English Grammar and Composition for Young Beginners: being an introduction to "the principles of English grammar," with copious exercises, and directions for their use

    Document thumbnail: Practical Lessons in English Grammar and Composition for Young Beginners: being an introduction to "the principles of English grammar," with copious exercises, and directions for their use
    Type:
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    Description/Abstract:
    1854 printing of 1853 copyrighted text (A new edition revised and corrected). The author is credited as a Doctor of Divinity and as the author of the series of grammars, English, Latin, and Greek, on the same plan. Designed as a small work on Grammar, suited for children younger than the usual age for grammar instruction (up to twelve or fourteen). Four sections: orthography, etymology, syntax and prosody. Each lesson has the following order: definitions and rules to be memorized (in large type), subordinate matter to be studied (in small type), a series of questions on the preceding, and practical exercises. Principles of grammar are connected to principles in composition in each lesson. Some illustrations appear in the etymology section. Very similar to Bullions's School Grammar, although it contains roughly thirty fewer pages than that later text. Schultz Archive copy is roughly the complete text.
    Creator/Author:
    Bullions, Peter, 1791-1864
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/18/2016
    Date Modified:
    07/20/2020
    Date Created:
    1854
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • Primary English Grammar: Introductory to the manual of the English Language

    Document thumbnail: Primary English Grammar: Introductory to the manual of the English Language
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    Description/Abstract:
    No printing or edition information is provided on this copy. Rufus W. Bailey has a Master of Arts degree, but his status as a reverend is omitted on this text. He was a teacher for over thirty years. The prefaces states this book is for mothers, fathers, elder brothers and sisters, and female teachers employed in primary and public schools. A grammar handbook for younger students that features various modes of examples such as lists or mock conversations. It argues that children learn nouns first, then verbs, and then the combining of these two in sentences. Part one teachers sentence structure and parts of speech; part two, etymology; part three, syntax; part four, rules of punctuation, orthography, and a dictionary of english grammar. It does not use exercises of correcting false grammar, as the author believes those are unhelpful. The Schultz Archive's copy is the complete text.
    Creator/Author:
    Bailey, Rufus William, 1793-1863
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/04/2016
    Date Modified:
    06/03/2019
    Date Created:
    1854
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • The Illustrated Composition Book: Containing Directions, Subjects, and Blank Leaves for Composition

    Document thumbnail: The Illustrated Composition Book: Containing Directions, Subjects, and Blank Leaves for Composition
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    Description/Abstract:
    No edition or printing information is included on this copy. No author is credited, although Whitney, Jocelyn, and Annin are credited as illustrators. It includes basic information on composing, including advice on penmanship, titling, margins, paragraphs, spelling, capital letters, punctuation, arranging sentences, style (purity, precision, clearness, strength, harmony, unity), and modes (debates, letters). The majority of the text is a collection of ornate illustrations for the purpose of aiding composition development. Each illustration is accompanied with advice on how to elaborate on subjects within the illustration.
    Creator/Author:
    Anonymous
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/04/2016
    Date Modified:
    06/03/2019
    Date Created:
    1854
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0