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  • Advanced course of composition and rhetoric: A series of practical lessons on the origin, history, and peculiarities of the English language, punctuation, taste, the pleasures of the imagination, figures, style and its essential properties, criticism, and the various departments of prose and poetical expression; illustrated with copious examples.

    Document thumbnail: Advanced course of composition and rhetoric: A series of practical lessons on the origin, history, and peculiarities of the English language, punctuation, taste, the pleasures of the imagination, figures, style and its essential properties, criticism, and the various departments of prose and poetical expression; illustrated with copious examples.
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    1855 printing of the 1854 copyrighted text. The author is credited with a Master of Arts degree and as Associate Principal of the Collegiate School in New York, and as the author of First Lessons in Composition. Based on the same plan as the author's book for younger students, First Lessons in Composition, this text is meant for students in colleges and higher academies. The preface boasts its merits are its clearness and simplicity, its variety of subjects and their connections, and the practicality of its exercises. The sections cover the history of the English language; punctuation; rhetoric--with sections on taste, the imagination, the sublime, the beautiful, wit, humor, figurative language, varieties of style, and criticism; prose composition--with sections on invention, amplification, metaphorical language, climax and anithesis, paraphrasing, description, narration, letters, fiction, orations, etc; and poetical composition. Collection of rules and exercises, beginning with history of English language and punctuation until building up to poetry. It credits the influence of Blair, Burke, and Alison. Illustrative textual examples are used throughout. The Schultz Archive's copy is roughly the complete text.
    Creator/Author:
    Quackenbos, George Payn, 1826-1881
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/23/2016
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    08/22/2019
    Date Created:
    1855
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    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • The Principles of Composition

    Document thumbnail: The Principles of Composition
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    Text copyrighted 1897 and 1898. The author is credited as Professor of English at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The book is dedicated to Barrett Wendell. This textbook was designed for the first term of freshman composition at MIT, which is designed around weekly theme writing with instructor feedback. The sections of the book are: The Whole Composition (subject and title, unity, coherence, emphasis), The Paragraph (unity, coherence, emphasis), The Sentence (unity, coherence, emphasis), and Words (general and specific, conclusions). The first three sections each have a summary section at their ends. The Schultz Archive's copy is roughly the complete text.
    Creator/Author:
    Pearson, Henry Greenleaf, 1870-1939
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/23/2016
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    08/21/2019
    Date Created:
    1897
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    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • A Compendious System of Rhetoric: Arranged in a Catechetical Form; and Abstracted from Blair, Holmes, Stirling, &c. and the Best Authors on that Art

    Document thumbnail: A Compendious System of Rhetoric: Arranged in a Catechetical Form; and Abstracted from Blair, Holmes, Stirling, &c. and the Best Authors on that Art
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    1809 printing. The author is credited with a Master of Arts degree and as Principal of Baltimore College. This text is written in a question and answer form for the benefit of both students and instructors. Rhetoric is defined to be the quintessence of all that is excellent in Belle Lettre and classical and literary composition. The topics covered include taste, criticism, genius, sublimity, beauty, novelty, imitation, style, sentence structure, harmony, figurative language, kinds of poetry, characters of prose, classical argument, and Stirling's definitions of tropes and figures of rhetoric. The Schultz Archive's copy is roughly the complete text.
    Creator/Author:
    Knox, Samuel, 1755 or 1756-1832
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/20/2016
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    08/20/2019
    Date Created:
    1809
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    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • 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, or Private Instruction

    Document thumbnail: 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, or Private Instruction
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    1826 printing of the fourth edition. Introduction dated 1818. The author is credited with a Doctor of Laws of English degree. A rhetoric encouraging simplicity over deceitful ornamentation, the taming of youthful feeling, and the improvement of taste. It has seven sections. The first treats the origin an structure of language and its relation to the operation of the mental faculties. The second treats the principles of general grammar, as classified by philosophical grammarians, focusing on purity. The third part focuses on sentence structure, and the qualities of unity and strength, referencing Campbell and Blair. The fourth part is on rhetorical figures and uses illustrative examples. The fifth section is on taste, referencing Blair, Lord Kames, and Alison. The sixth part is on characters of style, such as diffuse, concise, dry, plain, neat, elegant, affected, vehement, etc., as well genres such as historical writing, memoirs, philosophical, dialogue, "epistolatory." The seventh section is on poetry. The rules of the text number over 600. The Schultz Archive's copy is roughly the complete text, although some of the copied pages are a little difficult to read.
    Creator/Author:
    Jamieson, Alexander
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    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/19/2016
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    08/20/2019
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    1826
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    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • The Elements of Rhetorical and Composition: A Text-Book for Schools and Colleges

    Document thumbnail: The Elements of Rhetorical and Composition: A Text-Book for Schools and Colleges
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    New edition copyrighted 1884 of the 1878 copyrighted text. The author is credited with a Doctor of Laws of English, as the President of the University of Lewisburg, and as author of The Science of Rhetoric. A compendium of rules for guidance in the art of writing. The prefaces argues that learners should first be assisted in finding a subject of thought, and then be shown how to accumlate, arrange, and express the ideas connected with the theme. Chapter one, Invention, contains sections on choice of subject, accumulation of materials, and arrangement of materials. Chapter two, Style, contains sections on diction (purity propriety, precision), sentences (concord, clearness, unity, energy, harmony), paragraphs, figures, and variation of expression. Chapter three, Punctuation and Capitals, covers grammatical points, rhetorical points, printer's marks, capital letters, and the correction of proofs. Chapter four, Criticism, covers taste and pleasure of taste. Chapter five, Special Forms of Composition, covers descriptions, narratives, letters, orations, and poems. The exercises includes sections for the first three chapters. The Schultz Archive's copy is roughly the complete text.
    Creator/Author:
    Hill, David Jayne, 1850-1932
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    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/19/2016
    Date Modified:
    08/19/2019
    Date Created:
    1878
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    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • The Principles of Rhetoric and Their Application

    Document thumbnail: The Principles of Rhetoric and Their Application
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    1880 printing of the 1878 copyrighted text. The author is credited as the Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory in Harvard College. This treatise defines rhetoric as the art of efficient communication by language, communication implying both a speaker or writer and the audience. Part one, Composition in General, discusses and illustrates the general principles of written or spoken discourse. Its sections are: grammatical purity (including good use, barbarisms, solecisms, and improprieties), choice and use of words (including clearness, force, elegance, number of words, and arrangement of words). Part two, Kinds of Composition, covers principles of narrative and argumentative composition. The appendix cover rules of punctuation. The Schultz Archive's copy is roughly the complete text.
    Creator/Author:
    Hill, Adams Sherman, 1833-1910
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/19/2016
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    08/19/2019
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    1880
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    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • Composition and Rhetoric for Schools

    Document thumbnail: Composition and Rhetoric for Schools
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    1899 printing of the 1899 copyrighted text. Herrick is credited as Assistant Professor of English in the University of Chicago. Damon is credited as Instructor in English in the University of Chicago. Preface argues students should first be encouraged to write freely and taught habits of thought and invention before subjecting them to criticism. Part one is meant for a first year course with this approach in mind. Parts two thru four are intended for a second year course to systematically drill the students in the principles of rhetoric. Part five may be included in the second year or later. The chapters in part one, preliminary work: composition--oral and written, what to write about, development of subjects, dividing subjects into paragraphs, building sentences, a review of punctuation, how to increase vocabulary, letters. Part two, usage: good use defined, standards of good use, barbarisms, improprieties, idiom and translation, grammar--good use in the sentence. Part three, diction: wordiness, right choice of words. Part four, rhetorical laws of the sentence and paragraph: clearness in sentences--unity, clearness in sentences--coherence, force in sentences, single paragraphs. Part five, whole composition: structure, summaries, original composition--literary laws, descriptive and narrative writing, expository and argumentative writing. The authors include a section of examples of "bad English" to teach correct usage, although they acknowledge this is controversial and suggest it may be omitted. The Schultz Archive's copy is roughly the complete text.
    Creator/Author:
    Herrick, Robert, 1868-1938
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    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/19/2016
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    08/19/2019
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    1899
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    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • Manual of English Rhetoric

    Document thumbnail: Manual of English Rhetoric
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    1875 copyrighted text. The author is credited as Professor in Davidson College. In this rhetoric principles and rules are stated briefly and any overlap with other subjects, such as psychology, logic, and aesthetics, is avoided. The introduction covers definition, aim and method of study, distribution, of rhetoric. Part one covers the processes of discourse: subject of a discourse, invention, disposition, amplification. Part two covers style: qualities of prose style, choice of words, figures of speech, the sentence, the paragraph, division of style (higher, lower, middle). Part three covers the elementary forms of discourse: description, narration, exposition, argument. Part four covers principal forms of prose: dialogue and epistolary, didactic prose, historical prose, oratorical prose. The author credits the influence of Lectures on the English Language by Hon. Geo. P. Marsh, Theories of Style by J. K. F. Rinne, German Style by Karl Becker, and Homletics by Vinet. The Schultz Archive copy cuts off on page 231, missing pages 232 through at least 279 (according to the ToC).
    Creator/Author:
    Hepburn, A. D. (Andrew Dousa), 1830-1921
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    Russel Durst
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    05/19/2016
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    08/19/2019
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    1875
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  • Rhetoric: A Text-Book Designed for use in Schools and Colleges and for Private Study

    Document thumbnail: Rhetoric: A Text-Book Designed for use in Schools and Colleges and for Private Study
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    1869 printing of the 1869 copyrighted text. The author is credited as a Doctor of Divinity, a Doctor of the Laws of English, and the President of the University of Michigan. Based on the experiences of the author's teaching, this text in an orderly presentation of the theory of the science and art of rhetoric with illustrations and directions on how to profit from it. Includes examples for imitation and disapproval from modern and ancient, obscure and celebrated authors. Divided into five parts: words and the material of expression, figures of speech and thought, composition and style, invention, and elocution. Part one includes sections on how to acquire the knowledge of words and how to obtain a good vocabulary. Part two includes sections on dialogue, vision, and wit. Part three includes sections on taste and different genres (epistolary, historical, fiction). Part four includes sections on description, narration, abstract subjects, and discussions. Part five includes a section on the intellectual and moral elements of elocution. The Schultz Archive is roughly the complete text.
    Creator/Author:
    Haven, E. O. (Erastus Otis), 1820-1881
    Submitter:
    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/19/2016
    Date Modified:
    08/19/2019
    Date Created:
    1869
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    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • A Manual of Composition and Rhetoric: A Text-Book for Schools and Colleges

    Document thumbnail: A Manual of Composition and Rhetoric: A Text-Book for Schools and Colleges
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    1891 printing to the 1891 text. The author is credited as a Doctor of Laws in English, and as Late Professor of Rhetoric and of the English Language and Literature in the College of New Jersey, as the former principal of the New Jersey State Normal School, and as the author of a series of textbooks. A composition textbook designed for use by students with examples for practice. Part one (style) chapters cover punctuation, diction, purity, propriety, precision, kinds of sentences, rules for construction of sentences, figures of speech, special properties (sublimity, beauty, wit, humor), versification, poetry, prose (letters, diaries, news, editorials, history, etc.). Part two (invention) covers objects, transactions, abstract subjects, imaginary subjects, personal narratives, and descriptions. A chapter on proof-reading includes system of notation for correcting student writing. In addition to exercises, includes illustrative examples from celebrated writers. The Schultz Archive copy is roughly the complete text.
    Creator/Author:
    Hart, John S. (John Seely), 1810-1877
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    Russel Durst
    Date Uploaded:
    05/19/2016
    Date Modified:
    08/19/2019
    Date Created:
    1891
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    Public Domain Mark 1.0