Dr Blairs Lectures On Rhetoric Abridged Abridged With Questions 1838

Author : W. E. Dean
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ISBN 13 : 9781331974215
Total Pages : 274 pages
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Download or read book Dr. Blair's Lectures on Rhetoric written by W. E. Dean and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-22 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Dr. Blair's Lectures on Rhetoric: Abridged, With Questions The want of a system of Rhetoric upon a concise plan, and at an easy price, will, it is presumed, render this little volume acceptable to the public. To collect knowledge, which is scattered over a wide extent, into a small compass, if it has not the merit of originality, has at least the advantage of being useful. Many, who are terrified at the idea of travelling over a ponderous volume in search of information, will yet set out on a short journey in pursuit of science with alacrity and profit. Those, for whom the following essays are principally intended, will derive peculiar benefit from the brevity with which they are conveyed. To youth, who are engaged in the rudiments of learning; whose time and attention must be occupied by a variety of subjects; every branch of science should be rendered as concise as possible. Hence the attention is not fatigued, nor the memory overloaded. That the knowledge of Rhetoric forms a very material part of the education of a polite scholar must be universally allowed. An attempt, therefore, however imperfect, to make so useful an art more generally known, has claim to that praise which is the reward of good intention. With this the editor will be sufficiently satisfied; since being serviceable to others is the most agreeable method of becoming contented with ourselves. The arrangement of the questions, as in this edition, is evidently more convenient, than the plan of placing them at the close of the lecture, the end of the book, or in a separate pamphlet. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.