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Of The Origin And Progress Of Language by James Burnet. This volume is a didactic survey of how style arises in language and how it can be cultivated. It treats language as twofold: the choice of words (proper vs tropical) and the arrangement of words (figures of syntax and figures of sense). Burnet divides style into three general colours: the simple style (least ornamented), the highly ornamented styles (grave and florid), and the middle style which blends and moderates. He explains tropes such as metaphors and allegories, and all figures of speech and syntax, illustrating how Greek and Latin authors shaped eloquence, and how later writers imitated them. He argues for the imitation of classic models, critiques Tacitus, Sallust, Cicero, and Demosthenes, and discusses the impact of declamation on Roman taste. The work also surveys the history of learning from Egypt through Greece and Rome to modern Europe, and argues that education and balanced leisure are essential to employ wealth and leisure for virtuous ends. The prose is analytical, historical, and critical, with abundant examples from Homer, Virgil, Milton, and others.
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