Book 9780371910535 - Softcover

David Irving

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0371910536 ISBN 13: 9780371910535

Synopsis

Excerpt from The Elements of English Containing Practical Instructions for Writing the English Language With Perspicuity and Elegance; Designed, in the Progress of Education, to Succeed to the Study of English Grammar, and of the Latin and Greek ClassicsThough it was my principal objeet to treat of profe compofition, yet a few obferavafions on poetry inci dentally occur. 'the remarks which havebeen fug gefied with regard to the nature of figurative lan guage, apply' equally to profe and to poetry but the poets have furni ted me with. The molt copious and. Beautiful illnfirations. 1 The rulesof criticifm are more fuccefsfully ineul cated by particular examples than by general p'receptsr 1 have therefore endeavoured to colleel. Abundance of appofite quotations, in order to-illullrate every branch of the fubjeet. In many i'hllances this was an eafy 'ta; but 1n the eladification of the different characters of flyle, it Was attended. With the utmofi difficulty. To refer the compofitions of an author to a particular cl'afs, and produce examples from them in fupport of this de cihon, will always be'found a hazardous attempt. Of this circumfiance Cicero and Quinetiiian feem to hi e been fully aware In treating of the general character of a writer.'s ftyle, they content themfelves with re ferring to the body of his works, in confirmation of their fentence. Toofuch exemplifieations as occur in the following treatife, they have never had recourfe. Without pretending to quefli'on the propriety of fitcir method, it may be prefumed, that to the this of i o i A 2.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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."

Edition details

• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371910536
• ISBN 13: 9780371910535
• Binding: Paperback