Elements of Rhetoric and Literary Criticism: With Copious Practical Exercises and Examples : for the Use of Common Schools and AcademiesHarper & Brothers, 1852 - 352 pages |
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PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS | ix |
Perspicuity | xi |
Spelling how best learned | 21 |
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