FOR COM District of Delaware, to wit: Be it remembered, that on the twenty-second day of February, Ånno Domini 1849, EUSTACE A. ANSLEY, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the title of which is in the words following, to wit: "Elements of Literature; or, an Introduction to the Study of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres. By E. A. Ansley, A. M. Quid quid præcipies, esto brevis. — Hor.” The right whereof he claims as author, in conformity with an Act of Congress, entitled, “An Act to amend the several Acts respecting Copy-rights." T. BOOTH ROBERTS, Clerk of the District. TENOX LIBRARIA NEW YORK mem the such as PREFACE. For the materials from which the following work is composed, I am chiefly indebted to a treatise on Rhetoric, in lithograph, by the Reverend Marinus de Boylesve, S.J., entitled “Principes de Littérature,” and a manuscript on the same subject, by the Rev. Charles C. Pise, D.D., which were put into my hands some months ago by my friend, the late Rev. Pierre M. Le Breton, S. J. My first impression, in accordance with the suggestion of my valued friend, whose memory is ever dear to me, was simply to translate the work of the Rev. Father Boylesve, and add to it such notes and illustrations as would render it suitable, as a text-book in the literary classes, for our schools and colleges. But, finding neither of the treatises above mentioned complete in itself, I have decided upon giving the publication that form under which it is now offered to the public. My object in the composition of the work has been to endeavour to establish the science of literature on the same fixed and fundamental principles as the other sciences now taught in our seminaries,-an undertaking which, in my opinion, can only be accomplished by their arrangement in a clear, just, and systematic order. How far I may have been successful in this effort to guide the young literary student with pleasure and profit in his pursuits in this extensive and delightful field of investigation, remains not for me to determine. CONTENTS. PART II. 54. OF STYLE, Chap. I. 56. Of the qualities of style, Art. 1. 57. Of clearness, Sect. 1. 59. Of the choice of words, Sect. 2. 62. Of the construction of words, Art. 2. 74. Of harmony, Sect. l. 76. Of mechanical harmony, Sect. 2. 86. Of imitative harmony, 24 24 24 24 25 29 29 33 Art. 3. 89. Of the ornaments of style, 2. 101. Of figures of words, properly so called, a. 102. Of grammatical figures, b. 108. Of oratorical figures, 1. 113. Of figures of thought adapted to convey 2. 122. Of figures of thought adapted to please, 3. 141. Offigures of thought calculated to excite Art. 4. 168. Of suitableness to the subject, Chap. II. 171. Of the characters of style, Sect. 1. 172. Of the simple style, 184. OF EPISTOLARY WRITING, PART II. 188. OF HISTORICAL COMPOSITION. Chap. I. 188. Of the different kinds of history, Sect. 1. 188. Of sacred history, Sect. 2. 191. Of profane history, Chap. II. 197. Of the qualities of history, Sect. 1. 198. Of truth, Sect. 2. 200. Of probability, Sect. 3. 201. Of impartiality, Sect. 4. 205. Of interest, 88 89 90 91 92 94 |
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