must be universally allowed. Any 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. Beauty and other Pleasures of Taste Origin and Progress of Language 215041 Structure of Language. English Tongue Style. Perspicuity and Precision Personification and Apostrophe. Comparison, Antithesis, Interrogation, Excla- Style. Simple, Affected, Vehement. tions for forming a proper Style Critical Examination of Mr. Addison's Style Eloquence of Popular Assemblies Conduct of a Discourse in all its Parts. In- The Argumentative Part of a Discourse, the Pathetic Part, and the Peroration Means of improving in Eloquence |