That a knowledge of rhetoric forms a very material part of the education of a polite scholar, 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. CONTENTS. Beauty and other Pleasures of Taste Origin and Progress of Language Rise and Progress of Language and of Writing General Characters of Style. Diffuse, Concise, Feeble, PAGE. Style.-Simple, Affected, Vehement.-Directions Critical Examination of Mr. Addison's Style in Conduct of a Discourse in all its Parts.-Introduc- tion,-Division, Narration, and Explication Comparative Merit of the Ancients and Moderns 161 Philosophical Writing and Dialogue |