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A dissertation on reading the classics , and forming a just style. Written in the year 1709. And addressed to the Right Honourable John Lord Roos, The Present Duke of Rutland. By Henry Felton, D. D. Principal of Edmund-Hall, Oxon, and Chaplain to his Grace the Duke of Rutland.
Henry FeltonDate: 1730
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A letter from a dissenting teacher to Jet Black
Dissenting Teacher.Date: Printed in the Year, 1724
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Essays on poetical and prosaic numbers, and elocution . The second edition. By John Mason, A.M.
Mason, John, 1706-1763.Date: M.DCC.LXI. [1761]
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Reflections upon accuracy of style . In five dialogues. Containing the chief rules to be observed for obtaining an accurate style. Of the too frequent Use of Antitheses. Of the Use of Metaphors. Of Affectation in Style. Of Flashy Styles. Of the Use of Foreign Words. Of the Laconick Style. Of the Long Style. Of Novelty of Style. Of Poetical Expressions used in Prose. Of the Use of Obsolete Words. Rapin's Rules of Style. Of Obscurity in Writing. On Harmony of Sound. French Writers not a Rule in other Languages. Vogue not always a sure Proof of a good Writer. Of the Beauties and Blemishes in the Style of the late famous Mr. Collier. Of that Gentleman's Oddness of Expression, Metaphors, &c. With brief observations interspersed thro' the whole, on Aristotle, Longinus, Quintilian, Cicero, Tacitus, Tasso, Boileau, Bouhours, Rapin, Voiture, Milton, Cowley, Sprat, Denham, Dryden, &c. And many other Curious Particulars referred to in the Index. By Mr. John Constable, Author of the Conversation of Gentlemen, &c.
Constable, John, 1676-1743.Date: M.DCC.XXXVIII. [1738]
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Lexiphanes, a dialogue . Imitated from Lucian, and suited to the present times. With a dedication to Lord Lyttleton, ... Being an attempt to restore the English tongue to its ancient purity, ..
Campbell, Archibald, 1726?-1780.Date: 1767