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Elements of rhetoric and literary criticism : with copious practical exercises and examples : for the use of common schools and academies / compiled and arranged by James Robert Boyd.

Title: Elements of rhetoric and literary criticism : with copious practical exercises and examples : for the use of common schools and academies / compiled and arranged by James Robert Boyd.
Author: Boyd, James R. (James Robert), 1804-1890.
Publication: New York : Harper & Brothers, 1852, c1844.

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7, 333, 8, 4 p.; 17 cm.

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Testimonials to Boyd's Rhetoric for common schools and academies: p. 1-7 at beginning ; advertisements to works published by Harper & Brothers: p. 1-8, 1-4 at end.

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Part VII. American literature. American poets. Chap. I. Sect. I. Poets of our Revolutionary period -- II. James K. Paulding, John Pierpont -- III. Richard H. Dana, James A. Hillhouse -- IV. Charles Sprague, Charles Wilcox -- V. William C. Bryant, Fitz-Greene Halleck -- VI. N.P. Willis, Mrs. L.H. Sigourney -- VII. Hannah F. Gould, Lucretia and Margaret Davidson, James G. Percival -- VIII. J.G.C. Brainard, H.W. Longfellow -- IX. John G. Whittier -- X.A.B. Street -- XI. E.W.B. Canning -- XII. Concluding remarks on American poets -- [Chap.] II. Sect. I. Sketch of American literature since 1815 -- II. The present state of American literature, and its relation to that of England -- III. Concluding remarks upon our national literature.

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13544731

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