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... rhetoric were a profound influence . What had survived of the colonial " plain style " in which the Puritan clergymen had composed their sermons was to find its further extension in Bryant's blank verse , even though the promise of ...
... rhetoric were a profound influence . What had survived of the colonial " plain style " in which the Puritan clergymen had composed their sermons was to find its further extension in Bryant's blank verse , even though the promise of ...
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... rhetoric of Moby Dick ; to the contrary , the diction of the poet should abhor " subtilties of thought " and adhere " to the common track of human intelligence . " 8 His confusion over the " suggestive " function of poetry spills over ...
... rhetoric of Moby Dick ; to the contrary , the diction of the poet should abhor " subtilties of thought " and adhere " to the common track of human intelligence . " 8 His confusion over the " suggestive " function of poetry spills over ...
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... rhetoric . At its worst , the old rhetoric was pedantic , inflated , and intemperate ; at its best , it harnessed the forces of wit , logic , and fancy into a well - matched team . In political and religious tracts toward the close of ...
... rhetoric . At its worst , the old rhetoric was pedantic , inflated , and intemperate ; at its best , it harnessed the forces of wit , logic , and fancy into a well - matched team . In political and religious tracts toward the close of ...
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