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The art of rhetoric made easy, or, The elements of oratory : briefly stated, and fitted for the practice of the studious youth of Great Britain and Ireland: in two books ; the first comprehending the principles of that excellent art, conformable to, and supported by the authority of the most accurate orators and rhetoricians, both ancient and modern ... the second containing the substance of Longinus's celebrated treatise on the sublime .. / by John Holmes...
Van Pelt - Microtext Microfilm 681 reel 5, no. 45
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- Format:
- Microformat
- Author/Creator:
- Holmes, John, 1703-1759.
- Series:
- British and continental rhetoric and elocution ; reel 5, no. 45.
- Language:
- English
- Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Rhetoric--1500-1800.
- English language.
- Oratory--Early works to 1800.
- Oratory.
- Elocution.
- Expression.
- Rhetoric, Ancient.
- Sublime, The.
- English language--Rhetoric.
- Physical Description:
- 9 preliminary leaves, 96, 71 pages, 5 unnumbered pages ; 20 cm
- 35 mm
- monochrome
- service copy
- positive
- Other Title:
- Elements of oratory.
- Rhetoric made easy.
- On the sublime.
- De sublimitate.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed by A. Parker; and sold by A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, 1739.
- Notes:
- Longinus' On the sublime translated from the Greek. Its Latin title: De sublimitate. Incorrectly attributed to Dionysius Longinus, author unknown. (Cf. ARN: 1209127).
- Running title: Rhetoric made easy, or Elements of oratory.
- Book II has own title page and separate paging.
- Subtitle continued: In both which all technical terms are fully explained, with their derivations, and proper examples applied to demonstrate and illustrate all the tropes, figures, and fine turns, that are to be met with, or imitated, either in the scriptures, classics, or other polite writings as well oratorial as poetical.
- List of other works by John Holmes on last two unnumbered pages.
- Master microform held by: UnM.
- Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1953. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (British and continental rhetoric and elocution ; reel 5, no. 45). s1953 miun a
- OP 65565.
- OCLC:
- 13686325
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