 | 1735 - 682 pages
...can, almoft on every occafion, be traced back to his indiftincr. conception of the fubjeft : fo clofe is the connection between thoughts and the words in which they are clothed. " The ftudy of compofition, important in itfelf at all times, has acquired additional importance, from the... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1787 - 482 pages
...on every occafion, be .traced back to his indiftinct conception of the fub- LE c T. ject : fo clofe is the connection between thoughts and the words in which they are clothed. THE ftudy of compofition, important in jtfelf at all times, has acquired additional importance from the... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1807 - 406 pages
...he expresses himself ill on any subject, when his arrangement becomes loose, and his sentences turn feeble, the defects of his style can, almost on every...indistinct conception of the subject : so close is the connexion between thoughts and the words in which they are clothed. The study of composition, important... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1815 - 582 pages
...every occasion, be traced back to his indistinct conception of the subject : so close is the connexion between thoughts and the words in which they are clothed. The study of composition, important in itself at ah" times, has acquired additional importance from the taste and manners of the present age. It is... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1817 - 516 pages
...when he expresses himself ill on any «object, when his arrangement is loose, and his sentences become feeble, the defects of his style can almost on every occasion, be traced brirk to bis indistinct conception of the subject : so dose is the coniH'N iii» between thoughts and... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1819 - 550 pages
...when he expresses himself ill on any subject, when his arrangement is loose, and his sentences become feeble, the defects of his style can, almost on every...importance from the taste and manners of the present age. It is an age wherein improvements, in every part of science, have been prosecuted with ardour. To all... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1820 - 538 pages
...when he expresses himself ill on any subject, when his arrangement is loose, and his sentences become feeble, the defects of his style can, almost on every...all times, has acquired additional importance from tlv& taste and manners of the present age. It is an age wherein improvements, in every part of science,... | |
 | Philip Withers - English language - 1822 - 414 pages
...Improvement, and acquire a more fixed and established Character than it can boast at present. DR. BLAIR. The Study of Composition, important in itself at all...Importance from the Taste and Manners of the present Age. It is an Age wherein Improvements, in every Part of Science, have been prosecuted with Ardour. To all... | |
 | Hugh Blair - Rhetoric - 1833 - 654 pages
...when he expresses himself ill on any subject, when his arrangement is loose, and his sentences become feeble, the defects of his style can, almost on every...indistinct conception of the subject: so close is the connexion between thoughts and the words in which they are clothed. The study of composition, important... | |
 | William Cramp - English language - 1838 - 276 pages
...when he expresses himself ill on any subject, when his arrangement is loose, and his sentences become feeble, the defects of his style can, almost on every...thoughts and the words in which they are clothed." We shall conclude these preliminary remarks with a quotation from Mr. Murray, on the utility and importance... | |
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... to think, as well as to speak, accurately. By putting our sentiments into words, we always conceive them more distinctly. Every one who has the slightest acquaintance with composition knows, that when he expresses himself ill on any subject, when... 
