ON

RHETORIC

AND

BELLES LETTRES.

By HUGH BLAIR, D.D. & F.R.S. Ed.

ONE OF THE MINISTERS OF THE HIGH CHURCH, AND
PROFESSOR OF RHETORIC AND BELLES LETTRES

IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

THE ELEVENTH EDITION.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR T. CADELL AND W. DAVIES, IN THE STRAND;
AND W. CREECH, EDINBURGH,

THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY 280520A

ASTOR LENOX AND

EN FOUNDATIONS

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Strahan and Prefton, Frinters Street, London.

CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME,

LECT.

XVIII. FIGURATIVE Language-

General Characters of Style

— Diffuse, Concife-Feeble, Ner-

vous-Dry, Plain, Neat, Ele-

gant, Flowery

XIX. General Characters of Style

ple, Affected, Vehement

Sim-

- Di-

rections for forming a proper

Style

Page

I

29

XX. Critical Examination of the Style

of Mr. Addifon, in N° 411 of

The Spectator

54

XXI. Critical Examination of the Style in

N° 412 of The Spectator

79

XXII. Critical Examination of the Style in

N° 413 of The Spectator

99

XXIII. Critical Examination of the Style in