136. The advantages of speaking in French-in Greek, &c. 137. The moral influence of science. 138. The prospects of America. 139. Literary vanity. 140. The crusades. 141. On artificial aids to memory. 142. On Phrenology. 143. On Mesmerism. 144. On the proneness of genius to theorizing. 145. On intellectual culture. 146. On the prevalence of erroneous views of the value of metaphysical science. 147. The contributions of the fine arts to the pleasures of the domestic LIST OF WORKS CONSULTED IN THE PREPARATION OF In presenting a list of authorities which have been consulted in the pre Rippingham's Rules of English_Composition; Rice's Composition; 66 Rules of, 126. Apothem, Apothegm, or Apoph- Argumentative, 300. Writing, example of, in a de- in Men of Business, 223. Asterisk, 28 and 32. Ballad, 287. Barbarism, 92. Bathos, notes, 64 and 303. Bernard De Rohan, Description of Bianca Capello, 322. Bombast, notes, 64 and 303. 66 in Folio, Quarto, Octavo, Du Bookbinders' marks for folding, &c. 313. Bourgeois, 312. Boutes, Rimes, note, 242. Bowdoin Prize Dissertation on the Brace, 28 and 31. Brackets, 27 and 30. Breve, 28 and 30. Brevier, 312. Bucolics, 289. Burlesque, 297. "Happy instances of, in severa styles, note, 297. Burletta, 297. an Allegory, 135. 66 Author of Lacon's Remarks Butterfly and Humming Bird, The, on, note, 126. Antonomasia, 63. much used by historical writ- Casura, proper position of, 234. ers, note, 65. Apheresis, 76. peculiar (as a rhetorical fig- 144. Cantata, 287. Canzonet, 287. Capital Letters, Rules for the Use of, Cards - Ceremonious, Business, and Example of a, 327. "Subjects for, 408. Colon, its meaning and use, 27 and Definition, 105. Compound Sentences, formation of from Simple ones, 58. Description of a fine-looking man, | Disquisition, 341. note, 174. of the elephant, 175. แ of natural scenery, 175 and 176. Use of Epithets in, note, 175. Diction, Poetic, 77. Didactic, Introduction and 300. Diæresis, 27, 31, and 77. Diamond Type, 312. Difference, 105. Diminution, or Liptotes, note, 142. for the Division of a Subject, "for acquiring a Good Style, how it differs from a Disser "Ethical, political, scientific, "Ethical, Example of, on "The Dissertation, 338. Example of, on "The Causes Bowdoin Prize, on the Life 66 66 Divisions of a Subject, 215. 66 Rules for the construction o Epopea, or Epopœia, 296. what kinds most frequently Figurative Language, 111 and 283. 113. translation of Plain into, 115 Figure, Definition of a, 111. Etymological, Syntactical and Figures, as enumerated by Holmes, note, 111. 66 Use of, 112. Faults of, note, 112. Folding of a Letter, 188 and 189. 66 of Notes, &c., 194. Folio, 313. 66 Form of a Letter, 186. Esquire, title of, when to be applied, Formal Letter, Example of a, 188. 191. |