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, viz. Isocrates. Aristotle, Cicero, Dionysius Halicarnass. Quintilian, Vossius, Petrusramus, Cyp. Soarius, Aud. Talŭs, Dugaro, Farwaby, Butlen, Smith, Walker, Burton, Blackwall, Lowe. Rollin, ABp. of Cambray, Miss. De Port-Royal &, the whole being distinguished into what is necessary to be repeated, and what may be made only matter of observation. The second containing the substance of Lon-Ginus's celebrated treatise on the sublime. 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. The third impression, corrected and improved. By John Holmes, late master of the publick grammar-school, in Holt, Norfolk.
| Author/creator | Holmes, John |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : Printed for and sold by L. Hawes, W. Clarke, and R. Collins, in Pater-noster Row, MDCCLXVI. [1766] |
| Description | 18 unnumbered pages, 96;71, 7 unnumbered pages ; 8⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
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| General note | The second book has its own titlepage: 'The art of rhetoric made easy: or, the elements of oratory. Book II. .. ' and its own pagination and register. |
| General note | Titlepage in red and black. |
| General note | With a final leaf of advertisements. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Trinity College Library Watkinson Collection. |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, T90584. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
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