OF

RHETORIC:

EXHIBITING A METHODICAL ARRANGEMENT OF ALL THE

IMPORTANT IDEAS

OF THE

Ancient and Modern Rhetorical Writers.

DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF

COLLEGES, ACADEMIES, AND SCHOOLS.

BY JOHN A. GETTY, A. M.

"Song charms the sense, but Eloquence the soul.".....MILTON.

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Elements of Rhetoric; exhibiting a methodical arrangement of all the important ideas of the ancient and modern Rhetorical writers. Designed for the use of Colleges, Academies, and Schools. By JOHN A. GETTY, A. M.

66 Song charms the sense, but eloquence the soul."-MILTON.

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THE unanimous voice of every civilized nation has awarded unfading laurels to the ancient orators of Greece and Rome. The thunder of DEMOSTHENES shook the throne of the Macedonian PHILIP to its foundation, and the weight of CICERO's unrivalled eloquence balanced, for some time, the tottering Republic of Rome. In the composition of these Elements, the chief design of the author has been to facilitate the acquisition of those high and sublime ideas of oratory which are interspersed

throughout the ancient classics. For this purpose he

has consulted the writings of ARISTOTLE, LONGINUS, CICERO, QUINTILIAN, and other distinguished "heroes of antiquity." He has also adopted, in many instances, the sentiments of modern Rhetorical writers: and, in Elocution, many of the most appropriate examples have been selected from the Sacred Scriptures. The author now offers his labours to the arbitration of the Public, and, to

its decision, he will implicitly submit.

Easton Academy, (Md.) February 1, 1831.