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Excerpt from Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Vol. 2 of 3 Avino treated, at confiderable length, of the Figures of Speech, of their origin, of their nature, and of the management of foch of them as are important enough to require a parti cular difcufiion, before finally difmifling this fub joft, I think it incumbent on me, to make fome obfervations concerning the proper ufe of Figura tive Language in general. Thefe, indeed, I have, in part, already anticipated. But, as great errors are often committed in this part of Style, efpecially by young writers, it may be of ufe that I bring to gether, under one view, the mof't material directions on this head. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.