THE ART of RHETORIC MADE EASY: OR, THE ELEMENTS of ORATORY Briefly ftated, and fitted for the Practice of Great-Britain and Ireland: In TWO BOOKS. The FIRST comprehending the PRINCIPLES of that excellent ART, conformable' to, and fupported by the AUTHORITY of the most accurate ORATORS and RHETORICIANS, both ANCIENT and MODERN, viz. The WHOLE being diftinguished into what is neceffary to be repeated, and what may be made only Matter of Obfervation. The SECOND containing the SUBSTANCE of LONGINUS's celebrated TREATISE on the SUBLIME. In BOTH which all Technical Terms are fully explained, with their Derivations, and proper Examples applied to demonftrate and illuftrate 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 Second Impreffion Corrected and Improved. By JOHN HOLMES, Master of the LONDON: Printed for and fold by C. HITCH, and L. HAWES, in Pater-nofter Row, and the Bookfellers in Cambridge, Norwich and Dublin, MDCCLV. 4 THE PREFACE. To the LEARNED INSTRUCTORS, and STUDIOUS YOUTH of GreatBritain and Ireland. A S fome Account of every Work, that's made publick, is always expected to be given, you have here, Gentlemen, humbly offer'd to you, THE ART OF RHETORIC, or, The Elements of Oratory, not only collected and composed from the whole Body of Orators and Rhetoricians ancient and modern, but accompanied likewife with Examples from the Claffics and Scriptures, and briefly compriz'd in a Short, Plain, Comprehenfive and Regular Method. Here, Young Gentlemen, you'll meet with the Precepts, Animadverfions, Remarks, and Hints of ISOCRATES, ARISTOTLE, CICERO, QUINTILIAN, LONGINUS, and others of the Ancients; together with VOSSIUS, RA a 34 X26 |