ON RHETORIC AND BELLES LETTRES. BÝ HUGH BLAIR, D.D. AND F. R. S. EDIN. ONE OF THE MINISTERS OF THE HIGH CHURCH, AND PROFESSOR UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. II. A NEW EDITION. EDINBURGH: PRINTED FOR BELL AND BRADFUTE, AND MUNDELL, DOIG, AND STEVENSON, EDINBURGH. 1811. CONTENTS XVIII. FIGURATIVE Language-General Cha- racters of Style-Diffuse, Concise- Feeble, Nervous-Dry, Plain, Neat, XIX. General Characters of Style-Simple, Affected, Vehement-Directions for XX. Critical Examination of the Style of Mr. |