Excerpt from Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Vol. 3 of 3 Speaking, and which, as far as the fubjeft allowed, I have endeavoured to form into fome fort of fyftem. It remains, that I enter on the confideration of the moft diflinguifhed kinds of Compofitioh both in Proie and Verfe, and point out the principles of Criticifm relating to them. This part of the work might eafily be drawn out to a great length but I am fen fible, that critical difcullions, when they are purfued too far, become both trifling and te dions. I {hall fiudy, therefore, to avoid nu necefiary prolixity; and hope, at the fame time, to omit nothing that is very material under the feveral heads. 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.