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Hugh Blair,
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, 1784

Blair's Rhetoric was widely used in men's colleges and advanced academies. It was also widely used in the female curriculum to teach writing and use of language.

Blair, Titlepage
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Blair, Table of Contents
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Blair, Lecture 1
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Reading Between the Lines

Is this formal style of composition taught in college today?

Assess the formality of the students' letters you read in this exhibit. Can you hypothesize which students studied Blair?
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