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... degree it were better to avoid . And there are confe- quences regarding the language in general , as well as the fuccefs of particular works , which fhould preferve verbal criticism from being confidered as beneath the attention of any ...
... degree it were better to avoid . And there are confe- quences regarding the language in general , as well as the fuccefs of particular works , which fhould preferve verbal criticism from being confidered as beneath the attention of any ...
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... degree of per- fection beyond what we have experienced ; but we have fome conception of the very utmost to which it can proceed . For inftance , where re- 2 femblance femblance is the object , as in a picture or INTRODUCTION . 9.
... degree of per- fection beyond what we have experienced ; but we have fome conception of the very utmost to which it can proceed . For inftance , where re- 2 femblance femblance is the object , as in a picture or INTRODUCTION . 9.
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... degrees of evidence , its perfection in point of eloquence , By vifion or fiction is understood , that rhetorical figure of which Quintilian fays , " Quas palavras Græci vocant , nos “ fanè vifiones appellamus , per quas imagines rerum ...
... degrees of evidence , its perfection in point of eloquence , By vifion or fiction is understood , that rhetorical figure of which Quintilian fays , " Quas palavras Græci vocant , nos “ fanè vifiones appellamus , per quas imagines rerum ...
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... commonly used for a high degree of efteem ; but when otherwife applied , it denotes folely an internal tafte . It is that pleasurable fenfation which inftantly arifeth on the perception of magnitude , or which THE PHILOSOPHY B. I..
... commonly used for a high degree of efteem ; but when otherwife applied , it denotes folely an internal tafte . It is that pleasurable fenfation which inftantly arifeth on the perception of magnitude , or which THE PHILOSOPHY B. I..
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... degrees of quality in spiritual subjects , analogous to that which fubfifts in the degrees of quantity in material things . Accordingly , in all tongues , perhaps without exception , the ordinary terms , which are confidered as ...
... degrees of quality in spiritual subjects , analogous to that which fubfifts in the degrees of quantity in material things . Accordingly , in all tongues , perhaps without exception , the ordinary terms , which are confidered as ...
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abftract addrefs affociation againſt alfo appear argument arifing becauſe Befides cafe caufe cauſe circumftances compariſon conclufion confequence confiderable confidered confifts contrary demonftration difcourfe diftinction diſcover doth effect eloquence evidence expreffed expreffion faid fame fatire fcience fecond feems fenfe fenfible fentiments ferve fhall fignified fimilar fince fingle firft firſt folely fome fometimes former forrow fpecies ftill ftyle fubject fuch fufficient fuppofe hath hearers himſelf Hudibras humour hypothefis idiom illuftrate imagination impoffible inftance itſelf juft kind laft language latter leaft leaſt lefs manner meaſure mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary nerally obferved object occafion oppofite orator paffage paffions perfon perfpicuity perfuade perly phraſes pleaſure poffible pofition prefent prepofition principles purpoſe queftion Quintilian raiſed reafon refemblance refpect refults regard remarked ridicule ſenſe ſhould ſpeak ſpeaker term thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion tium truth underſtanding univerfal uſe verb wherein whofe words worfe