The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 - English language |
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... body else . Next to the purpose of illustrating the principles and canons which he here submits to the judgment of the Public , the two following motives weighed most with the Author , in inducing him to use so much freedom in regard to ...
... body else . Next to the purpose of illustrating the principles and canons which he here submits to the judgment of the Public , the two following motives weighed most with the Author , in inducing him to use so much freedom in regard to ...
Page xvi
... body ; for all have in them some rudi- ments of taste , though in some they are improved by a good , in others corrupted by a bad education , and in others almost supressed by a total want of educa- tion . In the useful arts , on the ...
... body ; for all have in them some rudi- ments of taste , though in some they are improved by a good , in others corrupted by a bad education , and in others almost supressed by a total want of educa- tion . In the useful arts , on the ...
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... body and its mem- bers , are enslaved ; whereas , from the dominion of the former nothing is exempted , neither judgment nor af- fection , not even the inmost recesses , the most latent movements of the soul . What opposition is he not ...
... body and its mem- bers , are enslaved ; whereas , from the dominion of the former nothing is exempted , neither judgment nor af- fection , not even the inmost recesses , the most latent movements of the soul . What opposition is he not ...
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... body , and the exercise of reason , strange- ly , but not insignificantly , linked together ; strangely , else the sentiment , however just , could not be de- nominated witty ; significantly , because an unmean . ing jumble of things ...
... body , and the exercise of reason , strange- ly , but not insignificantly , linked together ; strangely , else the sentiment , however just , could not be de- nominated witty ; significantly , because an unmean . ing jumble of things ...
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... body knows that they import more than , " It is false , " being , in other words , " This is such an extravagance , " as is not so much a subject of argument as of laugh- " ter . " And that we may discover what it is , with regard to ...
... body knows that they import more than , " It is false , " being , in other words , " This is such an extravagance , " as is not so much a subject of argument as of laugh- " ter . " And that we may discover what it is , with regard to ...
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