The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 - English language |
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... compared , with a view to their different advantages in respect of elo- quence ... In regard to the speaker . . . In regard to the persons addressed SECT . I. SECT . II . SECT . III . In regard to the subject . SECT . IV . In regard to ...
... compared , with a view to their different advantages in respect of elo- quence ... In regard to the speaker . . . In regard to the persons addressed SECT . I. SECT . II . SECT . III . In regard to the subject . SECT . IV . In regard to ...
Page xvi
... compared more justly to that variety which takes place in the vegetable kingdom , than to the uniformity which obtains universally in the ani- mal world ; for , as to the anomalous race of zoophytes , I do not comprehend them in the ...
... compared more justly to that variety which takes place in the vegetable kingdom , than to the uniformity which obtains universally in the ani- mal world ; for , as to the anomalous race of zoophytes , I do not comprehend them in the ...
Page xvi
... compared with that which results from the knowledge of the foundations of the art , and of what has been , not un- fitly , styled arithmetic universal . It may be justly said , that , without some portion of this knowledge , the ...
... compared with that which results from the knowledge of the foundations of the art , and of what has been , not un- fitly , styled arithmetic universal . It may be justly said , that , without some portion of this knowledge , the ...
Page xx
... comparing their effects , general remarks are made , which serve as so many rules for directing future practice ; and , from comparing such general remarks together , others still more general are deduced XX INTRODUCTION .
... comparing their effects , general remarks are made , which serve as so many rules for directing future practice ; and , from comparing such general remarks together , others still more general are deduced XX INTRODUCTION .
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... compared are what with dialecticians would come under the denomination of disparates , being such as can be ranked under no common genus . Of this I shall subjoin an example from Young , Health chiefly keeps an Atheist in the dark : A ...
... compared are what with dialecticians would come under the denomination of disparates , being such as can be ranked under no common genus . Of this I shall subjoin an example from Young , Health chiefly keeps an Atheist in the dark : A ...
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