The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 - English language |
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Page viii
... One is , too much abstraction in investi- gating causes ; the other , too much minuteness in specifying effects . By the first , the perspicuity of a performance may be endangered ; by the second , its viii PREFACE .
... One is , too much abstraction in investi- gating causes ; the other , too much minuteness in specifying effects . By the first , the perspicuity of a performance may be endangered ; by the second , its viii PREFACE .
Page xvi
... effect is in a manner instantaneous , and the quality of any new production in these is immediately judged by every body ; for all have in them some rudi- ments of taste , though in some they are improved by a good , in others corrupted ...
... effect is in a manner instantaneous , and the quality of any new production in these is immediately judged by every body ; for all have in them some rudi- ments of taste , though in some they are improved by a good , in others corrupted ...
Page xvi
... effect upon the hearers , will serve considerably both to improve the taste , and to enrich the fancy . By the former effect we learn to amend and avoid faults in compos- ing and speaking , against which the best natural , but ...
... effect upon the hearers , will serve considerably both to improve the taste , and to enrich the fancy . By the former effect we learn to amend and avoid faults in compos- ing and speaking , against which the best natural , but ...
Page xvi
... effects , favourable or un- favourable , of these attempts , carefully taking into consideration every attendant circumstance , by which the success appears to have been influenced , and by which one may be enabled to discover to what ...
... effects , favourable or un- favourable , of these attempts , carefully taking into consideration every attendant circumstance , by which the success appears to have been influenced , and by which one may be enabled to discover to what ...
Page xx
... , and from 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 .
... , and from 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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