The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 - English language |
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Page ix
... kind , it is impossible that every thing should be alike perspicuous to every reader , or , that all the parts should be equally elevated . Varie- ty in this respect , as well as in others , is perhaps , on the whole , more pleasing and ...
... kind , it is impossible that every thing should be alike perspicuous to every reader , or , that all the parts should be equally elevated . Varie- ty in this respect , as well as in others , is perhaps , on the whole , more pleasing and ...
Page xi
... be offended , is doubtless obliged to the man , who , free from captious petulance , candidly points out his errors , of what kind soever they be . CONTENTS FIRST Introduction OF THE VOLUME . Page I BOOK PREFACE . xi.
... be offended , is doubtless obliged to the man , who , free from captious petulance , candidly points out his errors , of what kind soever they be . CONTENTS FIRST Introduction OF THE VOLUME . Page I BOOK PREFACE . xi.
Page xvi
... kind . This particularity in form , to a- dopt an expression of the naturalists , constitutes only a variety , and not a different species . Now though a considerable proficiency in the prac- tice of the oratorical art may be easily and ...
... kind . This particularity in form , to a- dopt an expression of the naturalists , constitutes only a variety , and not a different species . Now though a considerable proficiency in the prac- tice of the oratorical art may be easily and ...
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... kind of address to the under- ' standing , and only one , which , it may not be improper to observe , disdains all assistance whatever from the fancy . The address I mean , is mathematical demon- stration . As this doth not , like moral ...
... kind of address to the under- ' standing , and only one , which , it may not be improper to observe , disdains all assistance whatever from the fancy . The address I mean , is mathematical demon- stration . As this doth not , like moral ...
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... kind of address of which I am now treating , attains the summit of per- fection in the sublime , or those great and noble images , which , when in suitable colouring presented to the mind , do , as it were , distend the imagination with ...
... kind of address of which I am now treating , attains the summit of per- fection in the sublime , or those great and noble images , which , when in suitable colouring presented to the mind , do , as it were , distend the imagination with ...
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