The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 - English language |
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... ter directly opposite to the empiric is the visionary ; for it is not in theology only that there are visionaries . Of the two extremes I acknowledge that the latter is the worse . The first founds upon facts , A 3 INTRODUCTION .
... ter directly opposite to the empiric is the visionary ; for it is not in theology only that there are visionaries . Of the two extremes I acknowledge that the latter is the worse . The first founds upon facts , A 3 INTRODUCTION .
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... latter . Under this class are commonly included , not only the arts of the painter and the statuary , but those also of the musician and the poet . Eloquence and architecture , by which last term is always understood more than building ...
... latter . Under this class are commonly included , not only the arts of the painter and the statuary , but those also of the musician and the poet . Eloquence and architecture , by which last term is always understood more than building ...
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... latter . Indeed , with regard to the first , it is impossible to say , as to several arts , what is the per- fection of the art , since we are incapable of perceiv ing how far the united discernment and industry of men , properly ...
... latter . Indeed , with regard to the first , it is impossible to say , as to several arts , what is the per- fection of the art , since we are incapable of perceiv ing how far the united discernment and industry of men , properly ...
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... latter require much more of a certain happy com- bination in the original frame of spirit , commonly cal- led genius , than is necessary in the other . LET it be observed further , that as the gratification of taste is the immediate ...
... latter require much more of a certain happy com- bination in the original frame of spirit , commonly cal- led genius , than is necessary in the other . LET it be observed further , that as the gratification of taste is the immediate ...
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... latter is absolutely neces- for diffusing valuable knowledge , and enforcing right rules of action upon others . POETRY indeed is properly no other than a particular mode or form of certain branches of oratory . But of this more ...
... latter is absolutely neces- for diffusing valuable knowledge , and enforcing right rules of action upon others . POETRY indeed is properly no other than a particular mode or form of certain branches of oratory . But of this more ...
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