The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 - English language |
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Page viii
... mentioning the manner wherein the composition of this Work has been conducted , and the time it has taken , is , not to enhance its value with the public , but to apologize in some measure for that inequality in the execution and the ...
... mentioning the manner wherein the composition of this Work has been conducted , and the time it has taken , is , not to enhance its value with the public , but to apologize in some measure for that inequality in the execution and the ...
Page xvi
... mention characters only in the extreme , because in this manner they are best discriminated . In real life , however , any two of these , sometimes all the three , in various proportions , may be found blended in the same person . THE ...
... mention characters only in the extreme , because in this manner they are best discriminated . In real life , however , any two of these , sometimes all the three , in various proportions , may be found blended in the same person . THE ...
Page xvi
... art- tists , or accustomed to employ and examine the works of artists in that particular profession . I MENTIONED some arts that have their fundament- al principles in the abstract sciences of geometry and arithmetic X. INTRODUCTION .
... art- tists , or accustomed to employ and examine the works of artists in that particular profession . I MENTIONED some arts that have their fundament- al principles in the abstract sciences of geometry and arithmetic X. INTRODUCTION .
Page xviii
... mentioned , to please the fan- cy , and to move the passions . But to treat it also as an useful art , and closely connected with the under- standing and the will , would have led to a discussion foreign to his purpose . it I AM aware ...
... mentioned , to please the fan- cy , and to move the passions . But to treat it also as an useful art , and closely connected with the under- standing and the will , would have led to a discussion foreign to his purpose . it I AM aware ...
Page 33
... mentioned are of this number is undeniable , since we can produce . passages full of vehemence , wherein no image is pre- sented , which , with any propriety , can be termed great or sublime t . In matters of criticism , as in the 66 ...
... mentioned are of this number is undeniable , since we can produce . passages full of vehemence , wherein no image is pre- sented , which , with any propriety , can be termed great or sublime t . In matters of criticism , as in the 66 ...
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