The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 - English language |
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Page v
... sort of groundwork to the whole . And the judicious Reader will perceive , that , in raising the superstructure , he has entirely conformed to the plan there delineated . That first outline he showed soon after to several of his ...
... sort of groundwork to the whole . And the judicious Reader will perceive , that , in raising the superstructure , he has entirely conformed to the plan there delineated . That first outline he showed soon after to several of his ...
Page xvi
... sort of garnishing , and by far too unessential to give a desig- nation to the 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 ...
... sort of garnishing , and by far too unessential to give a desig- nation to the 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 ...
Page xix
... sort of intellectual entertainment to spe- culative men . It may be said , that this science , how- ever entertaining , as it must derive all its light and in- formation from the actual examples in the art , can ne- ver in return be ...
... sort of intellectual entertainment to spe- culative men . It may be said , that this science , how- ever entertaining , as it must derive all its light and in- formation from the actual examples in the art , can ne- ver in return be ...
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... sort , be said , like that of the painter , to consist in imitation , the merit of the work results entirely from these two sources ; dignity , as well in the subject or thing imitated , as in the manner of imitation ; and re- semblance ...
... sort , be said , like that of the painter , to consist in imitation , the merit of the work results entirely from these two sources ; dignity , as well in the subject or thing imitated , as in the manner of imitation ; and re- semblance ...
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... sort , which consists in the debasement of things great and eminent , Butler , amongst a thou- sand other instances , hath given us those which fol- low : And now had Phoebus in the lap Of Thetis , taken out his nap : And , like a ...
... sort , which consists in the debasement of things great and eminent , Butler , amongst a thou- sand other instances , hath given us those which fol- low : And now had Phoebus in the lap Of Thetis , taken out his nap : And , like a ...
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