The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 - English language |
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... speaker ought to have of the hearers as men in general .. 153 136 SECT . I. As endowed with understanding 157 SECT ... speaker ought to have of the hearers as such men in parti- cular ... Of the consideration which the speaker ought to ...
... speaker ought to have of the hearers as men in general .. 153 136 SECT . I. As endowed with understanding 157 SECT ... speaker ought to have of the hearers as such men in parti- cular ... Of the consideration which the speaker ought to ...
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... speaker . . . In regard to the persons addressed SECT . I. SECT . II . SECT . III . In regard to the subject . SECT . IV . In regard to the occasion SECT . V. In regard to the end in view . CHAP . XI . 207 208 • 212 216 220 223 Of the ...
... speaker . . . In regard to the persons addressed SECT . I. SECT . II . SECT . III . In regard to the subject . SECT . IV . In regard to the occasion SECT . V. In regard to the end in view . CHAP . XI . 207 208 • 212 216 220 223 Of the ...
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... speakers existed before grammarians , and reasoners before logicians ; so doubtless there were orators before there were rhetoricans , and poets before critics . The first impulse towards the attain- ment of every art is from nature ...
... speakers existed before grammarians , and reasoners before logicians ; so doubtless there were orators before there were rhetoricans , and poets before critics . The first impulse towards the attain- ment of every art is from nature ...
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... speaker intends to produce in the hearer . The word eloquence in its greatest lati- tude denotes , " That art or talent by which the dis- " course is adapted to its end * . ” * " Dicere secundum virtutem orationis . Scientia bene ...
... speaker intends to produce in the hearer . The word eloquence in its greatest lati- tude denotes , " That art or talent by which the dis- " course is adapted to its end * . ” * " Dicere secundum virtutem orationis . Scientia bene ...
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... speaker addresseth himself to the under- standing , he proposes the instruction of his hearers , and that , either by explaining some doctrine unknown , or not distinctly comprehended by them , or by proving some position disbelieved or ...
... speaker addresseth himself to the under- standing , he proposes the instruction of his hearers , and that , either by explaining some doctrine unknown , or not distinctly comprehended by them , or by proving some position disbelieved or ...
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