The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 - English language |
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Page 40
... when there is access to suppose , that it may be the slow production of study and premedita- tion . This , however , holds most with regard to the Sect . I. Of wit . inferior tribes of witticisms 40 Book I. THE PHILOSOPHY OF.
... when there is access to suppose , that it may be the slow production of study and premedita- tion . This , however , holds most with regard to the Sect . I. Of wit . inferior tribes of witticisms 40 Book I. THE PHILOSOPHY OF.
Page 74
... suppose that he would have called distorted features " a cer- tain fault or slip * " and still less that he would have specified this , as . what might be corrected by the art of the comedian . As an instance , therefore , it would have ...
... suppose that he would have called distorted features " a cer- tain fault or slip * " and still less that he would have specified this , as . what might be corrected by the art of the comedian . As an instance , therefore , it would have ...
Page 79
... suppose that a person in laughing enjoys the contempt of himself as a matter of exultation over his own infirmity , is of a piece with Cowley's description of envy exaggerated to absurdity , wherein she is said To envy at the praise ...
... suppose that a person in laughing enjoys the contempt of himself as a matter of exultation over his own infirmity , is of a piece with Cowley's description of envy exaggerated to absurdity , wherein she is said To envy at the praise ...
Page 105
... suppose that contrarities are demonstrable , is to suppose that the same proposition is both true and false , which is a manifest contradiction . Consequent- ly , if there should ever be the appearance of demon- stration on opposite ...
... suppose that contrarities are demonstrable , is to suppose that the same proposition is both true and false , which is a manifest contradiction . Consequent- ly , if there should ever be the appearance of demon- stration on opposite ...
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... suppose , experimentally discovered . Nobody will doubt of this being a sufficient proof from experience , that the blood circulates in every human body . Nay , fur- ther , when we consider the great similarity which other animal bodies ...
... suppose , experimentally discovered . Nobody will doubt of this being a sufficient proof from experience , that the blood circulates in every human body . Nay , fur- ther , when we consider the great similarity which other animal bodies ...
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