The Philosophy of RhetoricHarper & brothers, 1846 - 435 pages |
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... never been invented . Besides , if by these the par- ticular questions which come exactly within the description of the rule may be solved , by the other such general rules themselves , as serve for the solution of endless particulars ...
... never been invented . Besides , if by these the par- ticular questions which come exactly within the description of the rule may be solved , by the other such general rules themselves , as serve for the solution of endless particulars ...
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... never , in return , be subservient to the art , from which alone it has received whatever it has to bestow . This objection , however spe- cious , will not bear a near examination ; for let it be observ- ed , that though in all the arts ...
... never , in return , be subservient to the art , from which alone it has received whatever it has to bestow . This objection , however spe- cious , will not bear a near examination ; for let it be observ- ed , that though in all the arts ...
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... never fails to disturb the opera- tion of the intellectual faculty , must be regarded by every intelligent hearer as foreign at least , if not insidious . It is obvious that either of these , far from being subservient to the main ...
... never fails to disturb the opera- tion of the intellectual faculty , must be regarded by every intelligent hearer as foreign at least , if not insidious . It is obvious that either of these , far from being subservient to the main ...
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... never rise to anything superior , are distinguished by the diminutive appellation of witlings . Let it be remarked in general , that from one or more of the three last - mentioned varieties , those plebeian tribes of witticism , the ...
... never rise to anything superior , are distinguished by the diminutive appellation of witlings . Let it be remarked in general , that from one or more of the three last - mentioned varieties , those plebeian tribes of witticism , the ...
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... never legally obtains admittance . Those things which principally come under its lash are awkwardness , rus- ticity , ignorance , cowardice , levity , foppery , pedantry , and affectation of every kind . But against murder , cruelty ...
... never legally obtains admittance . Those things which principally come under its lash are awkwardness , rus- ticity , ignorance , cowardice , levity , foppery , pedantry , and affectation of every kind . But against murder , cruelty ...
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Page 197 - In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Page 272 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
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Page 248 - To this succeeded that licentiousness which entered with the restoration, and, from infecting our religion and morals, fell to corrupt our language ; which last was not like to be much improved by those who at that time made up the court of king Charles the Second ; either such...
Page 340 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.