The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1W. Strahan, 1776 - 511 pages |
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... arguments , illuftrations , and mo- tives , may be procured . Befides , this ftudy , pro- perly conducted , leads directly to an acquaint- ance with ourselves ; it not only traces the ope- rations of the intellect and imagination , but ...
... arguments , illuftrations , and mo- tives , may be procured . Befides , this ftudy , pro- perly conducted , leads directly to an acquaint- ance with ourselves ; it not only traces the ope- rations of the intellect and imagination , but ...
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... arguing , or forms of fpeech , that have been employed for the purpofes of explaining , convincing , pleafing , moving , and perfuading . Here we have the beginnings of the critical fcience . The third ftep is to compare , with di ...
... arguing , or forms of fpeech , that have been employed for the purpofes of explaining , convincing , pleafing , moving , and perfuading . Here we have the beginnings of the critical fcience . The third ftep is to compare , with di ...
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... argument , the tropes and figures of fpeech , with their divifions and fubdivifions , are explained . By the third , the rules of compofition are difco- vered , or the method of combining and dif- pofing the feveral materials , fo as ...
... argument , the tropes and figures of fpeech , with their divifions and fubdivifions , are explained . By the third , the rules of compofition are difco- vered , or the method of combining and dif- pofing the feveral materials , fo as ...
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... argument . By that we are made to know , by this to believe . The imagination is addreffed by exhibiting to it a lively and beautiful reprefentation of a fuitable object . As in this exhibition , the task of the orator may , in fome ...
... argument . By that we are made to know , by this to believe . The imagination is addreffed by exhibiting to it a lively and beautiful reprefentation of a fuitable object . As in this exhibition , the task of the orator may , in fome ...
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... arguments exciting to refolution and acti- vity ; and are , confequently , the fitteft for pro- ducing , what , for want of a better term in our language , I fhall henceforth denominate the vehe- ment . There is , befides , an ...
... arguments exciting to refolution and acti- vity ; and are , confequently , the fitteft for pro- ducing , what , for want of a better term in our language , I fhall henceforth denominate the vehe- ment . There is , befides , an ...
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abftract addrefs affociation againſt alfo appear argument arifing becauſe Befides cafe caufe cauſe circumftances compariſon conclufion confequence confiderable confidered confifts contrary demonftration difcourfe diftinction diſcover doth effect eloquence evidence expreffed expreffion faid fame fatire fcience fecond feems fenfe fenfible fentiments ferve fhall fignified fimilar fince fingle firft firſt folely fome fometimes former forrow fpecies ftill ftyle fubject fuch fufficient fuppofe hath hearers himſelf Hudibras humour hypothefis idiom illuftrate imagination impoffible inftance itſelf juft kind laft language latter leaft leaſt lefs manner meaſure mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary nerally obferved object occafion oppofite orator paffage paffions perfon perfpicuity perfuade perly phraſes pleaſure poffible pofition prefent prepofition principles purpoſe queftion Quintilian raiſed reafon refemblance refpect refults regard remarked ridicule ſenſe ſhould ſpeak ſpeaker term thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion tium truth underſtanding univerfal uſe verb wherein whofe words worfe