The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1W. Strahan, 1776 - 511 pages |
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... better to avoid . And there are confe- quences regarding the language in general , as well as the fuccefs of particular works , which fhould preferve verbal criticism from being confidered as beneath the attention of any author . An ...
... better to avoid . And there are confe- quences regarding the language in general , as well as the fuccefs of particular works , which fhould preferve verbal criticism from being confidered as beneath the attention of any author . An ...
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... better than that of an ordinary me chanic , may prove an excellent manual opera- tor ; but it is only in the well - inftructed mecha- nician , that you would expect to find a good machinift . The analogy to vegetation above fuggefted ...
... better than that of an ordinary me chanic , may prove an excellent manual opera- tor ; but it is only in the well - inftructed mecha- nician , that you would expect to find a good machinift . The analogy to vegetation above fuggefted ...
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... better than a caftle in the air . I mention characters only in the extreme , be- caufe in this manner they are beft difcrimi- nated . In real life , however , any two of these , fometimes all the three , in various propor- tions , may ...
... better than a caftle in the air . I mention characters only in the extreme , be- caufe in this manner they are beft difcrimi- nated . In real life , however , any two of these , fometimes all the three , in various propor- tions , may ...
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... fuperfluous ; in brief , nothing which in more , or fewer , or other words , or words otherwife difpofed , could have been better expreffed . lect , lect , furnisheth materials for the fancy ; the fancy 28 B. L. THE PHILOSOPHY.
... fuperfluous ; in brief , nothing which in more , or fewer , or other words , or words otherwife difpofed , could have been better expreffed . lect , lect , furnisheth materials for the fancy ; the fancy 28 B. L. THE PHILOSOPHY.
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... better appear from the following obfervations , When a fpeaker addreffeth himself to the understanding , he propofes the inftruction of his hearers , and that , either by explaining fome doctrine unknown , or not diftinctly compre ...
... better appear from the following obfervations , When a fpeaker addreffeth himself to the understanding , he propofes the inftruction of his hearers , and that , either by explaining fome doctrine unknown , or not diftinctly compre ...
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