The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1W. Strahan, 1776 - 511 pages |
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... SECT . II . As endowed with imagination . SECT . III . As endowed with memory . 189 190 195 SECT . IV . As endowed with paffions . 199 SECT . : SECT . V. The circumstances that are chiefly inftru- mental * ii CONTENTS .
... SECT . II . As endowed with imagination . SECT . III . As endowed with memory . 189 190 195 SECT . IV . As endowed with paffions . 199 SECT . : SECT . V. The circumstances that are chiefly inftru- mental * ii CONTENTS .
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George Campbell. SECT . V. The circumstances that are chiefly inftru- mental in operating on the paffions . Page 209 Part I. Probability . ib . Part II . Plaufibility . 210 Part III . Importance . 220 Part IV . Proximity of time . 221 ...
George Campbell. SECT . V. The circumstances that are chiefly inftru- mental in operating on the paffions . Page 209 Part I. Probability . ib . Part II . Plaufibility . 210 Part III . Importance . 220 Part IV . Proximity of time . 221 ...
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... circumstances which happily adumbrate the contemptible and the ridiculous . SECTION HI . Of ridicule . • THE intention of raifing a laugh is either merely to divert by that grateful titillation which it excites , or to influence the ...
... circumstances which happily adumbrate the contemptible and the ridiculous . SECTION HI . Of ridicule . • THE intention of raifing a laugh is either merely to divert by that grateful titillation which it excites , or to influence the ...
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... circumstances are known to us . Accordingly , experience is the foundation of philofophy ; which confifts in a collection of general truths , fyftematically di- gefted . On the contrary , the direct conclu- fion from teftimony is ...
... circumstances are known to us . Accordingly , experience is the foundation of philofophy ; which confifts in a collection of general truths , fyftematically di- gefted . On the contrary , the direct conclu- fion from teftimony is ...
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... circumstances , which ferve either to corroborate or to invalidate its evidence . The reputation of the attefter , his manner of addrefs , the nature of the fact attefted , the occafion of giving the * Differtation on Miracles , Part I ...
... circumstances , which ferve either to corroborate or to invalidate its evidence . The reputation of the attefter , his manner of addrefs , the nature of the fact attefted , the occafion of giving the * Differtation on Miracles , Part I ...
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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