The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1W. Strahan, 1776 - 511 pages |
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... effects . By the firft , the perfpicuity of a performance may be endan- gered ; by the fecond , its dignity may be fa- crificed . The Author does not flatter him- A 4 felf N self so far as to imagine , that he hath PREFACE . vii.
... effects . By the firft , the perfpicuity of a performance may be endan- gered ; by the fecond , its dignity may be fa- crificed . The Author does not flatter him- A 4 felf N self so far as to imagine , that he hath PREFACE . vii.
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... effect is in a manner inftantaneous , and the quality of any new production in these is immediately judged by every body ; for all have in them fome rudiments of tafte , though in fome they are improved by a good , in others corrupted ...
... effect is in a manner inftantaneous , and the quality of any new production in these is immediately judged by every body ; for all have in them fome rudiments of tafte , though in fome they are improved by a good , in others corrupted ...
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... effect upon the hearers , will ferve confiderably both to improve the tafte , and to enrich the fancy . 1 By By the former effect we learn to amend and avoid INTRODUCTION . 45.
... effect upon the hearers , will ferve confiderably both to improve the tafte , and to enrich the fancy . 1 By By the former effect we learn to amend and avoid INTRODUCTION . 45.
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George Campbell. By the former effect we learn to amend and avoid faults in compofing and fpeaking , against which the best natural , but uncultivated parts , give no fecurity ; and by the latter , the proper mediums are fuggefted ...
George Campbell. By the former effect we learn to amend and avoid faults in compofing and fpeaking , against which the best natural , but uncultivated parts , give no fecurity ; and by the latter , the proper mediums are fuggefted ...
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... effects , favourable or un- favourable , of thofe attempts , carefully taking into confideration every attendant - circumftance , by which the fuccefs appears to have been in- fluenced , and by which one may be enabled to discover to ...
... effects , favourable or un- favourable , of thofe attempts , carefully taking into confideration every attendant - circumftance , by which the fuccefs appears to have been in- fluenced , and by which one may be enabled to discover to ...
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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