The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1W. Strahan, 1776 - 511 pages |
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... employed . In respect of the end , an art is either ufeful or elegant ; in re- fpect of the means , it is either mechanical or liberal . The true foundation of the former diftribution B 4 diftribution is , that certain arts are ...
... employed . In respect of the end , an art is either ufeful or elegant ; in re- fpect of the means , it is either mechanical or liberal . The true foundation of the former diftribution B 4 diftribution is , that certain arts are ...
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... employ the term . For , in the first place , that it ought to be ranked among the polite or fine arts , is manifeft from this , that in all its exertions , with little or no exception , ( as will appear after- wards ) it requires the ...
... employ the term . For , in the first place , that it ought to be ranked among the polite or fine arts , is manifeft from this , that in all its exertions , with little or no exception , ( as will appear after- wards ) it requires the ...
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George Campbell. profeffedly teaches us how to employ that faculty with the greateft probability of fuccefs . Further , if the logical art , and the ethical , be useful , elo- quence is ufeful , as it inftructs us how these arts muft be ...
George Campbell. profeffedly teaches us how to employ that faculty with the greateft probability of fuccefs . Further , if the logical art , and the ethical , be useful , elo- quence is ufeful , as it inftructs us how these arts muft be ...
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... employed by both . In regard to verfification , it is more to be confidered as an appendage , than as a consti- tuent of poetry . In this lies what may be called the more mechanical part of the poet's work , being at most but a fort of ...
... employed by both . In regard to verfification , it is more to be confidered as an appendage , than as a consti- tuent of poetry . In this lies what may be called the more mechanical part of the poet's work , being at most but a fort of ...
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... 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- ligence , the various effects , favourable or un ...
... 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- ligence , the various effects , favourable or un ...
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