The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1W. Strahan, 1776 - 511 pages |
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... fame ingenious friends . All that follows on the subject of Elocution , hath also undergone the fame review . Nor has there been any material alteration made on thefe , or any ad- dition to them , except in a few inftances of notes ...
... fame ingenious friends . All that follows on the subject of Elocution , hath also undergone the fame review . Nor has there been any material alteration made on thefe , or any ad- dition to them , except in a few inftances of notes ...
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... fame general rules of compofition , in narration , de- fcription , argumentation , are obferved ; and the fame tropes and figures , either for beautifying or for invigorating the diction , are employed by both . In regard to ...
... fame general rules of compofition , in narration , de- fcription , argumentation , are obferved ; and the fame tropes and figures , either for beautifying or for invigorating the diction , are employed by both . In regard to ...
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... fame track , the attention no way diverted , nothing left to be fupplied , no one unneceffary word or idea in- troduced * . On the contrary , an harangue framed for affecting the hearts or influencing the refolves of an affembly , needs ...
... fame track , the attention no way diverted , nothing left to be fupplied , no one unneceffary word or idea in- troduced * . On the contrary , an harangue framed for affecting the hearts or influencing the refolves of an affembly , needs ...
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... fame of the orator ; for as on the judiciary the lives and eftates of private perfons depended , on the deliberative hung the refolves of fenates , the fate of king- doms , nay of the most renowned republics the world ever knew ...
... fame of the orator ; for as on the judiciary the lives and eftates of private perfons depended , on the deliberative hung the refolves of fenates , the fate of king- doms , nay of the most renowned republics the world ever knew ...
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... fame time , every thing infpires the most perfect veneration for his character , and the most en- tire confidence in his integrity and judgment . The whole world is exhibited as no more than a fufficient theatre for fuch a fuperior ...
... fame time , every thing infpires the most perfect veneration for his character , and the most en- tire confidence in his integrity and judgment . The whole world is exhibited as no more than a fufficient theatre for fuch a fuperior ...
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