The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1W. Strahan, 1776 - 511 pages |
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... fhould be equally elevat- ed . Variety in this refpect , as well as in others , is perhaps , on the whole , more pleaf- ing and more instructive , than too fcrupulous an uniformity . To the eye the interchange of hill and dale ...
... fhould be equally elevat- ed . Variety in this refpect , as well as in others , is perhaps , on the whole , more pleaf- ing and more instructive , than too fcrupulous an uniformity . To the eye the interchange of hill and dale ...
Page x
... fhould preferve verbal criticism from being confidered as beneath the attention of any author . An author fo far from having reafon to be offended , is doubtless obliged to the man who , free from captious petulance , candidly points ...
... fhould preferve verbal criticism from being confidered as beneath the attention of any author . An author fo far from having reafon to be offended , is doubtless obliged to the man who , free from captious petulance , candidly points ...
Page 47
... fhould not at first be fenfible of the justness of the folutions and explications to be given , he ought not haftily to form an unfa- vourable conclufion . Wherever there is taste , the witty and the humorous make themselves perceived ...
... fhould not at first be fenfible of the justness of the folutions and explications to be given , he ought not haftily to form an unfa- vourable conclufion . Wherever there is taste , the witty and the humorous make themselves perceived ...
Page 61
... fhould be only brought To turn agreeably fome proper thought * . THE pathetic and the facetious not only differ in fubject and effect , as will appear upon the moft fuperficial review of what hath been faid , but alfo in the manner of ...
... fhould be only brought To turn agreeably fome proper thought * . THE pathetic and the facetious not only differ in fubject and effect , as will appear upon the moft fuperficial review of what hath been faid , but alfo in the manner of ...
Page 64
... fhould ever speak in vain ; " But This , both in the defcriptive and the dramatic part , particularly in the draught it contains of the + Swift on Good Manners . Rape of the Lock , Canto 4 . baronet's baronet's mind , afpect , manner ...
... fhould ever speak in vain ; " But This , both in the defcriptive and the dramatic part , particularly in the draught it contains of the + Swift on Good Manners . Rape of the Lock , Canto 4 . baronet's baronet's mind , afpect , manner ...
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