The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1W. Strahan, 1776 - 511 pages |
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... given by philofophers , examined . Part I. The first bypothefis . Part II . The fecond hypothefis . Part III . The third hypothefis . Part IV . The fourth hypothefis . 280 ib . 283 290 302 SECT . II . The Author's hypothefis on this ...
... given by philofophers , examined . Part I. The first bypothefis . Part II . The fecond hypothefis . Part III . The third hypothefis . Part IV . The fourth hypothefis . 280 ib . 283 290 302 SECT . II . The Author's hypothefis on this ...
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... given to criticism by actual performances in the art . The principles of our nature will , without the aid of any previous and formal instruction , fufficiently account for the first attempts . As speakers fpeakers exifted before ...
... given to criticism by actual performances in the art . The principles of our nature will , without the aid of any previous and formal instruction , fufficiently account for the first attempts . As speakers fpeakers exifted before ...
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... given above , it may be urged , that the fact as here reprefented , feems to fubvert the principle for- merly laid down , and that as practice in the art has given the firft fcope for criticifin , the former cannot justly be confidered ...
... given above , it may be urged , that the fact as here reprefented , feems to fubvert the principle for- merly laid down , and that as practice in the art has given the firft fcope for criticifin , the former cannot justly be confidered ...
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... most important arts , and given man so vast a dominion over the elements , and even the most refractory powers of nature . It is evident , there- C 4 fore , fore , that the artift and the critic are recipro INTRODUCTION . 23.
... most important arts , and given man so vast a dominion over the elements , and even the most refractory powers of nature . It is evident , there- C 4 fore , fore , that the artift and the critic are recipro INTRODUCTION . 23.
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... given us the most perfect mo- dels , which have not , I think , been fufficiently imitated by later mathematicians . In him you find the exactest arrange- ment inviolably observed , the properest and simpleft , and by confequence , the ...
... given us the most perfect mo- dels , which have not , I think , been fufficiently imitated by later mathematicians . In him you find the exactest arrange- ment inviolably observed , the properest and simpleft , and by confequence , the ...
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