The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1W. Strahan, 1776 - 511 pages |
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... Hearers as Men in general . 186 SECT . I. As endowed with understanding . SECT . II . As endowed with imagination . SECT . III . As endowed with memory . 189 190 195 SECT . IV . As endowed with paffions . 199 SECT . : SECT . V. The ...
... Hearers as Men in general . 186 SECT . I. As endowed with understanding . SECT . II . As endowed with imagination . SECT . III . As endowed with memory . 189 190 195 SECT . IV . As endowed with paffions . 199 SECT . : SECT . V. The ...
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... Hearers as fuch Men in particular . 240 242 CHAP . IX . Of the confideration which the Speaker ought to have of himself . CHAP . X. The different kinds of public speaking in use among the moderns , compared , with a view to their ...
... Hearers as fuch Men in particular . 240 242 CHAP . IX . Of the confideration which the Speaker ought to have of himself . CHAP . X. The different kinds of public speaking in use among the moderns , compared , with a view to their ...
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... the inftruments employed by eloquence produce their 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.
... the inftruments employed by eloquence produce their 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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... hearers , and that , either by explaining fome doctrine unknown , or not diftinctly compre- hended by them , or by proving fome pofition difbelieved or doubted by them . - In other words , he proposes either to difpel ignorance or to ...
... hearers , and that , either by explaining fome doctrine unknown , or not diftinctly compre- hended by them , or by proving fome pofition difbelieved or doubted by them . - In other words , he proposes either to difpel ignorance or to ...
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... hearers even a moment's leifure for making the comparifon , but , as it were , by fome magical fpell , hurries them , ere they are aware , into love , pity , grief , terror , defire , averfion , fury , or hatred . It therefore affumes ...
... hearers even a moment's leifure for making the comparifon , but , as it were , by fome magical fpell , hurries them , ere they are aware , into love , pity , grief , terror , defire , averfion , fury , or hatred . It therefore affumes ...
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