The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1W. Strahan, 1776 - 511 pages |
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... Importance . 220 Part IV . Proximity of time . 221 Part V. Connexion of place . - 224 Part VI . Relation to the perfons concerned . 226 Part VII . Interest in the confequences . 227 SECT . VI . Other paffions as well as moral fenti ...
... Importance . 220 Part IV . Proximity of time . 221 Part V. Connexion of place . - 224 Part VI . Relation to the perfons concerned . 226 Part VII . Interest in the confequences . 227 SECT . VI . Other paffions as well as moral fenti ...
Page 36
... thofe affecting lineaments must be fo interwoven with our argument , as that , from the paffion ex- cited , our reafoning may derive importance , and fo be fitted for commanding attention ; and , by 5 fo 36 B. I. THE PHILOSOPHY.
... thofe affecting lineaments must be fo interwoven with our argument , as that , from the paffion ex- cited , our reafoning may derive importance , and fo be fitted for commanding attention ; and , by 5 fo 36 B. I. THE PHILOSOPHY.
Page 45
... importance by objects important ; fuch as have grace by things graceful : Where- as the witty , though requiring an exact likeness in the first particular , demands , in the fecond , a contrariety rather , or remotenefs . This en ...
... importance by objects important ; fuch as have grace by things graceful : Where- as the witty , though requiring an exact likeness in the first particular , demands , in the fecond , a contrariety rather , or remotenefs . This en ...
Page 49
... importance are degraded , by being coupled with things mean and frivolous , as in fome refpect standing in the fame predicament . An example of this I fhall give from the fame hand . For when the reftlefs Greeks fat down So many years ...
... importance are degraded , by being coupled with things mean and frivolous , as in fome refpect standing in the fame predicament . An example of this I fhall give from the fame hand . For when the reftlefs Greeks fat down So many years ...
Page 82
... importance of the motives of religion ; above all , the awful prefence of God , with a sense of which , the mind , when occupied in religious exercifes , ought eminently to be impreffed ; all these feem utterly incompatible with the ...
... importance of the motives of religion ; above all , the awful prefence of God , with a sense of which , the mind , when occupied in religious exercifes , ought eminently to be impreffed ; all these feem utterly incompatible with the ...
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