The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1W. Strahan, 1776 - 511 pages |
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... inftance , the refult of their application is afcertained ? The propagation of the arts may therefore be compared more juftly to that variety which takes place in the vege- table kingdom , than to the uniformity which obtains ...
... inftance , the refult of their application is afcertained ? The propagation of the arts may therefore be compared more juftly to that variety which takes place in the vege- table kingdom , than to the uniformity which obtains ...
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... in these a degree of per- fection beyond what we have experienced ; but we have fome conception of the very utmost to which it can proceed . For inftance , where re- 2 femblance femblance is the object , as in a picture or INTRODUCTION . 9.
... in these a degree of per- fection beyond what we have experienced ; but we have fome conception of the very utmost to which it can proceed . For inftance , where re- 2 femblance femblance is the object , as in a picture or INTRODUCTION . 9.
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... in- ftance , their fuccefs , or want of fuccefs , may be accounted for . By the first step the critic is fup- plied with materials . By the fecond , the mate- rials are diftributed and claffed , the forms of argument , the tropes and ...
... in- ftance , their fuccefs , or want of fuccefs , may be accounted for . By the first step the critic is fup- plied with materials . By the fecond , the mate- rials are diftributed and claffed , the forms of argument , the tropes and ...
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... inftance of this , let that of Cicero against An- tony fuffice . " Tu iftis faucibus , iftis lateribus , ifta gladia- " toria totius corporis firmitate , tantum vini in Hippiæ nup- " tiis exhauferas , ut tibi neceffe effet in populi ...
... inftance of this , let that of Cicero against An- tony fuffice . " Tu iftis faucibus , iftis lateribus , ifta gladia- " toria totius corporis firmitate , tantum vini in Hippiæ nup- " tiis exhauferas , ut tibi neceffe effet in populi ...
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... inftance , doth not conftitute a different fpecies , as the nancy in that cafe will always be found between objects in other refpects resembling ; for it is to the contraft of diffimilitude and likenefs , re- mo.enefs and relation in ...
... inftance , doth not conftitute a different fpecies , as the nancy in that cafe will always be found between objects in other refpects resembling ; for it is to the contraft of diffimilitude and likenefs , re- mo.enefs and relation in ...
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abftract addrefs affociation againſt alfo appear argument arifing becauſe Befides cafe caufe cauſe circumftances compariſon conclufion confequence confiderable confidered confifts contrary demonftration difcourfe diftinction diſcover doth effect eloquence evidence expreffed expreffion faid fame fatire fcience fecond feems fenfe fenfible fentiments ferve fhall fignified fimilar fince fingle firft firſt folely fome fometimes former forrow fpecies ftill ftyle fubject fuch fufficient fuppofe hath hearers himſelf Hudibras humour hypothefis idiom illuftrate imagination impoffible inftance itſelf juft kind laft language latter leaft leaſt lefs manner meaſure mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary nerally obferved object occafion oppofite orator paffage paffions perfon perfpicuity perfuade perly phraſes pleaſure poffible pofition prefent prepofition principles purpoſe queftion Quintilian raiſed reafon refemblance refpect refults regard remarked ridicule ſenſe ſhould ſpeak ſpeaker term thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion tium truth underſtanding univerfal uſe verb wherein whofe words worfe