The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1W. Strahan, 1776 - 511 pages |
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... latter is the worfe . The firft founds upon facts , but the facts are few , and commonly in his reafonings , through his imperfect knowledge of the fubject , mifapplied . The fecond often argues very confequentially from principles ...
... latter is the worfe . The firft founds upon facts , but the facts are few , and commonly in his reafonings , through his imperfect knowledge of the fubject , mifapplied . The fecond often argues very confequentially from principles ...
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... latter . Under this clafs are commonly in- cluded , not only the arts of the painter and the ftatuary , but thofe alfo of the musician and the poet . Eloquence and architecture , by which laft term is always understood more than build ...
... latter . Under this clafs are commonly in- cluded , not only the arts of the painter and the ftatuary , but thofe alfo of the musician and the poet . Eloquence and architecture , by which laft term is always understood more than build ...
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... latter . Indeed , with regard to the firft , it is impoffible to fay , as to several arts , what is the perfection of the art ; fince we are incapable of conceiving how far the united difcernment and industry of men , properly ap ...
... latter . Indeed , with regard to the firft , it is impoffible to fay , as to several arts , what is the perfection of the art ; fince we are incapable of conceiving how far the united difcernment and industry of men , properly ap ...
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... latter require much more of a certain happy combination in the original frame of fpirit , com- monly called genius , than is neceffary in the other . LET it be observed further , that as the gra- tification of tafte is the immediate ...
... latter require much more of a certain happy combination in the original frame of fpirit , com- monly called genius , than is neceffary in the other . LET it be observed further , that as the gra- tification of tafte is the immediate ...
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... latter is abfolutely neceffary for diffufing va- luable knowledge , and enforcing right rules of action upon others . POETRY indeed is properly no other than a particular mode or form of certain branches of oratory . But of this more ...
... latter is abfolutely neceffary for diffufing va- luable knowledge , and enforcing right rules of action upon others . POETRY indeed is properly no other than a particular mode or form of certain branches of oratory . But of this more ...
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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