The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1W. Strahan, 1776 - 511 pages |
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... lefs cafes , not only to apply to the moft pro- fitable purposes the knowledge we have thus acquired , but to determine before - hand , with fufficient certainty , the fuccefs of every new application . In this progress we are like ...
... lefs cafes , not only to apply to the moft pro- fitable purposes the knowledge we have thus acquired , but to determine before - hand , with fufficient certainty , the fuccefs of every new application . In this progress we are like ...
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... lefs ex- tenfive than that here propofed . All thofe par- ticular arts are examined only on that fide , wherein there is found a pretty confiderable coincidence with one another ; namely as ob- jects of tafte , which , by exciting ...
... lefs ex- tenfive than that here propofed . All thofe par- ticular arts are examined only on that fide , wherein there is found a pretty confiderable coincidence with one another ; namely as ob- jects of tafte , which , by exciting ...
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... lefs will it admit an addrefs to the paffions , which , as it never fails to disturb the operation of the intellectual fa- culty , must be regarded by every intelligent hearer as foreign at leaft , if not infidious . It is obvious ...
... lefs will it admit an addrefs to the paffions , which , as it never fails to disturb the operation of the intellectual fa- culty , must be regarded by every intelligent hearer as foreign at leaft , if not infidious . It is obvious ...
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... lefs glory mighty Dulness crown'd , Shall take thro ' Grubtreet her triumphant round ; And her Parnaffus glancing o'er at once , Behold a hundred fons , and each a dunce * . This whole fimilitude is fpirited . The parent of the ...
... lefs glory mighty Dulness crown'd , Shall take thro ' Grubtreet her triumphant round ; And her Parnaffus glancing o'er at once , Behold a hundred fons , and each a dunce * . This whole fimilitude is fpirited . The parent of the ...
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... lefs from thofe of the declaimer . SECTION II . Of humour . As wit is the painting , humour is the pathe- tic , in this inferior fphere of eloquence . The nature and efficacy of humour may be thus un- ravelled . A juft exhibition of any ...
... lefs from thofe of the declaimer . SECTION II . Of humour . As wit is the painting , humour is the pathe- tic , in this inferior fphere of eloquence . The nature and efficacy of humour may be thus un- ravelled . A juft exhibition of any ...
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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